Category: ’Language’
Wordless Wednesday: Signing
This week we asked you to share signing with us. Read more about responding with sensitivity on our resource page. Link up! Read More…
3 Comments | Posted in Language, Natural Learning, Responding With Sensitivity, Wordless Wednesday
Handmade Holidays: Gifts for Babies and Children
Easy on your pocket book, these Handmade Holiday gift tutorial ideas will delight children of all ages. Be sure to enter the two giveaways, too! Read More…
2 Comments | Posted in Arts and Crafts, Homeschooling, Language, Natural Learning, Playtime, Reading
Respecting My Toddler’s “No”
If you’ve ever had a toddler, then you know the word “no.” Not only because as a parent you may find yourself saying it more in this season of parenthood than any other, but it’s also a familiar word because of how often your toddler says it to you. Read More…
4 Comments | Posted in Attachment Parenting, Gentle Discipline, Language, Responding With Sensitivity
How to Raise Global Learners
Living on a farm, we don’t have the time or the means to travel. But we want our children to be global citizens. We want them to truly understand how fully they are linked to their fellow beings on this beautiful blue green planet. When they were small we read stories, ate the foods, played the games and celebrated festivals … Read More…
1 Comment | Posted in Homeschooling, Language, Natural Learning, Reading
Get More Out of Life With Baby Signs
Right now, my son communicates with his hands. Baz is eighteen months old, and at last count has 4 spoken words and roughly 20 signs — and they have proven worth the effort in our daily life. Read More…
7 Comments | Posted in Language, Natural Learning
“Strewing Their Paths”: The Art of Scattering for Exploration and Play
Strewing means to leave interesting objects, materials, or combinations of things out as a quiet invitation to your child to notice it, touch it, explore it, use it and most importantly, have fun in the process. Kristin offers a ton of ways to invite your children to play using strewing. Read More…
9 Comments | Posted in Arts and Crafts, Homeschooling, Language, Natural Learning, Playtime, Reading
Toddlers and the “F” Word
A reader asks our NPN Mentors how to approach a toddler who’s swearing. Read More…
3 Comments | Posted in Ask an NP Mentor, Gentle Discipline, Language, Natural Learning
Armed Only With a Clipboard
Ideas for activities and projects your children can do outside with few materials. Read More…
Leave a comment | Posted in Activism, Arts and Crafts, Ecological Responsibility, Environmentalism, Homeschooling, Language, Love of Nature, Natural Learning, Playtime, Reading
Climb, Swing & Snuggle: Reading Readiness Involves the Whole Body
Today’s children sit more than ever. Babies spend countless hours confined in car seats and carriers rather than crawling, toddling, or being carried. As they get older, their days are often heavily scheduled between educational activities and organized events. Most children today have 25 percent less time for free play than they did a generation ago, and that’s before factoring … Read More…
3 Comments | Posted in Healthy Living, Homeschooling, Keeping Active, Language, Natural Learning, Playtime, Reading
Unschooling preschool
Try these fun ideas for doing preschool at home without a curriculum. Read More…
44 Comments | Posted in Arts and Crafts, Healthy Living, Homeschooling, Keeping Active, Language, Natural Learning, Parenting Philosophies, Playtime, Radical Unschooling, Reading
