When I began this alphabetic series, Teaching Kids About Character, I sat down and listed all the positive qualities that I wanted my son to have. I came up with a great list and have been doing a lot of thinking each week about what I am doing to help encourage these qualities in my 2.5…
Preschoolers
Help Your Preschooler “Write” a Love Letter to Grandma
Every year since I was little, I have tried to find a special way on Mother’s Day to show my Mom how much I love and appreciate her! Because I like to do art and make crafts, my gifts have often been “artistic projects” that were created for her. I have done personalized zentangles, personalized…
Spring Garden Washer Wind Chimes
Although it’s technically been Spring now for five weeks, the green season has not really hit our backyard yet! Lots of brown mulch and many sprouts with a promise of future hostas and ferns, but not a lot of colour. So Onetime, my son, and I decided to brighten up the back garden with some painted homemade…
Child-Created Humpty Dumpty Rhyming Book
I LOVE making books with my son! To further enrich the “Egg-speriment” Egg-stravaganza we posted yesterday, my son Onetime and I created a fantastic little Humpty Dumpty rhyming book of our own that you can do too! You Will Need: 3 or 4 pieces of 12″x12″ cardstock pages in a lighter colour, cut in half…
Eggy Art: Painted 3D Collage with Foam Eggs
When Tinkerlab presented their creative challenge for the month of April (to have your child use eggs in an art project), I asked my son, Onetime what he wanted to do with the foam eggs that we had. His answer? “Paint with them!” And so… here is our second entry to Tinkerlab’s egg challenge –…
I'm a behaviour therapist, turned elementary school teacher, turned mom of one amazing son, referred to as "Onetime" in this blog. I'm so happy to have you join me in this adventure of creating, observing, and celebrating life and parenthood! 
