Social skills games are great for helping kids develop valuable social emotional skills. Many of us that work with children accept that play is the language of kids. When you can make a lesson fun it’s easy to keep kids engaged. For this reason, I choose to teach social skills with the following social skills games. Children love these social… Read More
Limited Time Only: GIANT Kids eBook Bundle Sale! 89% OFF
There is a huge variety of great educational printables, craftivities, and parenting and educational eBooks out on the market. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have some of these resources bundled into one? Well guess what? Recently I collaborated with some talented members of the Kid Bloggers Network Group to develop an amazing kids eBook bundle containing 38 eBooks… Read More
Learning Activities That Teach Children About Respect
Since children are not born knowing how to show respect for others, it is important that we teach them the important character trait of being respectful. In an effort to teach children how to be respectful, I created Good Character: Learning How To Show Respect for use with children in Pre-Kindergarten-2nd grade. This activity bundle defines and explains respect through the… Read More
Fall Themed Social-Emotional Skills Building Activities For Children
We all want our children to have friends, to do well in school, and to have as many positive experiences as possible. It’s a relief when we know our kids are well-adjusted and happy. Fortunately, most kids are indeed well-adjusted. However, there are some children who lack healthy social-emotional skills which causes them to struggle with leading fulfilling lives. These children will… Read More
Easy DIY Kid’s Dream Catcher
Last year, one of my goals was to get my six-year old son to regularly sleep in his own room. You can read more about how I did this here. We finally started seeing progress, and then out of nowhere, he began having nightmares. We wanted him to feel safe, but we didn’t want him to get comfortable sleeping… Read More
Getting Children to Unplug
My kids received a Disney Infinity 2.0 for Christmas and are in love with all the new characters. They are constantly asking to play it and will sit in front of the TV all day playing games if I let them. Even though I get to enjoy some peace and quiet while the boys are gaming, it’s not reason enough… Read More