Check out our favorite online games for toddlers. Photo by Umut Kemal.
Looking for some free online games for toddlers? You may think yourself crazy for even entertaining the idea. Do you really want to introduce your very young child, probably not yet potty trained, to the world of online gaming and computers? Well, if you are you are not alone. It is a great way to help our littlest ones develop literacy skills and a life long love of learning. …continue reading
Preschool child waiting. Photo by Pavel Jedlicka
Waiting in line with preschoolers is a daunting task. Things can get ugly fast if you don’t have fun things to do and you are not an experienced preschool teacher. No one likes to wait in line. According to a the Telegraph, Britons on average spend 6 months of their lives queuing up, or about 5 1/2 hours a month. It takes great patience for busy adults to stand idly for any length of time. But when you find yourself waiting in line with preschoolers for any longer than a few minutes, patience is nearly impossible to muster. Long airport lines and especially international flights originating in the U.S. have got to be the two most irritating places to find yourself trapped when you are in the company of bored and irritable preschoolers. Nothing causes a parent sweaty palms more than idol minds, fidgety fingers, and restless legs forced to stay put and keep quiet for a half-hour or more. Here are a few fun things to do while you are waiting in line with your preschooler to make your time go by a little faster. Whether or not you are a parent or preschool teacher, these are sure to please!
As a mother of three very young and inquisitive little boys I am guilty of hiring the electronic babysitter while doing laundry, making dinner, and talking on the phone. And I am sure if I did an informal telephone interview with other mothers I would find this to be true for most everyone. I know that excessive T.V. watching without adequate interaction will cause verbal delays. That’s just common sense. We don’t just plop our kids down in front of the television for hours on end and then just walk away. So in lieu of the recent Baby Einstein shake up I thought I would take a moment to jot down a few very successful non-television activities that my boys and I have done together this summer. They both have busy little minds and are often easily bored so I have to get creative quite often to keep them occupied. …continue reading
photographer: BreAnn Bennett
Get playdate bullying help for your preschool child by using 5 simple rules. These simple measures will make it hard for preschool kids to bully each other during unstructured play time. Your preschool child may be the bully, or may be the kid being bullied all the time. Either way, the best time in a child’s life to teach them how to treat others is when they are in preschool. Playdate bullying left unchecked only turns into bullying at school as children age.
Let me tell you a story about playdate bullying….
I recently took my 4 year-old son on a playdate with a boy his age that he has known at least two years. When we arrived, however, we were surprised to find an older neighbor boy there too. Something in my gut made me uneasy, but I didn’t mention it to my friend. Just after we were in the door I caught the other two boys bullying my son with a “gang-up” style shoot-em-up squirt gun activity. My son had none. I had to stop them and talk with them about playing nice and not bullying.
We stayed a couple hours, ate lunch together, and I watched the boys as they moved freely in and out of the house. I did not witness any more playdate bullying that day. At the close of our visit I reminded my son to thank his playdate friends and tell them he had a good time. He said no, very candidly, and I was admittedly embarrassed in front of our company. I had no idea that he had been the victim of playdate bullying. …continue reading
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