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Fun and Free Summer Activities for Our Little Ones

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As we near the end of May, we parents will be in full summer mode. Summertime opens up more opportunities and activities for our kids. And most kids see summer as a magical time. With all that it offers, summer can sometimes be a bit challenging for parents. If you have kids in preschool, it can be quite a job to keep them busy at home every day. And if your kids are home all the time, summer still brings a different rhythm. So, as we approach summertime, let’s have a few easy, fun and free summer activities ready to …

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A Meaningful Mother’s Day Gift Little Ones Can Make

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Mother’s Day is quickly approaching, and it’s the perfect time to teach our little ones to celebrate their moms. It makes sense for little kids to do homemade gifts. After all, they don’t have money of their own. Yet, homemade toddler and preschool gifts are often not things that end up in our treasured-memories stash. Are there things little ones can make that moms could really want and use? Let’s look at a few gifts that are meaningful and usable, but they still let our kids take part in the fun. Here are some ideas for a meaningful Mother’s Day …

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Have Some Spring Fun with Your Kids

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It’s spring! Spring is so exciting, especially if you’ve had a long, cold winter. With the brighter, warmer sunshine and the longer daylight hours, it’s natural to want to get outside. And if you have little ones, you may really want them to be able to get outside. Outdoor play is so good for our kids, and it helps us parents to get a few minutes in a quiet house. Since we’re officially into spring now, let’s think about some ways to have some spring fun with your kids!   Get outdoors Since getting outside is the most obvious spring …

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Spring Cleaning with Your Preschooler

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It’s hard to believe that spring is right in front of us already! When spring is approaching, we’re often motivated to do a big spring cleaning in our homes. Yet, when there are little ones around, our spring cleaning efforts can become really difficult. So how can we get our homes in springtime shape without losing our minds with littles underfoot? Let’s get them involved! Does that sound impossible? It’s actually pretty easy and fun. Our kids love to clean when they’re little. Now, they won’t clean perfectly or be able to do the big jobs. But there really are …

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Understanding and Managing Tantrums in Preschoolers

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Tantrums with our little ones are never fun. And they usually do not line up with our schedules in a convenient way. There is a lot of advice to parents about staying calm, working to understand our kids when they are upset, and normalizing children’s tantrums. And sure, there is a lot of wisdom in much of this advice. At the same time, tantrums just stink. They take us by surprise, and it can be a challenge to respond in just the right way. So can we work toward understanding and managing tantrums with our kids? Let’s look at these …

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5 Ways to Develop Language Skills with our Kids

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February 21st is International Mother Language Day. We don’t often think about the languages we speak or use. Usually, we simply use the first word that our brains come up with. Our language, at least our first or mother language, just flows without our having to think about it at all. It’s a blessing to be able to express yourself with words, to be able to communicate and share your thoughts. So as we think about this International Mother Language Day, let’s think about a few ways to develop language skills with our kids and within our families. It’s so …

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Help Our Kids Expect Success

3 Ways to Help Our Kids Expect Success

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We know we have to work hard if we want to be successful. And we know that we have to teach our kids to work hard too. But did you know that the way we think about our efforts makes a difference? Positive thinking doesn’t bring about some miraculous outcome. But it does change the way we approach our work. It keeps our goals in view and helps us to be hopeful. And these mindsets really could change our outcomes. So let’s look at a few ways to help our kids expect success in their lives. It just might help …

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New Routines for Our Preschoolers in the New Year

New Routines for Our Preschoolers in the New Year

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We’re in the thick of establishing new goals and implementing our new year resolutions. So as we work on these things for ourselves, it’s a great time to take a look at our kids’ routines and goals. Are their morning routines working? Is there something we could adjust to make things go more smoothly for our kids and for us? What about afternoon or evening routines? This is the perfect time to assess our kids’ routines and set some new routines for our preschoolers in the new year. We all know the value of routines for our families. Routines are …

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3 Ways to Teach Preschoolers the Joy of Giving

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Here we are in the holiday season again…already! It’s time for decorating and lights, for shopping and gifts, and for traditions and extra fun. In this season of activities and craziness, we might need reminders to keep being intentional in our parenting. And what better way to focus our efforts than to help our kids learn a spirit of giving. It’s what the season is truly about. So let’s look at a few ways to teach preschoolers the joy of giving! The best way to teach our preschoolers the joy of giving is to include them in our own giving …

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3 Great Thanksgiving Ideas for You

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Thanksgiving is coming up next week! As we approach any major holiday, we are often busy with preparations. And we often need our kids to be busy with something else, at least for a little while. So as you get ready for Thanksgiving, we’re happy to offer a hand. We’ve got 3 great Thanksgiving ideas for you at Signing Time. Signs Of course, we’re all about the Thanksgiving signs. That’s our best Thanksgiving idea for you! And we can’t talk about Thanksgiving signs without the sign for turkey!   Another good Thanksgiving dinner sign is the sign for potato and …

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