Exploring Feelings In Different Places
We’re nearing the end of our Feelings and Emotions activities, and this particular activity took some planning and a bit of driving around. You can adapt it to what’s local…Continue Reading →
Paper Plate Feelings Charades
On the theme of Feelings and Emotions, a fun, easy and cheap game to put together for the kids is…
Parenting In Tough Times
We all go through tough things sometimes – from a prolonged period of unemployment to death of someone close to…
Halloween and Day of the Dead Mosaic Crafts
It’s almost Halloween, which is kind of amusing because we don’t really ‘celebrate’ Halloween. Or Samhain. Or Day of the Dead. We have two birthdays in October which is pretty…Continue Reading →
Face & Feelings Matching Game
I have a whole drawer full of printed games and puzzles and activities that I can pull out whenever we…
Five “About Me” Questions For Children
A few weeks ago I was chatting with a new friend, Donna Jones Mbe. Donna worked with ‘at risk’ and vulnerable…
Cast Away Worries On A Worry Boat
This week, on Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday, we combined Matilda’s boats and our feelings and emotions themes and made paper boats, which we set free on the ocean. I’ve always…Continue Reading →
Easy ‘Feelings’ Stress Balls
Carrying on with our emotions and feelings theme, we made balloon-stress balls with faces on them for the different major…
Printable Emotional Animals Game
I really enjoy game cubes – I’ve made a few of them over the course of parenting, like this activity…
5 Ways Busy Parents Forget to Take Care of Themselves
We take care of our little ones and in doing so we forget about ourselves. Sound familiar? It’s true. And it manifests itself in some funny and not so funny…Continue Reading →