Turn off all electronics and play a board game with the family. Gather your family’s favorite snacks to have around and have fun! Have a picnic in the park. Besides your food, pack a game or two to play while there. You can even bring a book to read on the blanket! Continue reading Family Fun Night!
When it’s time to think about finding new schools for the children. Knowing what you expect and want from a school is crucial to satisfying your children’s needs. Visit and gather information about the area schools. Remember visits should be exchange of information rather than an “interview”. The following suggestions will help with your search. Meet the Principle What is his/her philosophy about education? What is … Continue reading Finding a New School
I have a laundry basket for each child that I put their clean clothes in. To encourage them to put them away I put a TREAT at the bottom of the pile! (Connie Nokes-Roberts) NIGHTMARE BEAR- a sutffed teddy bear, names by her children, is used when they need comforting. (Connie Nokes-Roberts) Have “DATES” with your children. Make it a point to spend extra time with the … Continue reading This Works for Me!
“Joy” for Bubbles. Dishwashing liquid makes the best bubbles! Add glycerin (from drugstore) for even better bubbles. (Marian Honig) Counting sleeps. When young children are driving you crazy asking how many days till their birthday, try counting sleeps. A child understands that they have to go to bed and wake up a certain number of times before their special day. (186 sleeps till Christmas!) (Kathy … Continue reading This Works for Me!
Marc Weissbluth does a great job explaining why infants, children and adults need sleep. He describes the importance of sleep and how to establish good sleep patterns from birth. He talks about how to calm all types of fussy infants and children. He goes into detail about how to establish sleep patterns from infants to toddlers and brings in practical tips to help with the out of the … Continue reading Book Review: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Gail Signor shares her feelings: For me, friendships with other women have always been virtually important. Ironically, I feel I have deprived myself of having a close female friend most of my married years. When I ask myself why, I come up with a few possible reasons. For one, we’ve moved several times to different states. The challenges of maintaining a relationship are obvious. Secondly, … Continue reading Women Friendships
RECYCLING: Save those baby wipe containers. They’re great to store markers and crayons in After soap and water, styrofoam trays from package meats make great paint trays when stenciling or for various children’s crafts. Also good for kiddies’ snacks. Keep baby food jars and lids until you’re inspired to make potpourri gifts. Fill jar with potpourri and cover lid with pretty cloth. Tie a ribbon on and … Continue reading This Works for Me: Recycling!
I was given the book Growing Grateful Kids by Susie Larson by a friend, who told me that I should read it. I had no idea what the book was about except that it was a parenting book. I listened to my friend and I started to read it; I wasn’t able to put it down! This book was something that I needed to read at this point in … Continue reading Book Review: Growing Grateful Kids
SAFETY TIPS. When throwing away plastic bags tie a knot (or several) in them first. Small children will not be able to put them over their heads if they get into the trash. As soon as your baby can crawl, get into the habit of keeping the toilet seat lid down. Husbands need to practice this. Curious children can fall in and drown! Remember to … Continue reading This Works for Me: Safety Tips!
Firecracker decoration Supplies: empty toilet paper roll, glitter, glue, tinsel or tissue paper, star cutouts, construction paper in red, white or blue – Cut the construction paper to the size of the toilet paper roll. At the end, this paper will be glued to the roll. – Have children decorate the construction paper with glitter in red, silver or blue. It’s fun to show them … Continue reading Craft ideas for 4th of July
ART with Angela DiCicco, The Italian Grandmama's Guide 