March is full of fun holidays including St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) and National Bubble Week (March 7 – 13). Spruce up your home with this super cool pillowcase. Supplies Newspaper Paper plate Tempera paint Old pillowcase Empty paper towel roll Here’s how to do it:
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Hosted by us (Heather Kempskie and Lisa Hanson), this 15-minute podcast offers tips and advice on raising siblings. Is dinnertime your favorite part of the day? Not! How can you keep the kids busy while your prepare a nutritious-y meal? We’ve got ideas plus a few recipes for snacks your kids will love! Click here [...]
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Just got my hands on an incredible sort-of sibling manual for kids between the ages of 8 to 13 called, “Siblings: You’re Stuck with Each Other, So Stick Together.” Brillant title, don’t you think? This 100+ page small booklet has big type and plenty of illustrations to keep kids reading but tucked on each page [...]
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“He’s only two..” And yes two-year olds have their own set of rules that we can ONLY laugh about years later. Two-year-olds don’t know etiquette – they don’t have the verbal, cognitive, emotional or social skills to get what being a good friend or sibling looks like. I often get asked (or rather told) “How [...]
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Hosted by us (Heather Kempskie and Lisa Hanson), this 15-minute podcast offers tips and advice on raising siblings. Finally, we talk about the middle child. This mysterious child in your home and has a bright future…and a few hurdles! How can you make life a little sweeter for your child! Thanks for tuning in each [...]
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Yup, this holiday actually exists and it’s celebrated each and every February 17. OK, we added the “sibling” part but that’s perfectly acceptable. Why not let your kids in on this secret? Your childrens’ call to duty? Perform a few random acts of kindness. Almost any kind deed will do. Here are some sibling ideas [...]
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Good news: I am going away with my husband for an entire weekend (OK – that is REALLY good news!) Bad news: I am leaving my two boys behind (to fend for themselves…appartently). Noah (almost 7) misses me when I am gone but if there is a distraction such as a wii game, a good book or [...]
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Find out how siblings combos and birth order play a part in how kids interact, argue, compete and get along with each other in the same family. As you may know, I’m fascinated by birth order and have read over and over that gender plays a big part in how children interact with one another. [...]
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Make them attend a sibling’s extracurricular activity. Oh, the torture! My daughter Brooke has attended countless of her brother’s basketball practices, cub scout pack meetings, t-ball games and general school functions. With little to no complaint, she sits between my husband and I as we cheer for and watch her big brother. Why, oh, why [...]
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As a parent and an educator, the olympics absolutely thrill me. It is such an awesome opportunity for children to see how the world is big yet so small, that there can be peace amongst countries and that things such as sportmanship can and do exsist. Children can witness an ice skater fall down and get back up and continue [...]
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