Losing is part of life. It happens when playing games, of course, but it also happens when someone else gets the promotion at work, when we don’t achieve our goals, and when changes in physical health prevent us from doing what we once could. Despite it being a ubiquitous experience, it is often difficult for children to respond courteously … [Read more...] about 5 Strategies for Helping Kids Handle Losing
Raising an Inheritance
How to Help Your Night Owl Child Become an Early Bird
My eldest child is a night owl. In the evenings, when her sisters are starting to wind down and are ready for bed, she’s wide awake and good to go for another couple hours. She’d gladly stay up until midnight each night and sleep until midmorning each day. Unfortunately, most days she must get up at a reasonable time because we have … [Read more...] about How to Help Your Night Owl Child Become an Early Bird
9 Useful Containers to Use as Easter Baskets
I don’t remember a whole lot about my family’s Easter celebrations when I was a kid, but one thing I do remember is that a couple of times my mom gave us Easter “baskets” that weren’t traditional baskets. Like baskets, they were containers that could hold goodies. Unlike baskets, they were multipurpose storage containers that could be used for … [Read more...] about 9 Useful Containers to Use as Easter Baskets
Pull-On Diaper Comparison
I write posts on occasion that, when I started blogging over 10 years ago, I never could have envisioned myself writing! This post is one of those. I used cloth diapers for my eldest child. I continued using these for my middle child’s first six months of life. With my third child, I chose to use disposables. I assumed we would quickly move … [Read more...] about Pull-On Diaper Comparison
Easy DIY Heart Pouch Valentines
My girls’ homeschool group is having a Valentine’s Day party this week. In addition to consuming lots of treats, the kids are exchanging cards with one another. My girls wanted to come up with unique valentines that were, as my middle child phrased it, “from the heart.” My eldest is folding paper airplanes from double-sided scrapbook … [Read more...] about Easy DIY Heart Pouch Valentines
14 Children’s Books About Gratitude
We are so grateful for our local library! We borrow dozens of books each week. Because we are approaching the Thanksgiving holiday, this week we picked up numerous books about gratitude. Gratitude can be a difficult concept for young kids to grasp. Books are a great way to introduce the concept because they explain it in a variety of … [Read more...] about 14 Children’s Books About Gratitude
15 Fun and Memorable Back-to-School Traditions for Homeschoolers
My older kids sometimes lament that they are missing out on certain things because they’re homeschooled. For example, my middle child really wishes she could ride a school bus and my oldest child really wants a cute backpack in which to carry her books. Of course, due to their ages, they have a difficult time understanding that their peers … [Read more...] about 15 Fun and Memorable Back-to-School Traditions for Homeschoolers
Cooking the Books: A Fine Dessert and Blackberry Fool
A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins shares the experiences of four families living in four different centuries as they prepare and later enjoy a treat (Blackberry Fool) together. We love how the book shares the details of how the treat would be prepared using the tools and techniques of … [Read more...] about Cooking the Books: A Fine Dessert and Blackberry Fool
