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How to Prepare Your Kindergartener for this Unusual School year
Usually… you’d be counting down the days until school starts.
Not this year!
You’re entering an uncertain school year and have no idea how to prepare.
These should help.
Here are 3 tips to help you and your child both prepare for the upcoming school year.
When “I’m Sorry” Doesn’t Cut It – How to Teach Kids to Apologize
I went to a small elementary school run by nuns.
My 4th grade class had only 10 students – and that was pretty much the norm throughout the entire school.
While I was protected, safe and had a great education. There was one thing I feared more than anything else.
Getting a mark.
Easy DIY Outdoor Pillows for a Cute Porch
These simple DIY outdoor pillows take less than an hour to make.
Let’s do crafting therapy and give your porch some personality!
The ONE Thing you can do this summer to help your middle schooler succeed this school year
As a parent, I dreaded my daughter entering middle school.
Middle school was the most trying time of my childhood.
I came from a rather strict and sheltered elementary school. There were 10 students in my sixth-grade classroom. We were taught by Sister Mary Clare and I wore a uniform every day.
And puberty hit me hard. I gained 50 pounds in what seemed overnight.
I felt uncomfortable and awkward in my own body.
Middle school was like throwing me to the wolves.
I prepared my daughter for how mean kids could be.
And I taught her to always wear deoderant (because I made that mistake).
I made sure she was always in a physical activity so that she’d know her body was strong.
But the mental overwhelm caught me by surprise.
For you, exhausted mama, who needs help with self-care
Why do so many moms feel guilty about taking time for self-care? Newsflash, it isn’t selfish or hard to do!
4 Ways to Reduce Back-to-School Anxiety This Fall
Many of us are nervous about going back to school this fall. Here are 4 tips on how to reduce anxiety for you and your kids about going back to school in 2020.
What to Do When Your Kid’s Behavior Makes You Feel Like a Failure
It feels like all the behaviors your kids have are challenging.
But what if I told you those challenges are actually life skills that just need a little guidance?
This is how you can tell.
15 Very Simple Science Experiments (Using What You Already Have at Home!)
Looking for a very simple science experiment to do at home with your kids? Maybe you need some ideas for summer or a rainy day. These are the coolest science projects I found that are unique, magical and use only household items.
Could this be why you’re so frustrated as a mom?
Do you feel like you’re too nice?
One of my students called me out for that my first year of teaching.
In her very astute, wise little fifth grade voice she told me, “Mrs. Crohn, you are too nice”
But wait… don’t you want to be nice? Isn’t that something to aim for?
Kind yes. But nice…nice is taking on the full responsibility of other people’s feelings and adapting your behavior to make others happy.
That’s what I was doing when an 11-year-old called me out.