7 Summer Activities for Kids that Keep them Learning over Break
Summer is a time for freedom, fun in the sun, and plenty of ice cream. As carefree as summer can be, it’s important to keep kids learning to ensure that they retain some of the…
Category Archives: Keeping Kids Active, Healthy + Engaged
5 Fun Activities that are Secretly Exercises for Kids
Let’s face it, some days kids just don’t want to move… and I can’t say I blame them. But part of a healthy lifestyle is keeping kids active. As parents, we need to make sure…
5 Keys to Healthy Living as a Family
It is easy to be drawn to the simplicity that technology has provided. Technology, in all its glory, has one unmistakable flaw – it makes it too easy to be inactive. It is up to…
Kids in the Garden: 5 Ways for Parents & Children to Grow Together
One of the main challenges in engaging children in healthy activities is finding activities that you can do together. With a house to keep clean, errands to run, and projects to work on—in addition to…
The Basics of Dancing for Kids: Should Your Child be in Dance Class?
Many young girls dream of being a ballerina. However, not all kids fall in love with dance class once they’ve experienced it. How do you know if dance classes are right for your child? Here’s…
Finding Kids Activities They Will Love (and Stick With!): 5 Tips for Parents
When it comes to keeping kids active, it can be quite a hassle to get them away from the screen. However, one of the biggest challenges that I have found as a mother is not…
3 Reasons Why Cooking with Kids is Great for your Family
With more and more people getting busier than ever, wouldn’t it be nice to spare an hour or two to bond with hubby and kids and enjoy the blessings that cooking together has to offer?…
The Benefit of Education in Art for Kids
“What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give”. – P. D. James Children and Art Children and art just go together like strawberries and cream. All children like to get to grips with…
Keeping Kids Active: Infographic
Many of our children get addicted to watching TVs, playing video games and playing multimedia devices. Under the influence of these devices, they spend most of the time inside the house without even stepping outside.…
Yoga for Kids: 10 Tips for Flexible Fun
Yoga can be as relaxing and beneficial for our children as it is for us; and what’s better is it can be an activity you and your child do together. Perhaps you’re wondering if your…
Bored Kids on School Break? 5 Budget-Friendly Ways to Keep Busy
Finally spring break is here, the time your children have been waiting so anxiously for since their return back to school after the winter holidays… until the boredom hits. “Mom, I’m BORED!” The zoo is…
How Getting Active Helps Kids Emotional Health
Exercise does much more for kids than keeping them in shape. It is a practice that can center their body and mind as a whole. Essentially, their minds can use as much physical exercise as their…
Academic Camps: Keep Learning Fun with Summer Courses
The last place kids want to spend their summer is at school. Seated at an uncomfortable desk while daydreaming about jumping into a cold pool with their friends doesn’t provide the best environment for summer…
Weekend Ways to Learn & Play: Easter Edition
Welcome to our Weekend Ways to Learn & Play, where we share useful, thought-provoking, and just plain exceptional family blogs posts from around the blogosphere. Happy Easter! When we think of Easter, what comes to mind?…
Camp Director Diaries: Camp Tawonga
Camp Tawonga has been a leader in Jewish camping since 1925. They offer a variety of different programs for campers of all ages from traditional camp fun to teen leadership programs, all set in the…
Screen-free Travel with Children
Photo by Flickr user Brit. Travel with children can be incredibly rewarding. But as you work your way around the country with the wide eyed anticipation of a child, there are moments of hair pulling,…
Wondering How to Teach Your Kids About Money? Try These Money Games
Do you question your children’s entertainment habits? See them taking the time to watch Ben 10 Ultimate Alien and play Diner Dash and the other internet games and wish they’d do something more fruitful? Most…
Summer Camps for Teens
The transition from childhood into the teenage years presents a lot of changes–changing bodies, attitudes, and of course, changing interests. Things that your kids might have found interesting before are no longer “cool” to teenagers…
Need Indoor Kids Activities? Try An Indoor Obstacle Course
Photo by Flickr user embank Right now, the Northeast is snowed in, the Midwest is bracing for a storm, and the south is being pummeled by a tornado. While even adults feel stir crazy in…
Why It’s Physiologically Vital for Kids to Play Outdoors (and 5 Easy Ways to Do it)
Image © Kassandra Brown When parents call me for parent coaching services because the are having trouble with disrespect, inattention, poor behavior, poor follow-through, and poor listening, one of the most common questions I ask…