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Little Moments, Mighty Lessons - Art of Connecting with Young Kids
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items I am passionate about creating little moments of connection with my kids, that will give them so much nostalgia later in life. We are intentional that these small daily moments leave a big big impact as our kids grow. These are some examples of how w...
Sections
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Connecting Through Gratitude
Connecting Through Discovering Self
Connecting Through Creativity
Connecting Through Food
Connecting Through Gratitude
Teaching gratitude is a huge priority in our home. Entitlement has no room here. We sprinkle moments of gratitude into each day, and these are our go-to ways we use to reinforce it.
We LOVE this journal in our home! We began this journal when my daughter was three. It is amazing to see the progression of her drawings, and what she deems special about every day. We use this sporadically, on special days and uneventful days - to s...
3 Minute Gratitude Journal for Kids
This is the greatest and most consistent way that we teach gratitude in our household. We have a drawer with all different kind of paper, ready to be turned into a thank you card, exactly when we need it. We give thank you cards for the smallest and ...
DIY Thank You Cards
This set is not only adorable - but really reaches the ins and outs of gratitude and affirmations. The physical representation of the jars, with the added stickers to decorate it, just encourages more interaction and fun with the bonding time. And ke...
Filling My Jars Journal
We do not have this yet, but I have had my eye on it for some time! This will be our next purchase to add to our gratitude cycle, but I'm adding it here incase you want to check out the already existing reviews.
My First Mom and Daughter Journal
Mom and son version!
My First Mom and Son Journal: Activity Book
Connecting Through Discovering Self
Young kids have so much to say, and so much of the world and themselves to discover. We use some of these tools to introduce our kids to new vocabulary, ideas, situations, and scenarios in a chill, fun way.
Oh how we love this book! This is such a fun book to have on hands because even if you don't use it every single day, you still have a catalog about what your children was like on the exact day you asked that question. It is a portable time capsule, ...
One Question a Day for Kids: 3-Year Journal
I used these back when I was a therapist to help parents connect to their small children. These are wonderful for helping your kids discover new thoughts, and introducing new vocabulary you wouldn't ordinarily be using. More importantly, place your p...
700 Family Conversation Cards
Reading books together is one of the greatest ways to help your child discover parts of themselves. The more you read with your kiddos, the more opportunities there are for your child to see themselves as these characters. This is giving them indirec...
ThriftBooks
Connecting Through Creativity
Creative connection is my personal favorite!! This will look unique to every family! Just use things you have on hand, and create together! No rules or expectations. I also have a list of Supplies for Tiny Artists if you need more guidance on art too...
I will likely make an entire list on how I junk journal with my four year old - but this is our favorite activity to do together. It is something I loved before having kids, and something I love even more now that my daughter can do it with me.
Jun...
Junk Journaling
This is the first book we bought to help my daughter learn to draw! It is the actual cutest. We love it because it is dry erase so she can erase and try over and over and over again. We have had this for well over a year and still gets use!
My First Learn-To-Draw: Baby Animals
These books are soooooo good for collaborative time with parents/kids! Gives a prompt for a drawing to do together! Creative, talking points, bonding time, all of the good things!
Draw with Mom!: Two-Person Doodle Book
And one for Dad too, of course
Draw with Dad!: Two-Person Doodle Book
Connecting Through Food
Cooking/baking is one of the greatest ways to connect with your kids, because so much is happening in that moment. We are working all of our senses at once. Binding, following directions, taking measurements, having a shared experience, creating an o...
If you have a Disney obsessed kiddo like we do - this EASY children's cookbook is for you! We used to make Fridays our kitchen day, when our girl was smaller, and she would get to pick something out of this book to try each week. We still reach for i...
The Disney Princess Cookbook: Disney Books
This one is PERFECT for bonding time - because not only are you cooking, but you're having actual fun with creativity while doing it. Strangely, one of my girl's favorite thing to do is to make pictures with her food, so this is an easy way to incorp...
Edible Crafts Kids' Cookbook Ages 4-8
Another great first recipe book for little kiddos!
Good Housekeeping Kids Cook!: 100+ Easy Recipes
These are great for little hands because they are safe utensils to begin exploring foods! These also help picky eaters to try new things when they get to manipulate them theirselves.
Wooden Kids Kitchen Utensils