Our family was visiting some friends who lived out-of-state and had spent the night at their home. After breakfast, while we were chatting and visiting, I noticed their three-year-old slide out of her chair, toddle over to the broom closet, retrieve a broom, and begin to sweep the kitchen floor. She swept the edges of …
Child Development
How to Boost Your Child’s Creativity
Creativity is the spice of life…isn’t that how the saying goes? Maybe not exactly, but creativity is a vitally-important and God-given ability. To be able to come up with new ideas and to think outside the box are important life skills. Parents are eager to encourage their children to develop creativity, and rightfully so. So, …
Worried About Homeschooling This Year?
A recent Gallup poll, published August 25, 2020, revealed that 10% of American families with children of school age are intending to homeschool their children this year.[1] That’s double the 5% last year! And this is not referring to online learning. The study was careful to point out that “homeschool” did not include those enrolled …
Quiet and Simple
Is your child stressed, irritable, overactive, or easily frustrated? This may be a result of something known as overstimulation. Overstimulation happens when a child is swamped by more experiences, sensations, noise and activity than he/she can cope with. The stress caused, which is often unconscious, can result in many negative behaviors such as the ones mentioned …