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Maddie was a kid who could concentrate. From the time I met her as a two-year-old, she showed an amazing capacity to block out the entire world to focus on the self-assigned task at hand. You could stand over her saying her name, but she simply didn't hear you, so all-encompassing was her focus on, say, the puzzle in front of her or the flow of paint across her page.Her classmate Cyrus was the opposite. When he was two, both hands were always full, which meant that he always had to drop something in order to grasp the new apple...

Click here to read 30+ Opposite Activities for Preschoolers to Help with Directions, Feelings & More! on Hands On As We Grow® There are many benefits of activities that teach opposites to preschoolers. It can help them expand their vocabulary, learn directions, understand how to express feelings and emotions, and so much more. But simply repeating hot and cold, happy and sad, up and down, and other opposites over and over again can get so boring. So what is a parent to do? Here are more than thirty opposite activities for preschoolers that you can try today. Simple, educational, and...

Top tips for Eating Out with Kids is a paid collaborative post with tastecard. An increase of 177% in google searches of “restaurants near me” in the last two years shows that people are really looking to eat out after the pandemic. I know that I certainly got somewhat sick of cooking during the lockdown and it seems that many people are the same. However, as a parent I know just how challenging it can be to eat out with kids can be especially after a two-year hiatus. As a parent, I love not cooking a meal and eating out,...

We're headed into the holiday travel season. Whether it's just over the river and through the woods to grandma's house, or further -- let's talk about traveling with inflexible kids. Today's guest is Dawn Barclay. She is an award-winning author who has spent a career working in different aspects of the travel industry. After spending ten years working in sales and marketing for her parents’ two firms, Barclay Travel Ltd and Barclay International Group Short-Term Apartment Rentals, she branched out into travel trade reporting with senior or contributing editor positions at Travel Agent Magazine, Travel Life, Travel Market Report, and...

If there’s one thing that everyone in our house can agree on, it’s that Bluey is the best kids’ show on television right now. Need something to watch for ten minutes? Bluey. Need to regroup before bed? Bluey. Need something to have playing in the car for two hours? Bluey. My kids and their grandparents watched the first few episodes when it first appeared on Disney+, and by the time we got home from work that day, they were all hooked. When we walked in the door, we were greeted by my dad: “There’s a new show about cartoon dogs,...