Encouraging Creativity in Children
There are a lot of parents that feel like the child’s art work needs to fit into a nice little box. Here are a few types to encourage children to use their creativity. Encourage children to ask question Remember to focus on the process and not the finish product. Allow your child to make decisions when possible. Allow your child to use the materials for … Continue reading Encouraging Creativity in Children
Children Learn by Doing
Children learn by doing. “Doing” is an active, senses-involved way of learning. Most children are tactile and learn through their senses. So “watching” you do something is using one sense – seeing. Most of us need to get to the “doing” part. Allow children to follow along with you after instructing them. Let them make mistakes. In fact, there are no mistakes because they are … Continue reading Children Learn by Doing
Positive Guidance Strategies
As a mother, I always want to guide my children in a positive way. There are various ways to guide your children in a positive way. Below are some strategies for guiding your child’s behavior in positive ways as you help them learn to manage their feelings and behavior. Give the big rule and the little rule. This strategies involves state one of your main rules … Continue reading Positive Guidance Strategies
Activities for Babies: 9-12 Months
Babies start learning from the minute they are born. Over the course of their first year they learn so much, there are a lot of activities that you can do with infants to help with development. Below are a few activities for ages 9-12 months: A Bath Surprise: While your baby is in the bathtub, show him/her a floating toy. Cover the toy up with the wash cloth and … Continue reading Activities for Babies: 9-12 Months
Toddler Play Ideas: Stuffed Animals
We all know that children love stuffed animals and usually have a collection of them. How about having a stuff animal circus? Make a tent (drap a sheet over a table) where the animals can perform circus acts. You can even use a pillowcase at the doorway to create a “curtain”. Use the stuffed animals for story telling. Have them help act out a story that … Continue reading Toddler Play Ideas: Stuffed Animals
UnBirthday Party
Do you remember the Mad Hatter from Alice and Wonderland? He was always singA very merry unbirthday to you, to me! A very merry unbirthday to you, to me!. What a wonderful idea to do. Host a unbirthday party for you and all your friends. You can make your own unbirthday hats with construction paper rolled into a cone shape. Draw a picture for pin-the-tail-on game. (ex: Draw … Continue reading UnBirthday Party
Halloween Activities and Crafts!
Rook No. 17 has a great Halloween Scavenger Hunt Eighteen25 has a free printable of 31 activities and a Halloween countdown. Clever Classroom has a free Halloween Vocabulary printable. (you will need to create a free account.) Like a Pretty Petunia has a tutorial on how to make these! Better Homes and Garden has 25 different crafts for Halloween. Craft Interrupted has many printables for decorations. … Continue reading Halloween Activities and Crafts!
Activities for Babies: 6-9 Months
Babies start learning from the minute they are born. Over the course of their first year they learn so much, there are a lot of activities that you can do with infants to help with development. Below are a few activities for ages 6-9 months: The Napkin Game: Place a dinner napkin partially covering your face. Take the napkin off and say “Peek-a-boo”. Do this several times before trying … Continue reading Activities for Babies: 6-9 Months
Insights
Consider this- ability has nothing to do with chronological age. It has more to do with the age of the mind and body. Sometimes my 5 year old can do things my 8 year old can’t like blow bubbles or work the video. I would do him an injustice to expect him to do something because his younger sister does or because he is older. How often … Continue reading Insights
“I can make that!” Thoughts when the public says this about your product!
Crafters and artisans hear this all the time. You’re at a craft fair and you overhear someone looking at your beautiful product saying, “I can make that!” Sure you can! But will you?? Will you take the time to find 300 buttons in the size and color that you need to re-create one of my beautiful bouquets? And put in the hours spent creating it? … Continue reading “I can make that!” Thoughts when the public says this about your product!
ART with Angela DiCicco, The Italian Grandmama's Guide 