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A spirited, strong-willed, intense, or angry child… these are all terms that we often use, or hear to describe kids with strong emotions. What we don’t always know is how to help them calm down, or how to teach them to achieve calm themselves. Here are positive parenting strategies to help calm an angry child. […]
The first week of summer of summer vacation was… well… something. It poured and poured and poured. Then the long weekend came and it poured some more. Kids even set up a makeshift carnival in the rain to celebrate Canada Day. We’ve tried to make the most of it going to indoor play places. […]
A strong-willed child is both an incredible gift and an incredible challenge. Namely, getting a strong-willed child to cooperate is no easy feat. Find excellent positive parenting strategies to diminish power struggles and get your strong-willed child to listen and listen well. “I have the best idea of my life!” My five-year-old’s eyes danced […]
Taste-safe kids activities can be hard to come by so we came up with three play-based learning activities using cereal. Seriously, they’re so much fun! As a proponent of play-based learning, the question I get asked the most by parents is how to make kids activities baby-safe and taste safe. It goes without saying, toddlers […]
When it comes to baby sleep, it seems society’s expectations are too high. Find gentle ways to encourage your baby to sleep here. In many ways, we’ve lost sight of our instincts and our perspective when it comes to baby sleep. I assume it’s because of the pressures of a nine to five […]
Download these awesome preschool worksheets. They are centred in play-based learning and promote fine-motor skills, word and colour recognition and more! When I think of preschool worksheets, I have a negative connotation. I have visions of little children sitting at tables in a sterile classroom working on printing. I think of decontextualized learning – […]
Yelling at your kids can become a hard habit to break but it can also be quite damaging. This one simple strategy stops me from yelling at my kids and it can work for you too. It is a parenting moment forever etched in my mind. Each time I think of it, my heart […]
When it came to the principle of time in/ time out, I thought I understood it thoroughly. But I was making one substantial mistake. Overall, my almost four-year-old is an agreeable, earnest, and incredibly kindhearted child. But every so often, life gets the best of him. Whether he’s tired, out of his routine, or […]
When your child’s bad behaviour just won’t turn around, this positive discipline technique is incredibly effective. Find out what to do and how it works below. It wasn’t a long road trip and I felt like I had prepared so well. I had taken my kids to the playground before we left. […]
Nervous about introducing a breastfed baby a bottle? Find out best tips for successfully bottle feeding a breastfed baby as well as the best baby bottles to use… “The World Health Organization recommends you breastfeed your baby until two years or beyond,” our breastfeeding course instructor informed us. Had I been drinking something, I would […]