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The Case for Delaying Screen Time for Kids

November 10, 2017 by Linda McGurk 2 Comments

The Case for Delaying Screen Time. Why and how to limit screen time for young children, including practical guidelines. Preschool Inspirations.

Kids spend more and more time in front of screens. These five tips will help you limit screen time for kids and find a healthy balance for the whole family. Silence is golden, unless you have kids. Then silence probably means that they’re on an electronic device. Sometimes this is exactly what us parents need to grab a shower or finish cooking dinner without constantly getting interrupted by View Post

Filed Under: Play Matters, Social/Emotional

5 Outdoor Mindfulness Activities for Preschoolers

July 31, 2017 by Linda McGurk Leave a Comment

5 Outdoor Mindfulness Activities for Preschoolers. Try these fun and relaxing after-school activities for kids. From Preschool Inspirations.

Try these five outdoor mindfulness activities for preschoolers to help your child wind down and refocus. Ever since my daughters started preschool we've had the same after-school routine. It's simple, it's effective and it helps my kids decompress when they need it the most. For our family, it's by far the most likely activity to get the afternoon off to a good start. So, what's the secret? We View Post

Filed Under: Nature, Outside activities, Parenting, Social/Emotional

5 Ways to Avoid Having Too Many Toys

June 5, 2017 by Linda McGurk 3 Comments

5 Ways to Avoid Toy Overload (In the Age of the Fidget Spinner). Are your kids drowning in toys and begging you for more? Try these true and tested ways to embrace toy minimalism.

Are toys taking over your home? Try these five true and tested method to avoid too many toys and embrace toy minimalism. The other day I stepped on some ill-placed plastic beads in what was supposed to be my workout room in the basement. Now it looked more like a toy minefield with too many toys strewn all over. As I yelled out a few choice words to soothe the shooting pain, I quietly thought View Post

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Toys and Games

A Scandinavian’s Guide to Playing

May 8, 2017 by Linda McGurk 1 Comment

Don't Worry, Parents of Preschoolers - Playing IS Learning. Preschool Inspirations.

When I enrolled my oldest daughter in a U.S. preschool some six years ago, I didn’t really know what to expect. I figured she would sing songs, learn how to take turns, and maybe make some new friends. If she’d learn the alphabet in the process, I’d consider it a bonus. Mostly, I just expected my daughter to play. After all, playing is learning. I realize now I was clueless. Preschool in View Post

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: play matters, preschool

There is No Such Thing as “Boy Colors” or “Girl Colors”

April 3, 2017 by Linda McGurk 1 Comment

There Is No Such Thing As "Boy Colors" or "Girl Colors." The trend to color-code everything from diapers to strollers by gender may seem like a law of nature, but is actually a fairly recent phenomenon. From Preschool Inspirations.

“I'm so sick of people telling Sam pink is a ‘girl color’”, my friend, Heather, lamented recently. “He went to pick out his soccer cleats today and was about to pick the pink ones until the store employee told him they were for girls. I've always told Sam, ‘There is no such thing as boy colors and girl colors. There is only color. People can choose to like any color they want’. But it's confusing View Post

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The Amazing Benefits of Forest School

March 13, 2017 by Linda McGurk 2 Comments

Pine Trees and Preschoolers. The Amazing Benefits of Forest School. The Scandinavian approach to outdoor learning and play is getting popular in the U.S. And with good reason.

The practice of immersing children in nature from an early age has long been popular in the Scandinavian countries, not the least through the tradition of “forest schooling.” Now the concept of learning in nature is finally starting to catch on in the U.S. And with good reason - for young children, the benefits of forest school are both plentiful and profound! The original Scandinavian forest View Post

Filed Under: Nature, Outside activities, Parenting Tagged With: nature

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