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5 Activities for Crossing Midline
Crossing midline might be a motor milestone with which you aren’t as familiar! As a pediatric occupational therapist (OT), this is definitely something I am on the lookout for with all kids! What is crossing midline? Why is this skill important? Delays in this area can impact a variety of daily activities! Both sides of your brain are working together when you use one hand to reach across your body to do something on the opposite side. For example, I can use my right hand to reach for my coffee mug which is on the coffee table to my left....
43 real-world family travel tips that actually work
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Family travel is a whole other ballgame. The strategy, gear, planning, expectations and number of times you may answer “Are we there yet?” make it an entirely different sport than solo or adults-only trips. While traveling with kids is arguably quite different than taking a trip without a child (notice we didn’t call it a “vacation” with kids), it doesn’t have to be intimidating. In fact, there are countless ways to experience memorable moments and make lifelong memories with your kids, whether you hike the mountains of Machu Picchu or...
Treasure Hunt Math
Last week I shared one of my kids’ hands-down favorite ways to review math concepts, Game Show Math. This post on our Treasure Hunt Math game is our other favorite way to practice. We have been doing treasure hunts in our home since my kids were teeny tiny. Here are two posts from 2014! My oldest was a preschooler then. This math version combines the same follow-the-clues methodology with math practice! My kids love it. They don’t even mind that they are doing math, because it provides them with a challenge that makes them feel like they earned the “treasure.”...
Road Trip Games for Summer Getaways
My family took a road trip to the mountains earlier this summer, and if there was anything we needed to keep our sanity, it was road trip games. Yes, we downloaded great podcasts. Yes, we listened to a couple of audiobooks. Yes, I packed a great basket of activities for my preschool kiddo to tackle boredom. But, there were still those miles and miles of wind turbines where not just the children asked, “How much longer?” One of the longstanding ways to pass the time on long car trips is to set up a few road trip games to keep...
38 Things People Are Proud Of But They Could Be Considered A Weird Flex, Shared In This Online Group
It's very human to be proud of something. That something, though, does have weird social criteria that determine it to be worthy of other people's praise.But what if it's not? What if it's weird? Well, at the very least, these Redditors will appreciate (and crack jokes about) it. In a recent AskReddit thread, folks were sharing some of the weirdest flexes they were proud of. In weird, unorthodox ways, but, hey, it counts.Scroll down to check out the best ones, and why not share some of your weird flexes in the comment section below!More Info: Reddit#1So I (white woman) was...