Teach Me
In our playroom, hang these words. My amazingly talented sister made them. They are a reminder to me of my primary job, to teach. Yes, I clean and cook and wash and wipe. Some days it seems that is all I do, but underlying everything, my job is to teach: to teach my children to obey, to listen, to respect; to teach them their ABC’s and 123’s; to teach them how to dance and sing and laugh; to teach them to clean up after themselves and say, “I’m sorry.”; to teach them the Word of God and...
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Baby Choices: The most nonsensical idea I ever embraced as a mom was to give your baby choices. The fact that I bought into it at all, I blame on DIPS (Dumbness Induced by Pregnancy Syndrome), a syndrome that I still have to this day. The reason I know I still have it is because I continue to give my babies choices, even though I know it is absurd. I recall reading in a baby magazine this idea when my first born was a baby. You can tell that they are targeting sleep deprived, fuzzy brained...
Read MoreGood Intentions
Good Intentions My husband says that I am great at coming up with systems, but not great at implementing them. I hate to admit it, but he’s right. Being naturally creative, I love to come up with a plan to solve any problem. Storage systems, disciplinary systems, organizational systems, I love them all! However, I often lack the discipline to carry through on implementing them, rendering them useless. My intentions are good, but my focus or effort is lacking. I found this great map idea last...
Read MoreWhen Your Child is Sick
Natural Medicine at Home: For coughs: I have serious anxiety when my children start coughing, I know it sounds ridiculous but it’s true. My neurosis is partially due to my third child who would go from a cough to not breathing in less than an hour, due to his asthma, but I do still recognize that I have a problem. However, because of this anxiety I have loads of suggestions on how to naturally stop a cough or at least subdue it. Here they are: Have a vaporizer in your their room. Best money...
Read MoreLiteracy Helps
Literacy 1. Literacy Rich Environment: The biggest teaching reading advice I can give parenting of pre-schooler, is to have a literacy rich environment for your kids. Have books easy to grab and read if you have a few minutes. Play games that encourage phonetic awareness. My second child thrived on games and seriously about 90% of his pre-school education was game related. Here are some other ideas I do with my kids: 2. Don’t Stop Reading to Your Child: Studied show that reading to your child...
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