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Winter Time Gross Motor Activities

Gross motor activities are a fun way to teach your kids and get their bodies moving! During the winter, it can be harder to get outside and get your body moving. Here’s some fun activities you can do inside or outside during the winter:   Music and movement: put on some music and let your […]

How to talk about “Hard Things” with your children

Within the last year I stumbled on Gahmya Drummond-Bey’s Instagram account, @evolvedteacher. She is a teacher, an author, a TED speaker, and a global curriculum designer. No matter the current event, she always seems to have a coping skill to assist in discussing “hard things” with children/students. She developed the C.A.R.E. (Consider, Acknowledge, Remind, Empower) […]

Winter Sensory Activities 

Winter Sensory Activities Snowy Sensory Bottle: take a clear bottle and fill it with cotton balls, blue glitter, white glitter, white sequins. Secure lid tightly and shake. Snowy Sensory Bin: this one is edible! Find a container appropriately sized for sensory play and fill it with potato flakes (typically found in the soup aisle of […]

Welcoming a New Baby

Within a few weeks we will be welcoming our baby girl into the world. Over the past 6 months we have been trying to prepare our son for becoming a big brother. I feel like my toddler has already had to deal with so much change due to me being sick earlier in the pregnancy, […]