All Things Kids
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Benefits of Gardening for Kids
Affiliate Disclosure: Website: This post contains affiliate links. A Garden Comes to Fruition: In August 2018 we were blessed with our dear girl Rose, naturally she turned our world upside down in the best way possible. Though our world had changed, my husband was determined to acclimate our baby to the great outdoors within a matter of weeks. On a mid-morning nap I was awakened by the whirl of a table saw coming from our backyard. In haste I grabbed my robe as my mummy brain started to flutter with worry. My thought: “how is he running a table saw, when he has the baby?” You can imagine that at…
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Easy Counting Game for Toddlers
Affiliate Disclosure: Website: This post contains affiliate links. By far one of my favorite memories as a teacher is student teaching in a first grade classroom. Kids at this age and younger are so eager to learn new things, their enthusiasm is contagious. Now as a stay at home mom I get to teach my children the same objectives from the classroom at home. This easy winter counting game is perfect for teaching number recognition and sequencing 1-10. Kids will also be able to identify different circle sizes on the mittens. Craft pom-poms offer a tactile math manipulative, and a splash of color. I wanted to put together a counting…
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Teaching Your Children About Good Stewardship
Affiliate Disclosure: Website: This post contains affiliate links. Good Stewardship in Kids Personally, when I hear the word chores it reminds me of the mundane, tedious tasks that take up space on my endless to do lists. Depending on the specific chore my face tends to produce a rather impressive “ stank face.” The one for the toilets is extra special, to say the least. Words have connotations and emotions attached to them, and rightfully so. Case in point, I do not like the word chores. However, my perspective on chores and housework shifted when conviction came after reading The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. It should be noted…
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How to Bless Your Children
Just recently my friend Carrie and I got together to craft vision boards. After many months of Pandemic fears, isolation and monotony we craved some fresh ideas and hope for the New Year. We sat cutting and flipping through magazines. With our babes playing at our feet, while cups of tea soothed our tired mama souls. Bless Your Child with Words: Occasionally, we would laugh or read encouraging words out loud. At times we would quickly turn past a challenge that conviction would quickly draw us back to. Naturally, each picture and word encompassed a new hope, a new direction or goal for ourselves and our families. I have always…
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Potty Training Your Toddler
Potty Training isn’t One Size Fits All: Let me begin by stating that I am not an expert in potty training, I am a teacher and a mom and these are the things that worked for me and my family. We tried The Oh Crap We Are Potty Training Method, but it didn’t work for us. Now before you start yelling at me through the computer screen, I know this method has proven successful for many families, just not mine. In parenting it is really easy to fall into the comparison trap but by doing that we rob ourselves of testing strategies and learning what works best for us. Timing…
