Whole Child Development
An amazing friend of mine wrote a post entitled, “100 Ways to Be Kind to Your Child“. It’s a fantastic piece, one written by a real mom with all the sincerity of her heart. She’s a mom who knows as well as any that there are times when the stress of the day piles on until you feel like you could very well snap. So she created this great resource. 100 ideas for a parent to choose to be kind, and to be intentional and mindful in those simple acts of kindness. (You really should read it.)
It’s certainly winter time around here, as the three and a half foot berm of snow that has been shoveled and blown from our driveway will attest. If it’s winter in your neck of the woods, I thought you might like a list of ideas for activities you could use in creating a winter themed unit.
Winter is notorious for being dark and dreary. Well, not when Jean Vant Hul from The Artful Parent gets a hold of it!
One of my more popular posts is the one entitled Praise Junkies Beware. It talks about research which contradicts the self-esteem movement of the 80s and 90s. Back then, we thought that if we heaped praise on kids and told them how wonderful they are, they would indeed be wonderful.
(This video can also be viewed on YouTube here. Do you think YouTube intentionally chooses the most awkward point of the video to use for the freezeframe?)
Many of the resources on imaginary friends center on a study published in Developmental Psychology (Vol. 40, No. 6).
There are few things better than a frothy cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter day. Though I discovered recently that there’s even more to be gained than a warm belly.
I hope you all have a had a wonderful start to this New Year. I know I’ve had plenty of reasons to consider how truly blessed I have been and continue to be. One of those blessings is this blog, or more to the heart of it, its readers. And so I thank you for the role you’ve played in blessing my life.
It’s been a wonderful, recharging break, but I’m anxious to get back to things here! So many of you who emailed and left comments about your favorite finds here mentioned Weekend Reads as one of the items on your list, so I thought I’d sneak in a little early to share some of the great things I’ve been reading. [Read more…]
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