Development
Spatial Awareness: How to Improve Your Child’s Spatial Awareness with Development Activities This article provides activities to improve spatial awareness. Affiliate links are included for convenience. When I was little, my parents decided to enroll me in soccer, and I’ll be honest, I was terrible at the sport. I was slow and clumsy and could not understand all the positions of the game. When the...
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Sensory
Sensory Processing I’m sure we’ve all had to spend far more time quelling temper tantrums or trying to subdue unruly behavior than we ever wanted to. But some parents deal with a level of tantrums and behavior that leave them feeling overwhelmed and defeated. It’s easy to tell there is something wrong, but it seems impossible to find a solution that makes anything better. I...
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Education
Laziness vs. Learning Disability Do you ever feel like you are the older brother in Big Hero 6, Tadashi, who is always trying to get his younger brother, Hiro, to make more of himself and reach his potential? If you are like me and loved that movie, you already know that Tadashi struggled with Hiro because he saw all the intelligence and genius within him,...
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Education
Valentine’s Day Activities Red and pink is everywhere. Hearts of all shapes and sizes line the walls of every store, school hallway and home. It is that time of year where all ages celebrate the meaning of love. Adults go out on special dates, while children get to share their Valentine’s love a little differently. Traditionally, the heart has been the symbol of Valentine’s Day....
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Development
Why Babies Should Not Skip the Crawling Phase Crawling seems like an infant’s rite of passage. It’s cute, it’s exciting and let’s be honest, most of our little ones’ first step toward mobility usually follows a slew of phone calls to loved ones and ends up on social media. It’s a step we assume every child will take. But with a growing number of children...
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Medical
What to consider when vaccinating children Disneyland, the happiest place in the world, or so we thought. Oddly enough, it wasn’t Maleficent or Pirates of the Caribbean that took over Disneyland; it was of all things, measles. Measles are a thing of the past right? Wrong! When I was a young mother, I didn’t give two thoughts about vaccinating my kids because that is just...
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Writing
Letter Formation and Placement These past few years I’ve done everything in my power to fight this strange new world of “LOL,” “BFF,” “OMG,” and “BRB.” For years I fought with my kids about getting a cell phone and trust me, you’ll never believe how I fought them on text messaging. This whole new world of technology is way over my head, and me being...
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Education
Better Homework Experience Homework. Is that as dirty of a word to you as it’s always been to me? Whether it’s the lingering nightmares that I forgot that all important project or dreading bringing up the word to my kindergartener, who already gives me all the grief of a teenager, homework can be one of my least favorite things to deal with. There are a...
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Events
You ready for the big game on Sunday? We finally have our menu planned, we’re getting together with some amazing friends and most importantly we are prepared with some great games and activities for the kids! I don’t know about you, but this year I don’t want to miss out on the big moments of the game, the half-time show, and of course the commercials...
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Celebrity
As children, we are all excited to learn how to do new things, whether it be learning how to tie our shoes or learning to ride our bike without training wheels. Imagine for a minute though if you struggled to tie your shoes. For Daniel Radcliffe, best known for playing Harry Potter, tying his shoes is something he struggles with every day. Radcliffe suffers from...
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