5 Simple (But Genius!) Play Activities For Toddlers At Home
Let me start off by saying that I am a stay-at-home mom who works from home part-time, so being at home with my 2.5-year-old and 1.5-year-old is…
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11 Activities To Keep Preschoolers Busy At Home
We hear it every day: “Be present.” “You’re gonna miss this.” “Babies don’t keep.” True, but clean…
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Learn and Play: Great Gifts For Curious Preschoolers
As a mom of three kids four and under, I’ve finally resigned myself to the fact that our house is going to be teeming with toys for, well,…
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Play Really is the Work of Childhood
As I sit here, I am listening to my older daughter color by herself in another room. Of all of the sounds of young motherhood, the self-chatter…
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Why I Stopped Yelling About the Toys on the Floor
Miniature football helmets are everywhere. On any given day, my son’s room is littered with them, with most of the major conferences represented:…
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Waste Time on Purpose
Just writing the title to this post stings a bit. It goes against my every instinct. Time is precious, watching my children grow has has made me…
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Take the Risk. Say Yes.
“Hey MOM!”… “Can I do this?” “Can we do that?” “Can we go here…wait…How about we go there?”…
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Are You KID-ding? 5 Little Ways to Rekindle Your Spirit
1. SWING Not referring to that thing that some grown-ups do by swapping partners. Swing, as in plop your tush on a playground or backyard swing…
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The Unseen Threat on the Playground
It was one of the longest nights that we had encountered since becoming parents. Our newly one-year-old girl was vomiting all night long. (My husband…
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The Photo I Never Took
Just off the highway on the edge of our town is an artesian spring that runs continuously from spring to autumn. The public can stop for a cool drink…
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