You and your Partner: Communication
My husband and I make a great team, when we communicate. When the communication is not there, it is a struggle to connect at all. There are many reasons why marriages don’t work, but one large reason is lack of communication. This is heightened after children are born. When a baby is added to the family, whether it is your first or your 5th, the family dynamic … Continue reading You and your Partner: Communication
Activities for Babies: 3-6 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 3-6 months: What’s Cooking?: Whenever you are in the kitchen, talk about each thing you do. Let your baby play with kitchen utensils, bowls, pots and … Continue reading Activities for Babies: 3-6 Months
Heartwarmer
We are cleaning Becca’s room and she finds an aspirator and asks “What’s this?”. Remember like daddy did when you had a stuffy nose, it is to clean your nose. She replied “I use my finger.” As she demonstrated her technique. Angela DiCicco, written in Feb 1991 Continue reading Heartwarmer
Sick of Mommy Wars
Activities for Babies: 0-3 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 0-3 months: Kick, Kick, Kick: To help your baby practice kicking, place items at the baby’s feet such a stuffed animals, squeaky toys, or your … Continue reading Activities for Babies: 0-3 Months
Kids Korner: Harvest Time
Fall has long been a season of celebration. Harvest parties have been in existence for centuries. Why not have a party this year using suggestions from “The Penny Whistle Halloween Book” by Meredith Brokaw and Annie Gilbar? We’ve excerpted a few of our favorite ideas. PUMPKIN DECORATIONS Hollow out and fill with dried flowers, leaves, and branches. Make a “family” by using pumpkins of different sizes. As … Continue reading Kids Korner: Harvest Time
10 Tips When you feel discouraged with your business
Feeling discouraged about your business? From what I’ve read and heard, it’s normal. Businesses go through flush times and lean times. And if you’re not where you want to be financially, there can be an added element of fear, despondency, a sense of wanting to give up. So what do you do about feeling discouraged? Here are a few tips I’ve gleaned: Make a list … Continue reading 10 Tips When you feel discouraged with your business
Heartwarmer
At a friend’s family reunion, Ashley, 6 was playing the egg toss game. Her young partner walked away and one of the Uncles stepped in. The 2 of them went onto the for 1st place. Later, Ashley had received 2 “awards”. She informed me that she gave one to the man who was in the egg toss game with her. Such a sweetheart to reach out … Continue reading Heartwarmer
Creating a Sensory Environment
Learning about the 5 senses can be a lot of fun. Below are some suggestions for ways to teach the 5 different senses Sound Wind: Pinwheel, windsocks Running water: ponds, bridge over a wet spot Instruments: Bottle to blow through, windchimes, birdhouses & feeders to attract song birds, dry leaves, sticks in paper bags Piping taped sounds outdoors Songs which encourage making nature noises Play … Continue reading Creating a Sensory Environment
Born to Serve, Not to Shop
The real evil of materialism is not the pursuit or things. It is, rather, seeing and treating other people as things and therefore putting things ahead of people. Youngsters with a habit of thinking and acting this way are headed toward trouble later in life: substance abuse, professional problems, marital break-up, a life dominated by impulse and unrestrained egoism. What can parents do with their young … Continue reading Born to Serve, Not to Shop
ART with Angela DiCicco, The Italian Grandmama's Guide 