Restful Relationships

Category: Restful Parenting

  • RESTFUL PARENTING IN THE KITCHEN

    Turkey & Cream Cheese Wraps Serves 4-6 Ingredients and Supplies Directions Benefits This practical life activity helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, bilateral integration, pressure regulation, basic fractions, proportional reasoning, and number sense.

  • RESTFUL PARENTING—TRANSITIONS

    The 10-Minute Rule You plan the perfect day, and everything is going great, then it’s time for the activity to end, and your kid loses it, and before long, everything is ruined. What happened? What went so wrong so quickly? Most likely, you skipped the simple step that ensures smooth transitions, the 10-minute countdown. Even…

  • RESTFUL PARENTING – DR. CURIOUS

    Backyard Explorer – Animals Supplies Steps Consider adding a listening component to the activity by using the Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab. This free app allows you to record the birds around you for identification. Benefits A relaxing science and art activity that develops observation skills, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and memory and…

  • RESTFUL PARENTING IN THE KITCHEN

    Banana Chocolate Milk Shake Makes 2 servings Ingredients & Supplies Directions Kid-Friendlier Version Benefits Kitchen science introduces weights and measures and the skill of following written instructions.

  • RESTFUL PARENTING—PLANNING AHEAD

    Everyone wants to create special moments for their child that show how great a parent they are or how much they love their kid; often, however, the experience ends on a bad note. This is because all the planning and effort were given to the lead-up and start of the activity with no thought to…

  • A Community of Significance

    We shape our community by our actions, and that community shapes who our children become. When a community is careless               Children lack direction When a community is angry               Children grow to be hostile and destructive When a community is without hope                Children are defeated When a community devalues its members               Children lack pride in themselves…