Iris's mom and dad write about Mindful Parenting and RIE Parenting while maintaining a positive, optimistic, open-minded and mindful attitude.
Last year’s Black Friday came with a surprise for me and our 6 years old daughter. Daddy ordered a Nintendo Switch console and some family friendly games. Because we spent (and we’re still spending) most of our time at home, due to the pandemic situation – we work from home, our daughter sometimes has online classes – Nintendo Switch was a fun and entertaining acquisition.
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I believe all parents are familiar with the fact that most kids don’t like to clean up after they play with their toys. What if I told you that cleaning up can be fun and enjoyable for your little ones? It all depends on how you approach the problem.
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Going on a road trip with kids is usually a major challenge for parents. We all know that question: Are we there yet?. That is why we made a list of best road trip games for kids to play in the car.
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All children love watching educational cartoons. They are an important and inevitable part of every individual’s early life. As we all know it, cartoons represent a controversial topic among parents, too. Therefore, the impact of cartoons on children can be positive or negative. It depends on different factors. These factors are: the type of cartoon, the amount of time spent watching cartoons, the moment of the day, the child’s age etc.
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Today, we cooked an interesting meal: Polenta in layers with cheese and bacon. It is my grandmother’s recipe, an easy-to-make meal witch tastes great. You can find the recipe below.
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Today, we played a lot of Pengoloo board game for kids, an award winning wooden skill building memory color recognition game we really enjoy and absolutely recommend. Pengoloo by Blue Orange enhances kids’ memory, color recognition, visualization and fine motor skills. The game also strengthens kids’ strategy and social skills.
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I had to explain to my daughter how brainstorming works. To do this, II chose to use three main brainstorming techniques instead of the classical free writing. These are: listing, concept mapping (or mind mapping) and sketching. These three techniques are all very effective when trying to teach little children how to brainstorm.
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There are days, just like this one, when we don’t do countless activities, but they are beautiful and relaxing because they represent quality time together.
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We started our day playing a school role game and learnt to draw various objects. Of course, I was the teacher and our girl was the student. We used chalk on a blackboard. Afterwards we played a Guess Who game, this time using our Lego Minifigures.
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I love reading and I used to read stories to my daughter since she was very little. Now, at 5yo, she won’t sleep until we read our bedtime story. At noon we read a lovely book which I also warmly recommend: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss.
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