[This will be a weekly feature on Sunday nights (US Central Time) with a list of recommended reads for parents.]
You may have heard that you must love your child ‘unconditionally’. But have you stopped and thoughts about what it means, to you and your child? This post in the A Mother Far From Home blog explains the concepts and dispels a few myths about unconditional love.
This is a good resource for parents looking for engaging art and craft and other creative work to do with children. The activities are sorted by age group and quite easy to do. Please check out if you are looking for some inspiration to spend time with your children.
3. 15 Playful Ways to Handle Sibling Rivalry
My daughter is an only child so we have not experienced the sibling rivalry and its effects in our household. But if you have two or more kids and you are having to deal with sibling rivalry and jealousy and fights over it, then this post from Hand In Hand Parenting suggests a lot of good tips that will let you playfully handle and resolve the situation. Go on, try these out.
4. Eight kinds of Intelligence displayed by children
Motherly has a nice post outlining the eight different kinds of intelligence displayed by children, such as Linguistic, Logical, Musical, Interpersonal, etc. It is a framework that may help you to observe them carefully and understand their strengths, and areas to learn.
5. Incorporating Nature into Play
Peaceful Parenting has a very nicely designed infographic on why it is important to incorporate an appreciation and enjoyment of nature into children’s playtimes, and a few activities to do it. With summer and holidays around the corner, this is the time to start doing this.
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