This post shares tools to create your own calm down kit. Today I’m presenting a workshop at the Positive Discipline Conference in Seattle, USA (12 July, 2019) on helping parents create calm down kits. Here are the free printables I’m sharing in case you want to use them at home as well. Click on the… {read more}
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5 Resources to Make Your Classroom Kinder
“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” – Margaret Mead Just imagine if our children learned this quotation and took its meaning to heart. Wouldn’t that be amazing? I’m excited to have award-winning author, Maria Dismondy, with us today to share some of her… {read more}
5 Videos of Effective Calm Down Techniques for Kids
Learning calm down techniques is a useful tool no matter your age. Check out these five videos to learn different ways to calm the mind: The Mind Jar Exercise by FableFy This video shares an analogy for children to understand how thoughts can take over your mind, and reminds them to breathe “till the… {read more}
10 Awesome Kindness Quotes for Kids to Learn by Heart
I have always loved collecting inspirational quotes. I like to put them up around my house, read them in articles, write them in cards, use them in presentations, and the list goes on. Kindness is one of the foundational qualities I want to help my children develop. From being kind to the insects in the… {read more}
How to Talk to Children about Mental Illness
This is a guest post by Dr. Dawn Brown Psych MD. Even as an adult, conversations about mental illness are tough. For kids, mental illness can be completely bewildering, especially if they’re watching someone they love walk through it or experiencing it themselves. As a parent, your instinct may be to protect your child from… {read more}
5 Activities to Help Children Develop Emotional Control
Recently in our house we have been working on becoming aware of our emotions and choosing to handle them in a positive manner. It’s a lifelong journey, to say the least… and I have to admit that I am getting as much out of exploring these subjects as my kids. But little by little the… {read more}
7 Personal Gifts for Mama Friends
Do you love to give gifts? I do! It’s so fun to pick out a gift you know a friend will adore and give it, especially when they are least expecting something. Unfortunately as a busy mother of three, I don’t always have time to figure out the perfect gift. I’ve ended up giving less-than-perfect… {read more}
DIY Lift-the-Flap Manners Book for Toddlers
Over the years our family has made a lot of booklets and crafts to learn about various character traits. This was one of my oldest son’s favourites when he was around 2 years old. I made this “Learning about Gentleness” book because, like many parents of toddlers, I was finding myself talking a lot about… {read more}
