Posts by tbone_kneegrabber

If the kid can read and spell well and does alright with competition then it might be okay.  The issue is that if you are playing with an adult or a significantly older peer then their skill level is going to be so above and...

My mom used to dress me in my clothes before bed so I was ready to go in the morning.     We started a "day time clothes" before breakfast routine.  We had allowed breakfast in pjs and then into day time clothes...

I would ask SIL if mil is going. And I would decide (before hand) if I was okay with my dc's being around mil even if I didn't want to be around her. The parallel I could make is that I have not spoken to my father since I was 18 years...

Well I live in a house with 9 people, 7 of those people are adults.  So yes, I have to "share" stuff, space, etc with lots of adults all the time.  I realize most people do not live communally, but whenever the example of "as...

balance board bop bag bike scooter cooperative board games craft kits

I let ds play outside if he is up to playing outside.  He'll let me know if he's too sick.    I do think that getting cold and miserable makes kids get sicker, but it is more the "miserable" that does it.  The...

I have a 5 year old and work with 2-6 year olds as well.  I think talking about feelings and frustrations is totally appropriate and needed.  I try to use "I" statements with my kid and my students, "I feel frustrated when...

We also have dixit which we play as a more cooperative game (we don't keep score)

We have hoot owl hoot, lost puppies, berries bugs and bullfrogs, secret door, claws and caves and farmers market. We have also played Max at a friend's house and stone soup, both were good (max was very popular with the kids) Hoot owl...

We watch all the David Attenborough documentaries with ds. He's 5.5 now and we've been watching them since he was 4 or maybe younger. I can't recall whether or not we watched them at 3 as we didnt watch that much with him then. He also...