Posts by Amy
The Importance of Laughing With Your Baby
By Amy on September 30, 2008
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Laughing and relaxing with your child, particularly babies and toddlers is essential in developing a healthy bond between caregiver and child. Studies in child development have proven children whose parents or caregivers do not interact {read more}
By Amy on September 30, 2008
Bonkers for Boy Books
By Amy on September 29, 2008
I love books. I spent countless Saturday mornings with my dad at our local library browsing, reading, and eventually checking out a towering stack of books to devour during the coming week.
As my oldest (I have a daugher, son, son – all in {read more}
By Amy on September 29, 2008
Advocacy for Education Begins with Parents
By Amy on September 28, 2008
When the kids come home from school the first thing I ask them is how their day was. Sometimes I can gauge how the day was simply by the look on their face and sometimes it takes some prying. When I ask it’s not because it’s a knee-jerk reaction or {read more}
By Amy on September 28, 2008
Fun Family Game Nights
By Amy on September 15, 2008
Our family loves to play board games and after we had children, we began to play them a lot more. We are usually home more in the evening, so we pop some popcorn and catch up on our television shows while we play.
Here are just a few of our favorite games:
1. {read more}
By Amy on September 15, 2008
Word Games Rule
By Amy on July 2, 2008
Despite popular opinion, we don’t necessarily need expensive equipment to teach our children how to read and write. There are so many great things that we can do to encourage our children’s development without even spending a dime. What about {read more}
By Amy on July 2, 2008
A Cool Chore Tool For Older Kids
By Amy on June 17, 2008
Chore charts are great for younger children and can be a very effective way of establishing good helpers in your home. What do you do though when sticker charts just don’t work anymore? Well, Handipoints is an an online program that you can utilize {read more}
By Amy on June 17, 2008
We Need to Work On Our Letters
By Amy on June 2, 2008
Ethan hands me this piece of paper (shown above)Ethan: Well?
Me: What?
Ethan: Read the letter.
Me: Um, what does it say?
Ethan: (big sigh) It says, "Get me some cheese crackers."
Me: I think it needs to say, "Please."
Ethan: I can’t {read more}
By Amy on June 2, 2008
Pudding Paints
By Amy on May 26, 2008
Painting with children when they are little requires a tad more creativity than giving them a set of water colors and letting them make a creation. Little hands want to put things in their little mouths so painting with the yucky stuff can be a big unhappy {read more}
By Amy on May 26, 2008
Avoid Summer Schedule Overload
By Amy on May 19, 2008
As summer approaches, parents begin chit-chatting about what their children will be up to for the summer, "Billy will be doing softball for three weeks, swimming for two weeks, and then a special karate class for another three weeks. Then we will {read more}
By Amy on May 19, 2008
Reclaiming Myself, One Day at a Time
By Amy on May 12, 2008
A few weeks ago, I took a hard look at myself in the mirror and realized that I did not like the person that was looking back at me. I was always running, always going, and never had any time to really enjoy myself anymore. Do you ever feel that way?
I {read more}
By Amy on May 12, 2008
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