As the holiday season approaches, there will be many changes to your family’s normal routine. Perhaps you have family members staying at your home, traveling from one location to another or even traveling a great distance during a very short period of time. For children, these changes to their normal routine can add some extra […]
Category: Preschool
Just when you’ve got the sleep routines and potty training down, a whole new set of challenges (and delights!) emerge during the preschool years. You’re in luck because here you’ll find articles, videos and events from finding the right preschool for your family, to effective ways to deal with different temperaments, preparing for a new sibling, developmental milestones, dealing with picky eaters, and more!
How to Help Your Kids Develop Healthy Eating Habits
As adults, we know how important it is to ensure that our children develop healthy behaviors as they grow. We set up play-dates so they can learn to interact with others and practice politeness and we implement a night-time routine that they associate with sleep, but do we ever focus on teaching them how to […]
Tips to Promote Healthy Play Patterns to Enhance Infant and Toddler Language
Follow your child’s lead in play. Letting the child lead the way in play is a nurturing way to foster concept formation and language learning. Observe what kinds of play activities your child shows an interest in. A young child’s play is a window to her imagination and her ability to make sense of the […]
Real Parenting Confessions and Concessions
Ever wonder if you’re the only parent who breaks from conventional thinking on a common parenting issue… or speculate just how common today’s parenting practices really are? UrbanSitter, an online parenting resource for finding childcare, surveyed more than 350 of its families from across the United States to get the inside scoop on controversial parenting […]
But I’m NOT Sorry! What To Do When A Child Has Done Wrong
For years, as a Teacher, Parent Coach, and Passer Byer (I know. Passer Byer is not really a word but, eh, now it is.) I have heard very well-meaning, parents, teachers, and the like tell children to say, “I’m sorry” when they have made a less than desirable choice. I get it, really I do. Grown ups want […]
Sweet Potato Granola
What better way to start the day than with sweet crunchy granola? I had a sweet potato in my fruit bowl and wanted to do something creative with it. The granola took very little time to prepare and came out crunchy, slightly sweet and perfect in oatmeal or on yogurt. You can even pack it […]
Kidfresh: Delicious, Healthy & Organic Frozen Meals for Kids (and parents!)
*This is sponsored product review Part I: THE SKINNY (in other words, what’s the product being reviewed, why is it different and why should I consider buying it?) What is Kidfresh? According to Kidfresh founder and NYC dad, Matt Cohen, “Kids’ meals these days… a lot of them are downright scary and often loaded with […]
Experience is the Greatest Teacher
Unlike a few decades ago, when parks and play areas were bursting with laughter, children nowadays spend more time playing video games and going online. It has been observed for years that playing outdoors is becoming “old school” and leveling up characters in a massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) or catching the latest on […]