How to Make a Grief/Memory Box

How to Make a Grief/Memory Box

An Activity to Help Your Child Walk Through Grief Your family has suffered a loss. A member of your family or someone who is considered as a part of your family is no longer with you. In the days and weeks that follow this person’s passing, you search for ways to make...
How To Create a Giving Jar

How To Create a Giving Jar

What is a Giving Jar A Giving Jar is a mason jar (or any other container that works for you) where everyone in your family will deposit their loose change or a portion of the money received for birthdays, from the Tooth Fairy or at holiday time. It might be better to...
The 5 Love Languages

The 5 Love Languages

Summary of the 5 Love Languages Dr. Gary Chapman is the author of the 1992 New York Times Best Seller, The 5 Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment. In his book, Dr. Chapman discusses how people convey, accept, and react to love and emotions differently...
How to Turn Quality Time on Its Head:

How to Turn Quality Time on Its Head:

Loving in the moments The reality of the pandemic has you at home again playing the part of educator. You are navigating your seven to eight year old through the mystery of multiplication. Frustration ensues and you find yourself in the thick of the “I can’t do...
Even Superheroes Need Shields

Even Superheroes Need Shields

How to Help Your Child Cope I think most of us would agree that we are starting school in a much different format than we would have hoped for. Yet, one thing that will remain the same for our kids as they begin the year is navigating the sometimes tricky maze of...