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By Kim Vij

8 Tips for Raising a Strong Willed Child

Helpful tips for parenting a strong willed child

Are you looking for ways to support your strong willed child? Here are 8 strategies that have been tested in my classroom for many years and at home with my three children. They might be helpful for your child as well who struggles with maintaining their behavior at home or school. I am the first to admit that my 5 year old child is a strong willed little girl. From early on in her toddler years we noticed she would have temper tantrums over simple things if there weren’t just ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Behavior Management, grade school, Preschool, Social Skills, Strong Willed Child

By Kim Vij

Weekly Preschool Books and Activity Ideas

BOOK ACTIVITIES FOR PRESCHOOLERS

You're invited to join our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids for themed book activities. We're excited to be sharing with you weekly preschool books and activity ideas for the school year. It's your own personal preschool lesson plan with books for you and your child for the school year. Are you ready to join along? NEW LIST!!! JOIN US FOR THE NEW 2025-2026 VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to amazon for easy shopping online. Join our Weekly ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Book Activities, Book Extensions, Book List, Fall Activities, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Fun Sight Word Activities for Kids

A collection of the best Sight Word Games for Kids

Help your child learn sight words, to give them a strong foundation for success in reading. Try this collection of 25+ fun sight word activities for kids today! The Importance of Teaching Sight Words at Home Sight words play a very important role in the success of your child's reading ability. The more hands-on fun they can have with them, the quicker they will learn them. They are a great Afterschool Activity! Sight words are words that are frequently used in reading and writing. ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: grade school, Sight Words, Word Family

By Kim Vij

Sight Words and Alphabet Fun with Gems

Sight Word Gems Game for Kids

Create these super fun sight words and alphabet games gems for your child. So easy to make and use with so many learning ideas. Both of my girls have an obsession with the glass gems that you can buy at just about any craft store. We've found a fun way to use them for learning with play!   I love that this is an activity that both of my girls can do together as a sibling activity. For the bigger kids..... Create Sight Word Gems! For the younger kids...... Create Alphabet ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, grade school, Literacy, PLAY, Preschool, Sight Words, Spelling Words

By Kim Vij

Pinkalicious Sensory Alphabet Activity

Pinkalicious Inspired Alphabet Game for Kids

Create a Pinkalicious Alphabet Game for your preschooler. With just 3 simple supplies your child will be seeing Pink in no time! Are you ready for some Pink Fun? This post contains affiliate links to Amazon for easy online shopping.  Pinkalicious Alphabet Game for Kids This month we're featuring the adorable Pinkalicious book as our featured Virtual Book Club for Kids book. You could even make it a week long event and highlight some of the other books by these authors, ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Alphabet, Book Activities, grade school, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

ABC Fun Busy Bag with Straws

Make Your own ABC Manipulatives for Busy Bag

A hands-on activity for learning the letters of the alphabet with simple items from around your home. Just grab some colorful smoothie straws and foam letters to create this ABC Fun busy bag! Here's how... Busy Bags are one of the easiest ways to help your child build the skills they will need for school at home in a hands on way!  You can focus on a variety of topics and skills using everyday objects.  The best part is that they are prepared and ready for play anytime for your ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Activities for Preschoolers, Alphabet, Busy Bag, Kim, Kindergarten, Preschool, Toddler

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Requesting a Change in Your Child’s Classroom Placement

Requesting a Change of Classroom for Your Child

This year, it happened. We needed to request a change in my child’s classroom placement. Thankfully, the change was requested in a timely manner and the transition to a new classroom was seamless. Requesting a change in your child’s classroom placement can be tough, here are some ideas to help get started. Affiliate links to products Requesting a Change in Your Child’s Classroom Placement My daughter went from dreading to looking forward to her day at school. As a parent, I ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Amanda, Back to School, End of School Year, First Day of School, grade school, Parenting, Parenting with Purpose, Teacher Request

By Kim Vij

Back to School STEM Activities

back to school themed stem activities for kids

Get into that creative mindset with your child as they head back to school with these 20 Back to School STEM activities for kids. Explore hands on fun with science, technology, engineering, and math to start off a new school year. STEM fun for the first day of school! Back to School STEM Activities These Back to School STEM Activities are themed with school supplies like pencils, crayons and more traditional themes like buses and apples for a warm welcome into the school ... Read more...

Filed Under: STEM Tagged With: Back to School, grade school, Preschool, School Supplies, STEM

By Kim Vij

Pencil Themed Clothespins for Back to School Literacy Fun

Back to School Pencil Themed Clothespins and Games

This school year kick off the fun with spelling words and sight words with a little twist. Create these adorable pencil themed clothespins for back to school literacy games for your beginning reader. They are so easy even the kids can paint them!  Here's how to make and play! Pencil Themed Clothespins This time of year is always a fun time to spark your child's love of learning and school. Playing games inspired by back to school supplies help you kick off the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Games, Reading Tagged With: Back to School, grade school, handwriting, pencils, Preschool, School, School Supplies, Sight Words, Teacher Gift Ideas, writing

By Kim Vij

16 Adorable First Day of School Books

Featured books for the first day of school books.

Get ready for your child's first day at school with these adorable picture books. These first day of school books are a great way to start your school year. Read together as your child shares in those first day jitters and excitement to help them be prepared for their teacher, school and new classmates. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links for easy shopping on Amazon. CLICK ON the images of each book to learn more and BUY. First Day of School Books for Kids Grab this ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Back to School, Book List, First Day of School, grade school, Preschool, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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