Mother's Day Printables

 

Happy Mother's Day!

Here are some FUN Mother's Day printables customized JUST FOR YOU DADS - to do with your child(ren) JUST FOR MOM on MOTHER'S DAY!  You can use these as a card, special note, or print them all and decorate her bedroom door with them for her to read!

Have fun and enjoy! Don't forget the flowers and chocolate too daddy....

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Teaching Independence from 1 to 18

It today's growing society, it is extremely important we as parents raise our kids to be successful, independent, and confident adults.  That is our sole purpose.  To prepare our kids for the real world; the life-skills necessary to soar and excel as life-long learners! 

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From 1 to 18 years old,  a LIST just for you to print, save, use, and MOST importantly, IMPLEMENT!

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Spring Experiment - Will it grow?

 

SPRING DAY ACTIVITY EXPERIMENT

For Tots - 2 years - and Up!

 

Question to ask child:  What do you think will grow and sprout???

 

Length of time for experiment: 10 minutes to prepare; observe and water daily for 1 week

 

Scientific Method Steps (simplified!)

Prediction: Which of the 4 items do you think will grow?

Hypothesis: Have your child guess, or tell you, what they think will happen.

Conclusion: After doing experiment, observe the "plants" with your child daily to find out and record what happens.  Complete experiment observation to conclude findings after 1 week.

  

Materials Needed:

 

 

cups

soil

water

lima beans

blue berries

pretzels

potato half (cut end)

 

** All materials listed above are optional for you to use depending on what you have at home handy.  Try to limit the experiment items to 2 that grow (i.e.  lima bean and potato half end) and 2 that wont grow (i.e.  blue berry and pretzels).

 

 

What to do:

1. Put all four items on plate, explain what they are to or child first.

2. Put soil in 3 cups.

3. Have child help add in each item per its own cup, pressing into soil just a little bit, but just enough to cover item so it is unseen under the soil.

4. For the potato half, fill cup half with water, put potato end cut-side down in water so the top half is sticking out of water.

5. Label all cups and draw picture for child to remember.

6. Have child water them each.

7. Put on porch outside, safe from wind and rain but where they can still get sunlight.

8. Go over them each with child again; naming them.

9. Ask child: What do you think will grow and sprout?

10. Tell child: We will check on them and water them every day for 1 full week.  Do just that and watch with your child to see what happens!

11. Remember:  Teach the Scientific Concept (Predict, Hypothesis, Conclude and Find) with your child early on!

12. Don't forget to teach what 3 things all plants need to grow:  Sun, Air, Water

 

**You can even make a visual drawing/graph with child to chart findings and the steps of the experiment and growth processes of each item.  Refer back to the chart each day as you observe  the "plants" (items planted) and have child record on their chart what they may see or not see happening with them each.

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How does your child grasp???

 

Stages of Pencil Grasp

By: Kristin Miller, M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction

CEO/Founder eTeachingMe

First we need to understand that at every stage, every child is different and will develop at a variety of rates.  It is important to continue to work with your child at each stage of pencil grasp development, do not worry if they meet the "common grasp stage" or not; consistency is key to helping any child learn and grow!  Please enjoy reading, and keep up the hard work parents, as your child develops at their own pace, and own unique capabilities!

1.  READ:  Fine and Gross Motor Development Chart so you can have a clear understanding of expectations for your child's age.

 2.  Please view the Development Stages of Pencil Grasp chart below.  This gives you a basic understanding of what to work on and expect out of your child at each developmental stage.

 3. View the picture examples of my children below, you can see what is normal and relate it to the basic understanding of where your child is at in their pencil grasp development.  This helps you to see first hand, what to expect.  

Pre-Toddler Stage

Infant - Fisted Grasp

1 years old

 

Pre-Toddler Stage

Full Fisted Grasp

2 years old

Toddler Stage
Palmer Grasp
Grasps with hand and moves with elbow
2 1/2 years

Immature 5-Finger Grasp

Preschool Stage

3 years old

 

Pre-Kindergarten Stage

Mature 3-Finger Grasp

Starting to use and develop

3 1/2 years old

 

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Find Your Letter

Teaching the ABC's to your child does not have to be hard, it is actually simple and can be loads of fun for your child!  Check out this FUN and EASY activity idea to teach your child the alphabet letters!  Watch the Video

Join eTeachingMe.com during April for our curriculum theme is "Spring into ABC's" and we have a letter lesson plan specifically for your child's age group (6 months - 5 years) every day of the month!  Practical, fun, learning with your child...

Activity: Find your letter!!!

Materials Needed:

1. Flash light
2. Dark (lights off) room or bedroom
3. Sticky Notes
4. Marker

What to do:

1. Write the alphabet letters, or the letters in your child's name, on sticky notes using the black marker. (I only did ABC to teach at this time)
2. Post them up on blank wall around the dark room you have chosen to do this activity with your child in your house. (We chose the hallway)
3. Give your child a flash light.
4. Explain to them to use the flash light to point and find the letter you are asking them to find.  Such as: Parent says to child: "Can you find the letter A?"  Child would turn on flash light and point the light to the letter A on the wall.
5. Continue teaching and learning like this until all letters have been "found" or your child no longer shows any interest.

Milestones this activity teaches child:

1. Hand-eye coordination
2. Literacy and Alphabet letters
3. Early print recognition
4. Spatial awareness
5.  Listening skills
6. Following verbal directions
7. Object permanence
8. Trial and Error

Modifications of activity:

1. For younger children (1-2 years old), just let child use the flash light to find and shine on the letters. Once they see one, parent would say/teach the letters name to child.  Help child learn how to shine the light onto the letters to find them.  Assist their hands/arms to do so.
2. Write the same letters on index cards, put inside a brown bag.  Have child pull one out one at a time and then use the visual letter card to tell child which one to find on the wall using their flash light.
3. Preschoolers - Have child find letters in a specific order, pull it off the wall when "found" with flash light, then put on another wall, building specific, easy, short words! Such as "MOM"!  Great phonics activity to teach word-building!

How Bad Parenting Can Happen to Good Children

This article is by Jessica Howard- Founder and CEO of Kid’s Night Out Parent’s Night Off in NYC, 2013.  Copyright protected.  You may contact her knopno@gmail.com for further information or to re-post any part of this article.

Have you ever seen a parent who seems to have what society would call a “good child”, well-mannered, quiet, calm, still? Well there is no such thing as good or bad children only the actions that take place can be bad. Well, the same goes for parents, there are no bad or good parents it all boils down to the choices you make in life. How do you rate yourself? Are you a good or bad parent? Below are the top 5 ways to recognize your parenting flaws and adjust them to make successful and better parenting habits.  The key is to practice being in a conscious state as much as possible to notice what you are doing and how to adjust- not to make yourself try to be perfect.  Show your children the art of making mistakes and cleaning them up!

 

1.     Making your choices your children’s choices- Many parents decide for their children what likes and dislikes they should have. You love peas so if Jessica does not, your force her to eat them. You wanted to be a cheerleader and could not so you make Shelly become a cheerleader when her actions clearly show she has no interest in it. You will go to college! We tell them, when maybe your child is more of a skilled worker with a great trade at hand. Make a habit of jotting down when you notice yourself make ALL the decisions for your child. This will help you become more conscientious about it and make change. Now we are not speaking about allowing your child to make all decisions, but tuning in to notice their personal likes and dislikes and following through with them.

2.     Not Using Positive Discipline- Discipline rears it ugly head for some, but discipline means nothing but guiding and assisting behavior in an age appropriate way. There are many styles and forms of behavior management but many parents leave it out completely for fear of “their child not liking them”, feeling as if their parents were to strict” among so many others. All of these are emotional responses that we allow to cloud our judgment. Children thrive on discipline, structure, and order, and the way you do it is merely your own style, but making sure you have a consistent technique in place is crucial for their success and the foundation you set, showing them how to treat others.

3.     Emotional Tolerance- Children need to be given outlets and techniques for handling their emotions. Some adults do not even work on this; make it a habit of doing it for you and your child. Find outlets; engage in activities, cool down sessions, 5 minute breaks all to positively handle emotions. Not doing this could be affecting your child’s behavior and you do not even recognize it. Stay in the moment, in the conscious time as much as possible. Jot down what works for you and your child and show everyone who comes in contact with your child so they can do the same.

4.     Screen Time- In today’s society many parents are less creative then many years ago, and because of this many are resorting to an excessive amount of television, and technology time for their children. Technology is apart of these changing times and the children will learn and see enough of the positive benefits in school. Engaging your child productively, doing projects, creating games, listening to music or just having quiet down time is still very beneficial and healthy to their overall mental wellbeing thus allowing them to begin using their brain effectively.

5.     Having Fun- Why have we forgotten how to entertain children, you do not need loads of store bought toys, technological assistance and or fancy items. Your child is looking for love, guidance and direction and you were the person chosen to give it to them. You and your child were made for each other and have a special gift together. Work on that gift, master that gift and teach others.    

 

This article is by Jessica Howard- Founder and CEO of Kid’s Night Out Parent’s Night Off in NYC. Jessica is an educator with 14 years of hands on experience. She has seen and tried many different techniques and styles, because it is important to be practical while learning through play 24 hours a day!