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10 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten

May 28, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Building Readers, Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Positive Guidance and Social Skills 44 Comments

I’m so excited to welcome author and former kindergarten teacher, Susan Case from Kindergarten and Preschool for Parents and Teachers, and thank her for today’s post!

Children are excited about starting school, yet also a little afraid. Starting school means changes in their daily routine including being away from familiar surroundings, learning new rules, and following directions from other adults. It’s natural to have doubts and fears about change. Talk to your child about what they can expect. Perhaps you can visit the school’s playground. Katie from Mommy with Selective Memory emailed me this concern:

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What Ever Happened to Nap Time?

May 21, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 16 Comments

Recently, a participant in the Parenting with Positive Guidance Ecourse asked for a bit of advice.  Her children had suddenly stopped napping and everyone was suffering from the consequences.  Tired, grumpy kids.  Frazzled, grumpy mom.  What do you do?

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Little Shoulders

May 18, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Positive Guidance and Social Skills 9 Comments

As we get ready to welcome a new little one to our family, I’ll be sharing some favorite posts from the past. 

My grandmother had a lot of sayings.  “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”  “Do not throw upon the floor the food you cannot eat, for many a starving children would think it quite a treat.”

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First Friday QandA: “Using Your Words” vs “Fighting with Words”

May 4, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 6 Comments

(This video is also available at YouTube here.)

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Lessons for Our Boys

April 26, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 14 Comments

As a mother of three boys (with a fourth coming soon) I spend a lot of time thinking about boys in society and society’s messages to boys. There are a lot of mixed messages out there.  It’s caused me to spend some time thinking about what I want to make sure my boys — and all boys — are taught.

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Mind in the Making: Chapter 6

April 10, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Here we are at Chapter 6 of Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs.  Grab a copy and read along!  In a few weeks I’ll be asking for your questions about what you read, which Ellen Galinsky has graciously offered to answer!

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Endure it Well

April 4, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 6 Comments

I have a few newcomers to the Mind in the Making read-along, so I want to give them a little time to catch up.  We’ll pick up with Chapter 6 next week.

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Three Parenting Secrets

April 2, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 2 Comments

I am really excited to get started with the Parenting with Positive Guidance classes this Wednesday!  I can’t wait to start sharing and discussing some of the best tools for guiding behavior and building internal discipline in our children.  It’s not too late to get signed up.  Slide on over here to get all the details and get your spot. But before you do that, I wanted to share a little bit of what I shared with Kristina at Toddler Approved:

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Writing Around the Web

March 29, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Learning through Play and Experience, Positive Guidance and Social Skills Leave a Comment

My fingers have been quite busy lately, making contributions to some other fantastic sources out there in the blogosphere.  I wanted to make sure to include you in that audience, so I thought I’d share some links and excerpts here as well.

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Weekend Reads 3.23.12

March 23, 2012 by notjustcute Filed Under: Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized, Weekend Reads 1 Comment

Just a reminder that registration for my Parenting with Positive Guidance Ecourse ends, and class begins, on April 4th.  Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to add to your positive parenting toolbox.  Get more info on the course here.  Still not sure what positive guidance is all about?  Check out this post. Still have questions?  Leave me a comment or email me at amanda@notjustcute.com. [Read more…]

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In early education, there is too much distance between what we know and what we do. I bridge the gaps that exist between academia, decision-makers, educators, and parents so that together, we can improve the quality of early education while also respecting and protecting the childhood experience.

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