Where Play Meets Potential
I’ll be honest with you, I am no cooking-with-toddler expert or any kind of chef. In fact, I was pretty nervous to involve Ruby (currently 16 months old) in the kitchen at all. So, if you want some real advice from a real mom on …
As soon as Halloween was over, we switched gears to Christmas. Thanksgiving was a small Autumn afterthought. Christmas is just so magical, fun, and filled with lots of holiday traditions and engaging play ideas. We have to start early because there are so many great …
You want to involve your baby in all the holiday fun, but you don’t want to break the bank because you know they won’t remember or show as much excitement as an older child. Well, this is the right place for you. I have carefully …
Gift-giving is a great way to celebrate traditions as well as show your love and appreciation for those you care about. Love, gratitude, and generosity are amazing values to pass down to your children. So, getting your toddler involved with card or gift-giving is a …
There are essentially two forms of art with children PROCESS and PRODUCT art. Different people value different things when it comes to art (and child-rearing in general), but there are two main differences with process and product art. Process art values the experience …
If you have a toddler, you may be considering transitioning out of the crib. You most likely have many questions and concerns. Every transition with children is challenging and we begin to second guess ourselves because we want the best for them. While I do …
Thinking about gifts for an infant is challenging because they cannot tell you what they want and really they don’t need or want much. Babies also don’t remember or have much of a reaction to their first Christmas, but parents and loved ones often still …
If you love all things Autumn and sensory play, but need some fresh new ideas, then you have come to the right place. We do some sort of sensory play daily. There are days I feel more motivated and have planned ahead, but there are …
Get out your play dough, kinetic sand, oobleck, clay, sand, or other sensory base, it’s time to learn some writing skills! Nope, I did not make a mistake there. We truly can help support writing skills with little ones without using a pencil and paper. …
Woohoo it’s Autumn! I am loving the Fall colors and the Fall temperatures. It is finally cooling off here in Las Vegas, but we are still playing in water and enjoying the outside more. A perfect water play activity for the season is Autumn Soup. …
I don’t know about you, but to me it seems like Christmas comes earlier and earlier every year. This year there were Christmas decorations out at Costco in August…like summertime August. Wow! Well, I guess it is time to start planning. Every year I …
The weather is cooling off (in my case from 115° F to less than 100° F) and the Pumpkin spice is back. That can only mean one thing…time for all things Fall. I am a huge fan of Fall. Mostly for the nice weather and …
You have seen the beautifully designed Pikler triangle and you understand its benefits for infant and child development. You are ready to buy one, make one, or you already own one, but then the concern comes about what if your child doesn’t want to climb, …
Ok, if Starbucks can release their pumpkin line in August, then I can start my Fall activities at the same time right? I mean I did think it was a little too early for pumpkin everything, but I thought we could start small with some …
For the longest time, I wanted a light table. I wanted one to use in my classroom and then I wanted one to use at home with my little one. There are so many beautiful play and sensory ideas using light tables, but they always …
It has been a year since I first started my journey as a stay at home mom (SAHM) alone. Yes, I have been at home for more than a year, but I do not count the 6 weeks where my husband was also home for …
Even though my dad was a musician and I married a musician, I do not have a musical bone in my body. I sing off key. I cannot keep a rhythm. I have only a handful of children’s songs memorized (and most of them are …
You are probably here because you have a little one struggling with teething. I have some bad news for you. There is no cure for teething. I know, I wish there was and I wish among this list of hacks there would be something to …
A child learning their name does not need to be tedious, rote memorization, or limited to pencil and paper. Instead learning their name should happen through playful exposures over a length of time. Ruby is only one year old and I do not expect her …
If you are in need of a simple, low-prep activity with several variations for play, then magnetic tile peekaboo is the perfect activity. So simple to set up and surprisingly creates a very engaging activity for a young toddler.