Inside: Valentine’s Day craft to use your kids’ Valentine’s Day cards that they bring home from school. Don’t toss them, make this Valentine’s Day Placemat craft. As a kid, I loved Valentine’s Day. I loved collecting the valentines my classmates brought in to school. The My Little Pony cards. The Lisa Frank unicorn cards. And the […]
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Create Sibling Books to Build a Stronger Sibling Bond
Inside: Create a strong sibling relationship between your kids by making this simple, yet meaningful Sibling Books for them as a reminder that they do in fact like spending time together. When I brought my son home from the hospital, my two-year-old daughter wasn’t exactly thrilled. She wasn’t mad, or sad, or even overly jealous. […]
Build a Strong Family Identity with These 12 Tips
Inside: Build a strong family identity with these 12 ideas to feel more connected to your kids, help pull each other closer, and be a more cohesive family unit. When we moved our family of five away from the only home we had known, we plopped ourselves down in a new time zone, away from […]
How to Prepare Your Kids for a Big Move
Inside: Are you moving? Here are 21 ways to help children emotionally prepare and cope with a big move from a mom who’s moved her kids across the country three times in three years. My family is no stranger to moving cross country. As I am writing this, we’re gearing up for our third major […]
Morning Meeting SEL Activities for Educators
Inside: 11 Morning Meeting SEL Activities for Educators to use to start the day with more kindness and connect with students. When I taught Kindergarten, I cherished my morning meeting time with my students. It was a great way to start the day off, connect with students, get them excited about the day, and sneak […]