Creative Play for Your Toddler: Steiner Waldorf Expertise and Toy Projects
January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Where to buy: www.amazon.com
Creative Play for Your Toddler: Steiner Waldorf Expertise and Toy Projects offers fantastic projects that encourage toddlers? creativity and imagination. They are important to every toddler?s development, mentally and spiritually.
The authors, Christopher Clouder and Janni Nicol are very involved in the Steiner Waldorf School, as Head of Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship UK and Ireland and Early Childhood Representative, puppeteer and storyteller, respectively. Together they have created a resource that will inspire modern parents to get away from plastic toys and technology and focus on holistic and natural awareness.
The book is divided into different chapters. Each chapter talks about a different element of a toddler?s development and gives step-by-step instructions for making beautiful and natural toys. The book is designed for parents with children aged between 2 and 4.
For more information on this great resource, go to www.amazon.com.
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How to Balance Your Daily Life as a Homeschool Mom
January 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Parents often have busy lives which require them to juggle more than one task at a time. This is no different for homeschooling parents. If you’re thinking about homeschooling your children, you may wonder how to balance your daily life as a homeschool mom. It is possible and these tips can help you.
Some families handle day-to-day life by creating detailed charts or schedules for each family member. They know what time breakfast is, how long to plan for each homeschool subject, what time they’ll eat lunch every day, how much free time they have, and when they’ll eat dinner. However, there’s no reason to believe this type of scheduling is necessary in order to balance your daily life as a homeschooling family.
Other families are opposite of the ones described above. They live life by the seat of their pants. They don’t plan elaborate schedules but prefer to take life as it comes. They may keep a calendar so they know about important appointments or events, but that’s as close as they get to a schedule. For them, living life one day at a time is about experiencing life as it happens rather than depending upon a piece of paper to dictate when they do things.
How To Raise an Eco-Conscious Teenager
January 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
You can encourage your teenager to be eco-conscious. Beginning early is optimal, but not essential. No matter what age your child is, it’s not too late to teach them about the environment.
Here are eight practical steps you can take.
