This is the fourth part of our senses series, smell. We have done sound, touch, and taste. Below are activities, printables, and book suggestions all about the sense of smell. Activities involving smell Bake/Cook something. Compare the individual ingredients to all of them combined. Compare different spices. Guess what it is. Solely rely on your sense of smell to guess what it is. Create scratch and sniff … Continue reading Senses: Smell
The bright child knows the answer. The gifted child asks the questions. The bright child is interested. The gifted child is highly curious. The bright child works hard. The gifted child plays around, yet tests well. The bright is attentive. The gifted child is mentally and physically involved. The bright child answers the questions. The gifted child discusses in detail, elaborates. The bright child is … Continue reading The Differences between Bright and Gifted
I had the wonderful opportunity to write about my birth experience with my daughter for The Fearless Formula Feeder Friday post. Here is a portion of the post. To read the whole entry please go here. Punished because I Formula Feed I have read so many stories about hospitals that push women to formula feed their babies and how nurses/hospitals need to be more supportive of women … Continue reading Featured on Fearless Formula Feeder!
Sometimes children are not simply being disobedient, sometimes they are out of control because they are hungry or very tired. My son gets “mean” when he’s really tired. He’ll say mean things or anger easily. Rather than yell because he’s being “bad” I’ll acknowledge that he’s tired and let him know that it’s inappropriate for him to act this way because of it. Then make … Continue reading Positive Talking vs. Negative Talking
This is the second part of our senses series, touch. If you missed Sound, you can go here! Below are activities, printables, and book suggestions all about the sense of touch. Activities involving touch Take different types of fruit/vegetables, close your eyes. Feel them with your fingers. Do they feel soft or hard? What shape are they? Is the surface smooth or bumpy? Is it large … Continue reading Senses: Touch
I briefly discussed dealing with postpartum depression (PPD)before, but little did I know then that I would have it ten times worse with the birth of my second child. I knew something wasn’t right when I was pregnant, when I was getting agitated over the stupidest things. It only took one dinner, where I threw a 4-year-old tantrum because my husband cooked the potatoes with garlic and onions, to … Continue reading Postpartum Depression
With the new year started, I always like to think that it is a clean slate a chance to change anything I like. Empowering Parents has a great blog post on steps to be a more calm and positive parent. After reading it, I felt like it was a great how to post about setting resolutions or goals for ourselves. Please take a minute in … Continue reading Parenting Resolutions
Mirror Image Activity Have your child stand facing another person, as if they were looking in the mirror. Choose which person will be the leader and which one will be the follower. As the leader moves the follower imitates the movement. Make sure to switch roles, so that both children can be the leader and the follower. Crown thee King or Queen: Cut construction paper to … Continue reading Toddler Activities and Crafts
Towards the end of the year I was feeling a great pull to live a simpler life. I realized that the happiest times that year were with my husband and children. None of those times included the toys or games or gadgets, the times were having bedroom picnics, reading books, or just enjoying each others company doing whatever. Realizing this help me understand that the … Continue reading Simplified Life in 2013
Positive Parenting is not something that you can fake, it is something that parents have to believe in. You discipline in a gentle and respectful way as opposed to disciplining out of fear. You encourage your children. Parents believe in every opportunity to teach their children instead of punishing them. By teaching them you are helping them develop responsibility, honesty, respect, and confidence. You are able to … Continue reading Positive Parenting
ART with Angela DiCicco, The Italian Grandmama's Guide 