My boys and I came home from a beautiful fall hike to find the perfect surprise on our doorstep! Friends had dropped by a kit for making simple (and delicious) pumpkin cookies!
Teaching Social Skills with Bubble Lessons
I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends…
If you haven’t already surmised from my paucity of posts, things have been a little busy around here. First we were adjusting to the new normal with our newest bouncing bundle of boy, then the adjustment of back to school routines, add on my online course and other teaching engagements, as well as a litany of tiny to-dos that continue to carry over week to week. It’s been a little overwhelming.
I find that when I begin to feel overwhelmed, the best thing I can do is to scale back and take a deep breath. I’m planning to get back into the rhythm next week with my regular posting schedule, but in the meantime, I have some good friends who have been sharing some of my work in some wonderful compilations they’ve put together.
The Artful Year: Autumn
I love fall! The crispness, the colors, all of it! Most of all, I love that it is traditionally a time of celebration and a time to gather as families. It is a perfect time for building memorable scenes for our children. Whether is coming together to bake a special treat or to decorate for the holidays, our children build not only fine motor skills and creative abilities, but they build family ties and a sense of place in the process.
In my experience blogging I have been blessed to meet many amazing women. Jean Vant Hul of the Artful Parent is one of them. She is absolutely lovely and gracious. And she is splendidly talented.
The Perfect Playdough for Fall!
I’m so excited to be starting up the ecourse today, but I also wanted to share this guest post I have over at The Organized Parent. It really is my favorite playdough! Just smelling it puts me in a good mood!
How to Deal With Your Parenting Critics
Weekend Reads 9.8.12
First Friday is Back! Threats vs Consequences
(Oh boy, can you tell I’m working on a sleep-deprived, new-baby mama’s brain? See if you catch my mis-speaks. If you’re sleep deprived too and didn’t notice, there’s a hint at the bottom of the post. I didn’t even notice I had fumbled until I played it back! Oh well, nobody’s perfect, right?)
A recent Ecourse participant asked about the difference between threats and consequences. I thought it was a great question, so I wanted to share that with you here. What are your thoughts?
(This video can also be viewed on YouTube here.)
Tone. When your tone is angry it sounds and feels more like a threat. When you are calm, and even empathetic (“That would be so sad….”) you’re simply informing them of the facts. Another way to think of it is as a gentle reminder. (“Remember that if ____ then ____. That would be too bad.”) One puts more power with the adult the other allows the child to own their own choices.
Follow Through. When you follow through with consequences, it teaches children that choices and consequences go together and that they can make their own choices. When we don’t follow through or follow through sporadically, the children feel more like the consequences are influenced more by our daily mood rather than their choices.
Weekend Reads 9.1.12
What Do You Do With All Those School Papers?
Our family is starting a rolling schedule of back to school days. This week, our second grader was first, then Dad headed back to the classroom. Next week our kindergartener finally gets his grand wish to start going to the “big kid school”, and the following week our preschooler bounds into his preschool setting.
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