10 Tips for Helping Kids Start Kindergarten: #1 Routine
In many places, school will start right after Labor Day and some children will start kindergarten. Starting school for the very first time can be exciting and scary. There are things you can do at home...
View ArticleKindergarten Readiness and Summer Vacation Routines
Now that summer is here, kindergarten readiness can be part of summer vacation. Although children younger than 5 years old are not even in school, it seems like they are on vacation too. Timetables and...
View ArticleKindergarten Readiness: Routines Help Kids Connect
Today, as I watched some brand new kindergarten kids, I was reminded of the importance of routines and how they can help kindergarten readiness. For both drop-off and pick-up times, the kids lined up...
View ArticleWhat Makes Childhood Magical? #20 Routine vs Surprise
The Magic of Both Routine and Surprise Life with kids can feel like a teeter-totter with all its ups and downs. In a way, that’s part of the magic. And parents needs to be magicians to balance both...
View Article10 New Year’s Resolutions with Young Children: #5 Routines
If there's one new year's resolution that fails first, it's probably routines, because it seems so limiting, but routines are a form of security for kids and for adults. Kids feel more comfortable with...
View ArticleOff to School Toolbox: Kids and Routine
At first it wouldn’t seem so, but kids and routine are a good combination for learning. Having a routine lessens unpredictability and increases confidence. Particularly for going off to daycare,...
View ArticleIce Cream for Breakfast Day
Ice Cream for Breakfast? The first Saturday in February is Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Apparently, this holiday is about 50 years old dating from the 1960’s. A New York mom, Florence Rappaport,...
View ArticleBefore I Go to Kindergarten #5: Routines Help Young Children
The day after Labor Day usually means back to routines. Did you know routines help young children, despite our adult unfavorable opinion of routines? For children, a routine is a sort of security...
View ArticleKids Need Routines – Helping Kids Make Friends with Routine
Monday starts the week’s routine; did you know kids need routines? This post explores why and since it’s friendship month, making friends with routines. A routine functions like an invisible security...
View ArticleChange: Friend or Enemy? Helping Kids Cope with Change
Today’s play-of-the-day, helping kids cope with change, is inspired by a move for our family. Change can be really challenging for kids. They barely have their sea legs coping with what ‘s happening on...
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