One of the easiest ways to teach young children responsibility is to teach them to do chores. In addition to responsibility, teaching young children household chores helps them learn self-reliance and competency. When we give young children chores, they...
Do you know anyone who doesn't like magnets? I'll give you a minute. . . yeah, me neither ;P Magnets are one of those few toys (like Legos) that I believe everyone enjoys.
A couple of years ago, I...
With a new school year approaching, we wanted to share a relatively new, early learning resource geared towards promoting school readiness for young children. The best part? This resource is absolutely free and available at several local libraries across...
Growing up I didn't just like to read, I LOVED to read. I was the kid who was supposed to be cleaning my room or coming down to dinner, but instead I was reading. I never went anywhere without...
Let me just start by saying this was not my first rodeo. Since my husband and I married in 2012, we have moved seven times (no, we are not military). Moving back to Birmingham this month was our third...
It is sometimes so hard to say no to my daughter. To look into those big blue eyes and practically destroy her dreams of being a flying fairy, when in actuality, she has (heavily) sprinkled glitter all over herself and...
As a parent navigating the delicate and variable world of the autism spectrum, I am learning as I go along. I want to briefly define Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) and how it is working for us. Please understand that...
It can be challenging to find engaging and stimulating ways to fill the hours of our days with our tiny humans (especially now, during this time of social distancing.) You can only play with the same stacking toy or...
Have you ever bought a toy your child just couldn't live without (in my recent case, PJ mask figurines), only to have them play more with the box it came in? I have.
I have fallen victim to the Target...
It is never easy to lose a loved one, no matter how old you are. But for a child, it can be especially difficult to understand.
A little while ago, our precious fur-baby, Leo, passed away. He was a 14-year-old...
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Homewood’s Central Park is Updated & Better than Ever
The newly updated Homewood Central Park playground is now open! As Homewood residents who love to be outside, my family spends a lot of...
