From a very young age, children are asked to exercise patience in group settings. How well they demonstrate patience among their peers depends largely on whether they’re asked to practice this important skill by parents and caregivers.
Tag: Activities
There are so many activities associated with motherhood – both for mom and baby. Being a mom is wonderful and complex, miraculous at difficult, frustrating and fun – sometimes all at the same time. Our articles discuss not only activities associated with your role as a parent – and tips on rockin them – but also provide plenty of things for you and your littles to do. If you’re looking for events in NY for kids, check out our events page.
Green Parenting: Earth Day is Sunday!
Earth Day is this Sunday, April 22. I’m sure you’ve heard of Earth Day but here’s a bit about it and how it got started.
Green Parenting: Slacktivism
Slacktivism is the act of participating in a cause or campaign without getting involved. It generally requires you to share, like, tweet or pass something on via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Since it is the path of least resistance in showing support for a cause, people end up having a “feel good” vibe for participating.
Lesson from the Playground
The mild winter had seemingly slipped right into summer and the energy in New York City was buzzing. I am not one to let such a gem of day slip by and so I made my way to Central Park to soak it in. As I strolled, sipping my first iced coffee of the season, […]
Learning Through the Arts
The arts provide such significant support in education. Unfortunately, they are often the first areas to be cut from budgets, requiring grant funding and private donations if they are to be offered at all. In my children’s NYC public K-8, there is not a school (instrumental or vocal) ensemble, but there is a full-time art […]
Developing Fine Motor Skills
By Karinna Dancourt, MS OTR/L at Jumping Jax As an occupational therapist I often get phone calls from parents asking about their child who is struggling with handwriting. Most of the time, it is the preschool teacher who first calls attention to the child’s fine motor skills. This is logical as preschool is the time […]
Spring Forward with Yoga
By Kami Evans, founder of Elahi Yoga and holistic health coach As the seasons pleasantly change and the weather warms, we tend to think about ways to be more active. With such transitions come great opportunities to experience new activities with your family. Here are some beginner moves to engage the family in a group yoga […]
What ways can dads and their toddlers bond?
You asked and you shall now receive. It’s only fair for us to share all of this stored up knowledge about a toddlers and what happens when they start toddling (and talking)! We now will answer, in a very public forum, all of those burning questions about children in their second year. Each Wednesday, we […]