You’ve heard me gush about my new baby nephew, but allow me to gush a bit about my older niece and nephew who stayed with us for a week in July. I absolutely… Continue reading →
Parenting
An Educator’s Best Trick for Good Manners For Children
Tricks For Teaching Manners DISCLAIMER: Not everything that works for teachers works for parents, sorry. I recently read a post where a parent of a teen lamented that her children’s… Continue reading →
4 Magic Words
4 Magic Words (Redefined for Toddlers) Let’s move beyond please and thank you and get practical. Here are the Magic Words for adults when speaking with toddlers. Can I get… Continue reading →
Coffee and Wine: The Secret to Surviving Sleep Training (and other parenting challenges!)
Guest Post from Galit Birk, PhD, Kindermusik mom since 2009 I am finding that parenting my second child is often more challenging than parenting my first. Makes sense, right? Now… Continue reading →
The Open-Ended Toy (guest post)
Why do all babies prefer the boxes, paper and ribbons over the expensive, flashy toys at their first birthday party? Why do all toddlers love to play in the kitchen… Continue reading →
Making Time
There are only so many hours in a day. I seem to have more appreciation for that fact at the end of the day, while lying in bed, no longer… Continue reading →
The things we do for love
One more click and our vacation was booked. Our little family of four was headed to the beach this summer for the first time. At three and a half years old,… Continue reading →
I can do it!
Do you have an emerging leader? A world changer? A child on a mission? Then you probably have a toddler. And you probably have a serious case of exhaustion! It’s… Continue reading →
Snack Smarts
Have you noticed a bit of a snack epidemic in the toddler world? Snacks at the grocery store, snacks while watching a show, snacks at play group, snacks after the… Continue reading →
Chore Time 101
Children are born with the natural ability to appreciate a task that needs to be accomplished and to see the steps to complete it with a smile on their little… Continue reading →
