These are the most fun math board games we’ve found. With kids in 3rd and 6th grade, math is on my mind a lot lately. Specifically – how can I help my kids brush up on math skills and keep it fun? Our family loves board games, so when looking for a fun way to help my kids memorize multiplication [...]Continue Reading
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The No Rescue Policy: Why it’s Time
Have a totally forgetful kid? This post is for you. Today we welcome back Amy McCready, positive parenting author and educator. I refer to Amy's book, The Me, Me, Me Epidemic in my post on how I'm dealing with entitlement in my family, and she's written this as a follow up for us on a positive [...]Continue Reading
Recommended Resource – Smart but Scattered helps kids and parents reach their potential.
I just discovered Smart but Scattered and I'm thrilled to have stumbled on this book that is giving me so much insight into how to develop my own and my kids abilities to organize, plan, deal with strong emotions, and move towards life goals. These doctors of education emphasize that the [...]Continue Reading
Screen Time for Kids – how to make house rules for electronics that work for your family
When I mentioned the big improvement in our family since revamping screen time rules for my kids, I got lots of readers telling me that they too struggle with media and screen time. What works as house rules for electronics in one family may not work in another, so I've created this post as a [...]Continue Reading
3 Tips to Accept Mistakes and Raise Creative Problem Solvers
Why should parents be excited about their kids mistakes? How do mistakes increase creativity? To answer those question we've got today's post from Jillian Riley. Jillian is the blogger at Confidence Meets Parenting, a former early childhood educator and mom of two. ~Alissa Mistakes are the [...]Continue Reading
Why I’m Glad My Son Failed Today
By Author and Kid Crafts Blogger, Maggy Woodley, of Red Ted Art. Part of Our Raising Problem Solvers series. On Failure... I just wanted to share our day with you today. Today, my son came 3rd in his class audience for the talent show. Which means he won't go through to the school [...]Continue Reading
