Iris's mom and dad write about Mindful Parenting and RIE Parenting while maintaining a positive, optimistic, open-minded and mindful attitude.
Last year’s Black Friday came with a surprise for me and our 6 years old daughter. Daddy ordered a Nintendo Switch console and some family friendly games. Because we spent (and we’re still spending) most of our time at home, due to the pandemic situation – we work from home, our daughter sometimes has online classes – Nintendo Switch was a fun and entertaining acquisition.
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All children love watching educational cartoons. They are an important and inevitable part of every individual’s early life. As we all know it, cartoons represent a controversial topic among parents, too. Therefore, the impact of cartoons on children can be positive or negative. It depends on different factors. These factors are: the type of cartoon, the amount of time spent watching cartoons, the moment of the day, the child’s age etc.
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Today, we played a lot of Pengoloo board game for kids, an award winning wooden skill building memory color recognition game we really enjoy and absolutely recommend. Pengoloo by Blue Orange enhances kids’ memory, color recognition, visualization and fine motor skills. The game also strengthens kids’ strategy and social skills.
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We bought a new “toy” this week: a Traffic Play Mat. Our daughter loves it and we wish we bought it sooner. I must say, our daughter has an impressive collection of HotWheels cars. Although we bought her various track packs for her cars, she definitely prefers the Traffic Play Mat.
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During 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.
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Lately, our 4 years old daughter seemed very interested in learning and drawing letters. Although, we never force her to do activities she doesn’t enjoy, we buy her toys, games and books that are suited for her age. We want give her as many options as possible when it comes to developing her skills and learning abilities.
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This post is not about kids, it’s about moms. It’s about moms who confront themselves with dry and cracked skin after pregnancy. I used to have a smooth skin before I got pregnant and it was even smoother and really soft during my pregnancy due to all the extra blood, better moisture retention and changes in hormone levels. However, after I gave birth my skin gradually became very dry and rough.
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When our daughter turned 3 we decided to rearrange her room. Guided by the Montessori principles – simplicity and freedom, order and structure, accessibility, nature and safety – we managed to recreate our daughter’s playing environment.
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Because both me and my husband are interested in technology – we work in the IT industry – we recently decided to introduce our little girl to this domain. Our daughter is 3 years old now, so we think that this is just the right time for her to start learning the basics of programming through play. She might like it or she might not, but as her parents, our job is to offer her as many opportunities as possible, so she can choose wisely when the time comes.
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Some time ago, when our daughter was almost 1 year old, we wrote an article about the importance of open ended toys for open ended play. Just as a quick reminder, open ended play is a creative, imaginative, child-directed play.
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