Welcome back to another week of the Teaching Kids About Character series. This week’s topic, S is for Social, is a tough one to tackle. About a month ago, I posted M is for Mellow as a guide to dealing with kids when they are upset. There was a lot of feedback on the post and most…
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How to Make a Hurricane in a Jar
Are you looking for a fun sensory activity to get your kids thinking about wild weather? Check out our instructions to make a swirling, colourful hurricane in a jar! This post contains Amazon Affiliates Links. Please see our full Disclosure Policy here. Hurricane Prompts On summer holiday last year my family was looking forward to…
30 Joyful Ways to Connect with your Child in 10 Minutes
This week’s Teaching Kids About Character: An Alphabetic Journey topic is J is for Joyful. When I got thinking about joy and where it comes from, I immediately thought about connection. On days when my son is cranky, whiny, and demanding or wild, hyper and reckless, I have come to see that these are cries from…
E is for Empathetic: 10 Ways to Teach Empathy
Empathy. What does it look like and why is it so important to teach our kids? Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. For a young child, it requires them to recognize different emotions and be able to understand the differences between the emotions. It also requires a child…
Hopping Corn Science Activity
We have a really entertaining science activity today for little ones! And – I bet you already have all the ingredients in your cupboard. Follow our steps to make your popping corn become HOPPING corn! This corn will hop up and down repeatedly in your container for over an hour. It’s so much fun to…