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30 Days of Play in November!

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | parenting, play

Last month , I began a new series, giving you simple and inexpensive play ideas for every day of the month. You asked for me to keep these p...

Children behave the way they do for a reason, and rather than simply looking to punish the behavior, positive parenting is about looking for...

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 | play, sensory

In their new book, Sensory Processing 101 , the authors describe the 8 sensory systems. These are: The auditory system (sense of hearing) T...

Thursday, October 1, 2015 | parenting, play

Play is an important part of maintaining connection with our kids, but with so much to do every day, it can be difficult to find the time ...

Discipline doesn't mean to punish. The root word, disciple, means to teach. Rather than focusing on busting bad behavior, it is more ef...

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 | parenting, play

Play has a wide range of benefits for children. Through play, children release energy, reduce stress, and learn about life. They learn probl...

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 | homeschooling, parenting, play

Children naturally love to learn. Unfortunately, that love often gets stripped away by middle childhood as learning becomes competitive, dir...

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 | parenting, play

Love-bombing my children on their birthdays has become a favorite family tradition. My husband remembers with fondness how each year when he...

Sunday, July 20, 2014 | play

What happens when you mix water and baking soda and then freeze it? You get lovely ice blocks to stack and play with. So, then what happens...

Monday, July 14, 2014 | homeschooling, play

Today's activity was ice chalk mixing. To create ice chalk, I mixed equal parts corn starch and water in a muffin pan, added food colori...

Friday, July 11, 2014 | play

Ready for a fun twist on the ever-popular scavenger hunt? Do your kids love to dress up as superheroes? This is going to be a blast! We are ...

We love to make bath time super fun in our home. When I saw this amazingly fun sensory bath here at Growing a Jeweled Rose, I knew I had to...