Does food taste the same if you haven’t seen it yet? Before you have the preconception of what it might taste like. This blind taste testing activity for children is a sensory fun guessing game that explores this question. Without your sense of sight, can you identify foods based upon taste only? Do you think… [Read More]
Teach Social Skills using Role-Play and Puppets
Why should you teach social skills to children? Social skills are a great predictor of school success and positive interpersonal skills. Children with good social skills are better at developing meaningful relationships, they show empathy and they interact appropriately in social settings. Although these skills are mastered through observation and experience, you can teach social skills prior to children starting their school years. Social… [Read More]
Ectoplasm Glow in the dark Slime Recipe
Glow in the dark slime that is bright Neon and super stretchy is awesome. Really! Recently we watched the new ghost busters movie and the kids asked if we could make some Ghost Ectoplasm slime. So we did and here it is. I ended up watching the kids experiment with it for an hour or more, they were having… [Read More]
New Years Eve idea for kids – Best of 2016 Printable
This Best of 2016 printable is a great New Years Eve idea for kids. Reflecting on and thinking about all the awesome things that happened throughout the year is something that encourages children to evaluate their progress and create new dreams. This new years Eve ides for kids is a nice quiet activity that can… [Read More]
Help Anxious Kids Stop Worrying – Wipe your Worries Away frame Printable
How you can Help Anxious Kids Stop Worrying & Shift their mindset with Positive affirmations. Having an anxious child can be difficult for parents, particularly when they don’t understand the reason for the anxiety. Some children are naturally more anxious and seem to worry a lot more than others. It is often difficult to know how to help… [Read More]
15 Books Developing Emotional Awareness in Children.
For children to develop emotional awareness and empathy they must first learn about feelings within them self and in others. Emotional intelligence in children is a learning process that starts with identifying and understanding emotions. These books developing emotional awareness are a great tool for teaching children various emotions and how other people experience and deal with their emotions. Some… [Read More]