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Our kids fight often however I have never had to get fighting kids in the car. I realised the “Bus Stop Game” that we have been using for over a year actively prevents this. I had never thought of it as a parenting tool before taking the last Positive Discipline class. When we are getting… {read more}

“What is personal growth?” If your kids have asked this question, you may like to try this lovely activity to help them explore the answer: Yesterday, my two small friends and I took Einstein’s words very seriously and researched (played) outside for hours. This is a snap of what we collected. We talked about seeds… {read more}

Our body language, especially our hands, can say so much. We play a game called “My hands can say…” It’s all about miming what we feel using our hands.  We make up situations and take turns using our hands to communicate how we feel. Another twist is for each one to come up with an… {read more}

Sonya Lopez is sharing her awesome idea to help encourage a child who is facing a challenge.  She says: My daughter is getting a little nervous for her first overnight camp so I made these “open when” cards.  They were: Open when: You get to camp.  This one was explaining that the “open when” cards are… {read more}