International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year. Let us all use this day to show our appreciation of women for their achievements in society at large, local communities, neighbourhoods and homes around the world. And be inspired to work harder for equality and advancement in any arena we are able to influence! I… {read more}
Character Building Activities
“What is Personal Growth?” Activity for Kids
“What is personal growth?” If your kids have asked this question, you may like to try this lovely activity to help them explore the answer: Yesterday, my two small friends and I took Einstein’s words very seriously and researched (played) outside for hours. This is a snap of what we collected. We talked about seeds… {read more}
Deep Breathing Exercise for Children {Free Printables}
Everything feels blurred and unfocused. Your shoulders drag to the floor, burdened by thoughts. Even those tiny freckles feel heavy. Gone is the clarity you had last week. It has now been replaced by chaos. Beneath a seemingly calm facade, you are a tornado of emotions swerving out of control. Your glazed-over-eyes show nothing of… {read more}
How to Be In Charge of Your Emotional Remote Control {Free Printable}
“Who controls your emotions?” I ask my youngest daughter. She gives me the look of a perplexed almost-six year old and scans the room with her pensive blue eyes. It makes me wonder if she is thinking of her friends, of a name out there that might carry the answer. Someone must surely control those… {read more}
I Saw That! {Printable Encouragement Cards}
Summary: Free printable encouragement cards for kids and why you should use them. As a child, I felt that celebrations were for those gargantuan events that happened maybe once or twice per lifetime. I saw people rejoicing around me and yet a little voice in my head kept me from feeling joy, kindness, happiness or… {read more}
Game to Build Emotional Intelligence for Preschoolers
Our body language, especially our hands, can say so much. We play a game called “My hands can say…” It’s all about miming what we feel using our hands. We make up situations and take turns using our hands to communicate how we feel. Another twist is for each one to come up with an… {read more}
Teach Kids How to Act Online {Free Printables}
If you are looking for ways to teach kids how to act online, these discussion questions and printable activities might help. Can you imagine growing up in today’s world? Where photos don’t have to be printed to be seen, information can be instantly transported via computer or phone, and anyone can blast news around the… {read more}
Encourage Loving Relationships {Printable Love Pouch}
Occasionally, we are not ourselves. We say things we don’t mean. Our words come out like little daggers instead of the concerned consonants-and-vowels-stitched phrases we had hoped for. We shout when we mean to put ourselves in a time out. We scrape tender little feelings and we make them doubt that we love them. We… {read more}
