kids Archive

This month the Virtual Book Club for Kids is feature the AMAZING books of Jan Brett.  She has an amazing collection of books that highlight beautiful illustrations of all kinds of animals. Amazon.com Widgets We love SO many of them, so

As you may have seen in my post last Saturday (Our Elf Update: Week One 2012), Santa sent us a box filled with 25 wrapped books.  One to unwrap each day until Christmas.  Here’s what we’ve opened so far in our

We decorated the house and started our Christmas shopping … but our elf, Brief Houser, hadn’t yet arrived.  (for all his adventures from last year check out this post).  But finally on December 1st he returned for another season of fun!!!

Growing up one of my favorite things about the month of December was our advent calendar.  My mom made it from a kit when I was very young.  I can’t remember a Christmas season without it hanging up some where in

We’re still waiting for our Christmas Elf, Brief Houser, to come visit us this year.  Hopefully he’ll arrive soon because we really miss him!  Until then we’ll have to review all the crazy things that he did last year … Week

This month Henry, my 6 year old son who is in 1st grade, had a homework assignment to create a family tree.  I was all excited to create one with him like I do with my clients  … he, however, had

I’m very excited to share that I have a collaborative post up today over at Mama OT!  Christie (Mama OT) who is a pediatric Occupational Therapist, Katie (Playing with Words 365) who is a speech therapist, and I wrote about the

Participating in the Virtual Book Club for Kids has been a great way to study different authors not only with my kids at home … but to also introduce me to more children’s book that I can use at work and

This post is the second part of a four part series about creating happy homes during the holidays.  The series, Happy Holidays in Happy Homes, is a collaborative effort between Angelique Felix, Jared Ritter, and myself.  If you’d like more info, check

Spoon, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal … Is a nice way to talk to children about jealousy and, in turn, being thankful for our own uniqueness and personal gifts.  Check out this great activity from Coffee Cups and Crayons. Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes …

 This post is the first part of a four part series about creating happy homes during the holidays.  The series, Happy Holidays in Happy Homes, is a collaborative effort between Angelique Felix, Jared Ritter, and myself.  If you’d like more info,

I am SO excited to introduce a new upcoming HAPPY PARENTING – series! Me and my blogging buddies Solgave & Angelique Felix.com-The Magic of Play want to bring you in the mood for Happy Holidays in a Happy Home. Not because