Do you ever wonder what your child is thinking? Do you want to know what he or she thinks about an event that recently occurred? Are you interested in what makes your little one tick? Our little ones often perplex us with their individual personalities and interesting facial expressions; all indicating something is going on in that mind of theirs. As parents we want to
It is the beginning of the summer, and I am excited. I will be traveling out of the country with my two children, both under 10 years old. We will new places, meet people, collect memories, and enjoy our summer vacation. We begin our much anticipated vacation with… almost 24 hours of door-to-door traveling! The start of our summer vacation will consist of 17 hours
To the women in my life— who are my real heros and my real experts. On Being Mom by Anna Quindlen: “If not for the photographs, I might have a hard time believing they everexisted. The pensive infant with the swipe of dark bangs and the black button eyes of a Raggedy Andy doll. The placid baby with the yellow ringlets and the high piping voice.
My first introduction to the breath taking beauty Angelina Jolie was when she starred in the movie Gia. Bad girl. Heroin addict. Stunning beauty- who was caught in a life of money, fame and drugs. Was that Jolie’s destiny in real life? Never a girl to be enamored by celebrities, there was always something so unusual, and different about Jolie, that struck me. Beyond her
No doubt you have done some fun springtime activities with your children: zoo trips, beach time, park play! But what about the necessary SPRING CLEANING!? Can you include children in this task in a fun, engaging, and educational way? YES! Research shows you can teach your children a sense of responsibility, competence, self-reliance, and self-worth that will stay with them throughout their lives. And the earlier the
There is so much we take for granted as adults: concepts that we now own as fully functioning humans. But we forget sometimes how challenging those concepts can be. Simple ideas like right & wrong, same & different, and right & left! Here at SignShine®, we talk often about different learning modalities: kinesthetic (remembering or understanding via action), Visual (remembering or understanding via sight), and
