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20 Weaning Tips for Breastfeeding Mothers | If you want to know how to stop breastfeeding a baby, one-year-old, or toddler, these tips and ideas for mom is a great place to start! Whether you want to stop nursing at night, you need to stop nursing cold turkey without pain, or your little one is showing natural signs starting solids is the way to go (hello, baby led weaning!), this article has it all! #weaning #stopbreastfeeding #selfweaning

How to Stop Breastfeeding: 20 Weaning Tips for Breastfeeding Mothers

15 Hand Strengthening Exercises for Kids | If you’re looking for activities, toys, and exercises to help develop fine motor skills in children, this collection of fun ideas is a great place to start. Designed to strengthen the fingers and help with muscle coordination, these simple and fun ideas can be used in occupational therapy, in the classroom at school, and at home to help kids who struggle with writing and other fine motor tasks. #handstrengthening #finemotor #occupationaltherapy

Fine Motor Development: 15 Hand Strengthening Exercises For Kids

34 Breastfeeding and Pumping Tips for New Moms | If you’re looking for breast pumping tips and hacks for beginners, this post is for you! We’re sharing everything you need to know, including how to choose a breast pump, the best portable manual and electric pumps (and don’t worry – we go above and beyond Medela and Haakaa!), 16 breast pump accessories, how to increase your milk supply, and how to get on a pumping schedule! #breastfeeding #breastpumping #milksupply

Pumping 101: 34 Breastfeeding and Pumping Tips for New Moms

13 Balance Activities for Kids | If you’re looking for ways to develop your child’s gross motor skills at home, in the classroom, in occupational therapy, and beyond, this collection of fun games and activities are just what you need. Perfect for parents, teachers, and therapists, these core strengthening ideas will help build your child’s static and dynamic balance, while also helping with bilateral coordination. #balanceactivities #coordinationactivities #grossmotoractivities

Gross Motor Skills: 13 Core Strengthening Balance Activities for Kids

Language Arts Games & Activities for Kids | A collection of 37 fun ways to teach language & literature to kids in kindergarten, elementary, & middle school! The ideas are perfect for independent work & literacy centers, as well as for kids working in small groups. Includes letters, beginning sounds, guided reading, grammar, parts of speech, sentence building, spelling, vocabulary, word work, writing prompts, & more! #languagearts #literacy #literacycenters #grammar #partsofspeech

Language and Literature: 37 Language Arts Games for Kids

26 Dollar Store Crafts for Kids | Buttons, popsicle sticks, pony beads, drinking straws, and pool noodles, oh my! If you’re looking for EASY crafts to do with your kids at home, these dollar store activities are for you! Whether you’re the parent of busy toddlers with short attention spans, or older children who can sit still longer, these fun projects will inspire you. Perfect for cold winter weekends, hot summer vacations, and everything in between! #dollarstorecrafts #kidscrafts #easycrafts

Crafting on a budget: 26 super fun dollar store crafts for kids

How to Make Homemade Baby Food | Introducing solids can be exciting for kids, but stressful for mom, am I right? Whether you’re just starting with stage 1 baby foods, or in search of homemade baby food recipes beyond apples and butternut squash, we’re sharing our favorite baby food making tips, products, and storage containers, as well as 21 delicious puree combinations your little one is sure to love! #homemadebabyfood #babyfood #babyfoodrecipes

How to Make Homemade Baby Food: 27 Tips, Hacks, and Recipes

18 Spelling Activities and Games | Learning spelling has never been easier – or more fun! – than with this collection of teaching strategies, activities, and games. With ideas for first grade (and 2nd and 3rd), for middle school, and for upper elementary, these hands-on activities for kids can be used with any spelling list for meaningful learning that lasts. #teachingspelling #spellingactivities #spellinggames

Learning Made Fun: 18 Spelling Activities for Every Age and Stage

Internet Safety for Kids | Looking for tools to teach children about internet safety? With 25 lessons to discuss, a fabulous interactive online game, a parental control app, and much more, these resources are perfect for parents and teachers alike. Whether your child is only allowed online time on your phone, or has his/her own smartphone or tablet with social media accounts enabled, it’s never too early to start the conversation! #InternetSafety #SaferInternetDay #BeInternetAwesome #Sponsored

Internet Safety for Kids: 25 Tips for Parents and Teachers

26 Montessori Science Experiments | Botany, biology, physics, astrology, and chemistry, oh my! These hands-on Montessori activities offer the perfect balance between sensory play and classroom instruction, and go above and beyond science experiments for kids that are focused on chemical reactions with baking soda and vinegar. These fun activities are just what you need to make learning about science FUN! #montessori #montessoriactivities #montessoriscience #scienceforkids

Hands On Learning: 26 Super Fun Montessori Science Experiments

16 Homophones Games for Kids | If you're looking for fun tips and activities to teach kids about homophones at home or in the classroom, we’re sharing everything you need to make learning FUN again. Forget the worksheets! Use these common cores teaching tips as well as our favorite games, activities, and exercises for kids in elementary school (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and middle school (4th, 5th, 6th). We’re included helpful homophones lists with pictures! #homophones #homophonesactivities #grammargames

The Same But Different: 16 Super Fun Homophones Games for Kids

16 Sentence Building Activities | If you’re looking for ways to make learning fun both at home and in the classroom, this collection of sentence structure worksheets for kids in kindergarten, 1st grade, and beyond is a great place to start. We’ve included free printables as well as language arts bundles for kids that can be used as part of your morning work literacy activities and to create writing centers for the classroom. #languagearts #literacy #literacycenters

Sentence Building 101: 39 Sentence Building Activities for Young Learners

33 At Home Date Night Ideas for Married Couples | Babysitters are few and far between, and they aren’t cheap (!!!), but if you’re looking for ways to focus on your marriage when your kids are in bed – or need a little Valentine’s Day inspiration – we’re sharing our best simple, fun, creative, and romantic ways to spend quality time with your SO when going out isn’t an option. Perfect for newlyweds and tired parents, these ideas will not disappoint! #datenightideas #dateideas #datenightin

Couple’s Night In: 33 Budget-Friendly At Home Date Night Ideas

How to Teach a Child to Wipe Their Bottom | Many books about potty training promise you can toilet train boys and girls in 3 days but teaching your kid to wipe their butt can take much longer. Young children often don’t have the fine motor skills needed to perform the task. We’re sharing all of our tips – when to start teaching kids to wipe their own poop, tips for getting started, and some funny ideas to keep it interesting! #pottytraining #pottytrainingtips #pottytrainingtips #parentingtips

Potty Training Problems: How to Teach a Child to Wipe Their Bottom

Kids Lying? If you’re looking for parenting tips and strategies to stop your child from lying, and also want some consequences to try that don’t involve punishment, we’re sharing 20 tips and ideas for parents and teachers that actually work! Whether you have impulsive boys with ADHD, or strong-willed tween girls, these ideas will help you raise honest kids that are respectful at school and at home! #parentingtips #kidslying #consequencesforkids

Kids Lying? 20 Tips and Consequences to Get Children to Stop Lying

23 Montessori Practical Life Activities | Looking for hands on activities designed for different age ranges (toddlers, kindergarteners, kids aged 3-6 and 6-9) that teach practical life skills and promote independence? We’re sharing 23 ideas for kids in Casa and Lower Elementary that teach the basics – matching, pouring, transferring, and lacing – and expand on them to develop fine motor skills and teach kids self-care. #montessori #montessoriactivities #practicallife #montessorimaterials

Helping Kids Grow: 23 Montessori Practical Life Activities We Love

27 Science Experiments for Kids | Whether you’re looking for sensory science experiments for kids to do at home, or science project ideas for kids in elementary school to teach kids about the scientific method and chemical reactions, this collection of simple, easy, and fun STEM activities and ideas will inspire you! #sensoryscience #scienceexperimentskids #scienceexperimentsforkids #stemactivities

Fun with Science: 27 Sensory Science Experiments for Kids

41 STEM Projects for Kids of All Ages | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, oh my! From elementary school to middle school to high school, we've rounded up 41 simple and easy to re-create STEM activities, experiments, and projects for kids and for teens! #stemeducation #stemactivities #steamactivities #steameducation"

Hands On Fun: 41 STEM Projects for Kids of All Ages

How to Discipline a Child without Yelling | Whether you’re a mom parenting toddlers or kids in their tweens and teens, we’re sharing 14 simple yet effective tips to teach you how to get kids to listen the first time without yelling. These simple ideas are designed to help parents encourage positive behavior at home and at school but can also be used by teachers in the classroom! #positivediscipline #positiveparenting #positiveparenting

How to Discipline a Child Without Yelling: 14 Positive Parenting Tips

21 Montessori Language Activities and Materials for Lower Elementary

21 Montessori Language Activities and Materials for Lower Elementary

27 Play-Doh Games or Kids | Play-doh mats are a great way to teach kids their numbers, letters, and shapes, and there are so many free printables for different themes, like the weather, the seasons, and various holidays like Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Easter. They also help develop a child’s fine motor skills! Check out our favorite play-doh activities for fun in the classroom and at home. #playdoh #playdohactivities #playdough #playdoughrecipe #playdoughactivities #finemotoractivities

27 Play-Doh Games & Activities to Develop Fine Motor Skills [& More!]

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  • ‘BE STRONGER THAN YOUR EXCUSES.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ I was on a thread about fitness goals in a Facebook group a couple of weeks ago, and a lot of people were asking for motivation tips.⠀ .⠀ ‘How do I motivate myself to get up earlier?’⠀ .⠀ ‘How do I push myself harder?’⠀ .⠀ ‘How do I convince myself to stick with it?’⠀ .⠀ There were tons of excuses (because let’s be honest - those are EXCUSES), and someone summed it up beautifully when she replied: ‘You just do it. You get out of bed. You push as hard as you can. You keep going even when you don’t feel like it. And when you’re tired, you do it anyway.’⠀ .⠀ Her words really lit a fire under my ass, and I figured someone might appreciate her motivation today. 💪🏻⠀ .⠀ Blah blah blah...GO WORKOUT ALREADY!
  • ‘FRIENDS ARE THE FAMILY YOU CHOOSE.’ —Jess C. Scott⠀ .⠀ My university BFF and I live in different cities, which makes it really difficult to get together as much as we’d like to, but we always pick up as though no time has passed whenever we see each other. We obviously support each other when life gets rough, but between marriage, kids, and careers, neither of us have a lot of free time to keep in touch regularly.⠀ .⠀ So we developed a thing.⠀ .⠀ I have no idea who started it, but for the last 12 months or so we have been texting funny memes to each other periodically throughout the week. We don’t type anything - we just send the memes - and since we’re both incredibly sarcastic, the memes we choose do NOT disappoint.⠀ .⠀ It’s such a small thing, but as you can see, it TOTALLY makes my day.⠀ .⠀ 👇 Do you have any weird things you do with your girlfriends to stay in touch when you’re in a busy season?
  • ‘WHAT IF TODAY WE ARE JUST GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING.’ —Charlie Brown⠀ .⠀ 👆THIS. ⠀ .⠀ Happy Thursday my beautiful friends!
  • ‘CHOOSE WHERE YOUR ENERGY GOES.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ I have no idea how it’s already DECEMBER, but I do know that I am counting the days until the holidays. 🥂 It’s been a really busy year in our household with lots to be grateful for and celebrate, but OMG do we ever need a break, lol!⠀ .⠀ I know this is a time of year when people start thinking through their goals for the following year, but I recently heard a great tip I wanted to share.⠀ .⠀ The holidays are filled with a lot of expectations from family and friends and can leave us feeling overwhelmed and exhausted at a time we’re meant to be relaxing and creating memories with the ones we love most. So, before you dig into your 2020 plans, set some goals for what you want to accomplish over the holidays. Let go of what other people think you should be doing, and create a list of the things that will bring you joy and help you end the year feeling rested, filled with gratitude, and ready to tackle 2020 like a boss.⠀ .⠀ Some may want to do ALL THE THINGS with family and friends, while others may decide the best thing for their mental health is to do the bare minimum this year. Some people desperately want to organize their houses [🙋‍♀️], others want to hang out in their PJs and watch movies...you get the idea.⠀ .⠀ I love the idea of writing out a plan and checking in periodically throughout the season to make sure we’re keeping those promises to ourselves. Remember that it’s YOUR holiday and you’re free to spend it whatever way you choose. 🙌
  • ‘MY FAVORITE EMAILS ARE THE ONES THAT TELL ME MY ORDER HAS SHIPPED.’ —Unknown⠀ .⠀ Happy Cyber Monday my beautiful friends!!!! I hope you find some great deals and spoil yourself and your loved ones with things you probably don’t need. 🤗
  • ‘WORRY DOES NOT EMPTY TOMORROW OF ITS SORROWS, IT EMPTIES TODAY OF ITS STRENGTH.’ —Corrie ten Boom⠀ .⠀ One of the worst parts about having anxiety is that it makes it really difficult to live in the moment. We become so consumed with what MIGHT happen tomorrow, next week, or 3 months from now that we forget to appreciate what’s actually going on in the here and now. And while catastrophizing and planning ahead may make us feel more in control in the short-term, it robs us of appreciating all of the amazing and beautiful things and people in our lives.⠀ .⠀ Roy T. Bennett once said, ‘No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future’, and I felt like someone might need to be reminded of that today.⠀ .⠀ Here’s to living in the moment and appreciating the gift of time. 🥰
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