Iris's mom and dad write about Mindful Parenting and RIE Parenting while maintaining a positive, optimistic, open-minded and mindful attitude.
Cutting with scissors is a skill that requires a lot of practice. Children need time to master scissors skills. They can start using small, rounded scissors at the age of 3 to 4, but the ability to use scissors effectively doesn’t fully emerge until the age of 6.
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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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Because our daughter got bored of all her board games - we thought about inventing a new, fun board game to play. We decided upon a board game with pawns and dice that includes fun tasks to solve. So, here goes today’s game…
Continue readingTo turn the actual situation into a nice experience for our daughter, we decided to invent and play a new game everyday. This, of course, among other things, like keeping a daily routine, sticking to an exercise program, learning interesting things about one subject a day, etc.
Continue readingDuring the last few weeks, our whole family (even Daddy!) was very busy playing a newly discovered game: Craze Splash Beadys. Well, it’s more of a craft kit for kids, a fun creation set that will keep your kids entertained for hours.
Continue readingBuilding your own robot at home is a great experience for kids. It is a fun, creative, entertaining and challenging STEM activity that offers quality time for the entire family. Here’s how we did it…
Continue readingToday, we are happy to share with you a fun drawing activity your kids will definitely enjoy: hand-tracing art. For the hand-tracing art activity you’ll need just a few supplies, but a lot of creativity and imagination.
Continue readingA few days back, when the weather outside was not so pleasant, we came up with an idea of an indoor activity involving painting: a body tracing self portrait of our daughter. It turned out to be engaging and fun for all of us.
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