What is it… why you want it… and how to get it! “I had no idea it was so late!” my ten-year-old exclaimed lifting his head up after a few hours of finely-crafting origami Star Wars figures with his cousin, Grandma and myself who were equally entranced in our crafting projects. Clearly, we were experiencing …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: children and flow, children and focus, Creative Problem Solving, Creativity, Executive function, family flow, Focused attention, Mindfulness, play and flow, Self control, sense of flow
In the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, there’s much to accomplish in a short amount of time. Adult’s goals may include gift shopping for family and friends, volunteering at school parties, baking cookies, decorating the house and preparing special foods. But children’s goals for the season are very different. They are looking for …
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Summertime is a perfect chance to get creative together. Here are some ideas for engaging the artist in every family member. All individuals are inherently creative. But we typically reserve the title of “Artist” as a sacred one for which only specially anointed individuals are worthy. However, our humanness makes us all creative. My son, …
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– exhibiting sensitivity Art – the creation of works of beauty or other special significance – the exercise of human skill – imaginative skill as applied to representations of the natural world or figments of the imagination Being artistic is a human desire, one we all possess by virtue of the fact that we want …
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Category: About Tags: Artistic, Collaboration, Confidence, Creativity, Elements of a Confident Kid, Focus, Healthy relationships, Identity, Kids and Art, Passion, Perserverance, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Self-expression, Self-reflection
When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels. – Author Unknown School is closed due to weather conditions. Now what? As a kid, I was jumping for joy. I seem to have a singular moment when I look out at the beauty of a white winter and want to share that feeling of elation …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Creativity, Family contribution, Household contribution, Imagination, Joy in snow days, Movement, Positive snow day experience with kids, Quiet Time, School closed, Snow day, What to do with kids on snow day, Winter exercise
Oh the places you’ll go! The worlds you will visit! The friends you will know! – Dr. Seuss1 “What are you guys up to?” I say to the three six-year-old friends in my living room. “We’re sharing our books!” one says with an “Isn’t it obvious?” tone. Reading is a top priority in the early …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Connection to others, Creativity, Cultural understanding, Empathy, Imagination, Learning pressure, Learning to read, Moral development, Perspective taking, Reading, Reading pressure, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-identity, Self-management, Social awareness, Story in social and emotional development
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind. – Jim Morrison The second day of school my son brought home a short booklet that was to be signed by all family members. It was the technology policy for his school. Covering every facet of screen interaction, each statement began with “No….” It is indeed critical for …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: "Digital Dossier", Creative Problem Solving, Creativity, Family Media Agreement, Family Meeting, Higher Order Thinking Skills, Internet Use, Limiting Screen Time, Media Effects, Mental Fatigue, Safe Media Environment, Screen Time Effects on Brain, Smart Media Use
There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. If one could but recall his vision by some sort of sign. It was in this hope that the …
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That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong. ― F. Scott Fitzgerald When I was growing up, my neighborhood library held the “Super Summer Reading Program.” I so fondly recall weekly trips to the library with …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Creativity, Experiencing nature with children, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Family, Family rituals, Joseph Cornell, Last Child in the Woods, Nature deficit disorder, Parenting books, Parenting strategies, Richard Louv