Mandy Ehman at Life…Your Way, is offering Valentine links all this week for you to enjoy with your families. Today, her feature is treats and crafts for kids, so I thought I’d share a fun kid-friendly treat I made with my boys over the weekend. (Click here to see all of today’s links!)
Is that Fair?
Checking Out Preschools? Here are a Few Things to Look For…
It’s that time of year again. Parents everywhere are standing behind one-way windows or sitting on child-sized chairs, trying to peek in on preschool classrooms and hoping to ascertain whether or not it’s the right fit for their children.
The Secret to Potty Training…..
Whenever I start to feel guilty about the fact that I spent the majority of my Christmas vacation wearing my pajamas, I remind myself that I did in fact accomplish something very monumental, right there in my worn-out flannel bottoms and time-softened jersey shirt. Well, rather, I should say my son accomplished something very monumental. We cleared the first hurdle of potty-training.
Guest Post: Simple Activities for Excited Kids
You can find me over at Simple Kids, writing about a few activities that will keep those excited hands busy as the excitement of the seasons build! Here’s a little taste:
I’m Back — With Educational Gift Guides for the Kids in Your Life
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! Sorry for the paucity of posts last week. It started out with puzzling technical difficulties that got straightened out right as the family time began.
Guesting: Is There Danger in Play or More in its Absence?
I’m really very excited about a piece that I wrote for a dear friend at New Latina. I hope you’ll hop on over and read the full post. Here’s a little taste:
{Repost} Play vs Academics: A False Dichotomy
A friend recently commented on this post (originally written in January of this year). Because so many of you have joined me since then, I thought this might be a good time to share it again.
An argument is brewing in the preschool scene. In one corner, you have those arguing for more academics to give children that head start that might correct the troubles of high-school drop-outs and low test scores. They claim that children rise to the occasion and show that they are capable of more than we’ve been asking.
Want to Give Your Kids an Advantage? Build Executive Functions
Every parent wants their kids to have the best shot at succeeding at whatever their chosen path may be. So we try to give them all of the right opportunities. Some go to tutors, buy complicated programs, or drill through flashcards, but one of the best predictors of success is one that can be regularly built through play.
Potable Potions
Homemade root beer is always a sign of a special occasion at our house, but there’s just something about fall and Halloween that makes this brew especially exciting. The magic (and the science) is in the dry ice. It’s available at most grocery stores, but you usually have to ask for it at the check out stand or at guest services. Made of frozen carbon dioxide, this solid changes directly to the gas phase, without a liquid stage between (a process called sublimation). In addition to the cool fog effect, the dry ice actually carbonates your drink as it dissipates!
(Be sure to use tongs or gloves when handling dry ice as it is actually so cold that it burns the skin on contact. Obviously, this also means you must give adequate supervision for children as you use this substance.)
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