A Mom and a Job. Raising Happy, Busy Kids
Boredom Busters, Parenting Tips and Honest Advice for Moms Who Do It All
Parenting does not come with a manual, but it does come with a lot of moments where you wish you had one. This is where you will find practical, honest parenting tips drawn from years of experience both as a mother and as a classroom teacher. From handling big emotions to building strong communication with your kids, these posts are written in plain language for real parents navigating real life.
Raising Confident Kids · Parenting Tips How to Find Your Child’s Hidden Talent (And Why It Changes Everything) By A Mom and a Job · 8 min read In this article: Why talents do not always announce themselves and how to spot them in ordinary moments The bench that revealed a hidden talent on a…
Classroom timer, what is that? Do you know that you can build the children’s knowledge of time starting quite young? What good can a classroom timer do for the students and teachers? A lot! Timers are a great way to keep track of time. The idea of a timer is time management, to make sure…
Problem Solving Cycle: We all encounter problems in life. Some are easier then others to solve, yet we can all solve them the same way! Let us take a look at normal everyday problems we all encounter: Rachel was having a problem with her friend Lea, she felt that Lea was not willing to play…
Everyone has emotions: Children are people and they have feelings too. Many times children have a hard time expressing themselves and may either laugh or cry to let you know how they are feeling. Expressions on a child’s face can also tell you how they are feeling. What are Emotions: What are emotions? How do…
Anxiety in Children: Every child may be anxious at times, it may a test they are nervous about, a doctor visit or just fearing the unknown. However, there are always some children that you will find perpetually anxious, these children need your assistance and reassurance to flourish in the classroom at home and beyond. Of…
Parenting Tips · Raising Confident Kids · From the Classroom The Skills Every Child Needs to Succeed That Nobody Teaches Them Until It Is Almost Too Late By A Mom and a Job · 8 min read In this article: How my daughter walked into a camp interview and got the spot before anyone else…
Things to say everyday to your children: We say a lot of things to our children everyday we tell them what to do, where to go and when to clean up. It is time to make the things we say memorable and lasting. Remember when a teacher or parent told you something and you got…
How to get things done: We all want to squeeze the most we can from our day, however we all just got the same 24 hours. How is it that some people can accomplish the world in one day while others are simply floundering? We got to prioritize our time! What does that mean? People…
On the hard days I become an instruction machine. Clean that up. Did you do your homework. Put that away. One evening my daughter looked at me and said: Mommy, you are not listening to me. She was right.
One of my children started flossing every night without being asked and without a chart. That is the difference between internal and external motivation and it changes everything about how we approach learning.