You can take an infant outdoors for a little play time. With a few simple activities and the right weather, you can get your little one exploring outside! I am always looking for outdoor activities for infants. It can be a little stifling to be indoors all day long, and most children do much better during dinner prep time if they have burned off some energy outside. Even … [Read more...]
Supporting Your Child’s Seasonal Allergies
If you’re like me and living in the great Midwest, the summer season has yet to arrive in all its glory. We’re still stuck somewhere between transitioning from spring to summer with a lot of heavy rains and high winds. Unfortunately, most kids who suffer from seasonal allergies are not too happy with that. After the long winter season, all they want to do is be in the … [Read more...]
How to Create a Butterfly Garden
By Lisa Brown Teaching children about butterflies can be done in a respectful way. We do this by teaching them to be observers in the butterfly’s natural habitat. A wonderful way to teach children all about butterflies is to teach them how to create a butterfly garden! … [Read more...]
10 Activities for Active Play and Less Use of Technology
Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Lauren} We spent a little too much time this winter in front of the TV. I kept thinking “Only one more day of this. The kids are sick. They need to rest.” It seems like we always had an excuse to … [Read more...]