Music touches us, children and adults in several ways. Listening to music or even singing arouses various emotions and physical responses. At the same time, music can convey many ideas and themes. Nursery rhythms help children develop their memory and develop their cognitive skills. There are several ways we can use preschool songs to induce.. [Read More]
My husband and I have five kids – the oldest three are now grown. But through the childhood of these five, every one of them has always loved remote control cars. Now we even have grandchildren who have that same love. In particular our autistic 18 year old son can be kept busy with a.. [Read More]
At last we finally are starting to have longer days, nicer weather and are spending a great deal more time outside. If you are like us, I am sure you are interested in outdoor activities to keep the kids (and family) off the electronics and enjoying the weather they have. Well Wizards and Werewolves can.. [Read More]
All kids love splash pads and ours is no different. There aren’t many around in our area so when we can get there they are so incredibly crowded and unfortunately for us we don’t get the opportunity for long for our kids to enjoy it. We have special needs children and in particular an autistic.. [Read More]
In the United States today we have more and more children with ADHD, Autism, ODD and a whole host of other mental health issues and diagnosis. We do our best to teach them from an early age techniques to calm down and learn to control their actions in at least certain situations. As you can.. [Read More]
Have you ever seen Bumper Balls? Well now you have and you will absolutely want some! These balls are inflatable and there is a cavity opening right down the middle for a person to stand in. There are handles for the occupant to hang on to and shoulder straps – more on the straps later… .. [Read More]
Christmas Eve is almost here – what are your traditions on Christmas Eve? For us we always do something fun – an entire celebration. We always have even when I was young. There have been years we have celebrated our entire Christmas on that day or years where we have some sort of ceremonial opening.. [Read More]
Do you have a little one at home? If so, then you will inevitably be dealing with lost teeth at some point and often. We have five kids who we have gone through that with and now grandchildren will be losing teeth. This guy will surely be losing some teeth soon! Who doesn’t love the.. [Read More]
I have children ranging in age from 13 through 32 (almost). We have seen alot of changes in all those years and the greatest of all is technology. With our oldest two boys technology wasn’t an issue. Not even a little bit. Cell phones in everyone’s pocket didn’t really come close to being possible until.. [Read More]
What kid doesn’t just love a farm! You’d think that those of us who are on a farm every day would be sick of it but nope! Probably even more excited than others. So what toddler toys do you get for kids on the farm? My First Farm Animals Set and My First Tractor Set.. [Read More]