Tag archive for ‘Creative Parenting’
Product Review – Kumon Preschool Skill Builders
Our daughter couldn’t be bothered.
Crayons were so not in her repertoire. Colouring – no thank you!
As you know, she would paint until the cows come home. But, crayons, pens, anything that involved lines – not so much.
The omnipotent “they” tell us that our kiddo should be thinking hard about the whole line-making thing. I get [...]
The 8-Step Plan to Make Family Fitness Stick
Editor’s Note: I feel moderately guilty posting this today. We’ve done plenty of hiking, beach-walking and generally outdoors loving the last week. But, you can bet that has also included plenty of sleeping in, snacking and lounging around blissfully in need of doing absolutely nothing.
But, upon return, I will be hitting the pool hard, the [...]
Geography Awareness Week
What is the capital of Nepal? (Kathmandu)
Where are the Farallon Islands? (just off the coast California near San Francisco)
What is the tallest waterfall in the world? (Angel Falls in Venezuela)
If you are like me, it’s a good thing the Internet exists. Otherwise, world geography – as fascinated as I am by it – would be [...]
The Great Pumpkin Saves Kids from Sugar Overload
A while back, I discovered The Tale of the Great Pumpkin.
I heard it in conversation. I read it on website after website, this spookytacular tale of bribing the kiddos out of their candy.
I am convinced that one brilliant parent out there came up with this remarkably savvy tool for reducing the sugar buzz factor around [...]
Making Bats for Spooky Learning
When I sent away for the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s free Wild About Bats package a few months ago, I sincerely wondered what I would ever do with it.
The tiny person was not in any way interested in flying spooky creatures at that point and, much like the snake one I also sent away for, the [...]
Returning to the Real World with Family Vacation Tips
I apologize for being MIA yesterday. A snail-paced internet connection and gorgeous, jacket-free last day in Tofino meant radio silence.
Anyway, back in the Valley and back to business, our week in Tofino has inspired me to begin putting together family-friendly vacation guides for hot spots around the island – with Tofino being the first.
Look for [...]
Starting Family Holiday Traditions
It’s Thanksgiving Eve around these parts and alongside the onset of the holiday season comes the nearly compulsive desire by practically everyone I know to pull out some utterly fantastic family tradition that is yet to have been test driven.
I sooooo love the day dreams in my head of cozy holidays during which the family [...]
Top 10 North Vancouver Island Family Movie Adventures
Gray and me have a cozy relationship. When it’s really gray out, like this weekend, I want to wrap up in a big fuzzy blanket, get all warm and cozy, and throw in a great family movie.
Family TV watching is one of those things that has become a bit of a taboo topic in parenting [...]
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