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New Year’s Resolutions for Your Family

The start of a brand new year inspires many people to make some New Year’s resolutions. They make a promise to themselves to work on something specific that they believe will make them happier or healthier. This year, take the opportunity to make some New Year’s resolutions that focus on your family. You can make family New Year’s resolutions as part of your New Year’s Eve celebration. Sit down with your family and make some resolutions together. Decide on things that your family members want to work on as a team. The best part of family resolutions is that everyone … Continue reading →

Halloween, Mountain Climbing, School Removal, and More!

It is time, once again, for the Special Needs Blog Week in Review. As always, there are a variety of topics to be found. A few blogs discuss tips for helping kids with special needs to cope with Halloween. There were also blogs about ADA upgrades, EE, cystic fibrosis, and a new study about autism and difficulties with using language to describe behavior. How to Make Halloween Easier for Kids With Autism This blog gives you some tips that can help your child who has an autism spectrum disorder to cope with all the changes that come with Halloween. It … Continue reading →

Inclusive Fun for Kids With Special Needs

Parents who have kids with special needs quickly discover that the majority of playgrounds were not designed to accommodate all children. Here is a brief list of places to play, and have fun, that do include kids who have special needs. We need more of these! Sky High Sports is an indoor playground with plenty of trampolines to bounce on and some foam pits to jump into. The Sky High Sports in Naperville, Illinois, sets time aside for kids who have special needs. On the first Tuesday of every month, from 3:00 in the afternoon until 6:00 in the afternoon, … Continue reading →

Climbing

Once again I am surprised and shocked that my eight month old daughter has acquired yet another mobile skill. Gone are the days of quiet and relative stillness. My daughter is rapidly learning to move and her newest stunt is climbing. It started out innocently enough. My daughter would climb into my lap if I was sitting on the floor. Soon she was climbing into the laps of just about anyone who was sitting on the same plane as her. She easily transitioned into climbing onto pillows and cushions that her brother would throw on the floor. She would climb … Continue reading →

Helping Your Child Climb to Success

When a child struggles with a subject it is hard on both the child and the mom. It is hard to see your child try so hard to succeed and still have difficulty or continue to experience failure. The child begins to feel badly about herself and soon other subjects will suffer as she loses confidence. A homeschooling mom also feels like she is failing since she is the one in charge of her child’s education. The double role of mom and teacher during a time like gets confused and the mom part feels the pain while the teacher part … Continue reading →

Snap Photos WITH Your Kids

I’ve been taking pictures of my daughter since she was a few hours old, but rarely do we wield our cameras at the same time. My 6-year-old is a proud owner of her own digital camera, and this summer she has been putting it to good use snapping shots of the hydrangeas that border our patio, kids at the pool and numerous bugs she has collected. She loves getting up close to her subjects and using her body as a tripod. I love it too. Not only is she making the most of a fairly expensive camera, but also, she … Continue reading →

Babies and Stair Climbing

Are you looking forward to the moment when your baby first starts to climb stairs or do you dread it. Stair climbing in babies is always about mixed emotions. On one hand, you are excited about your baby reaching a new milestone. On the other hand, you now have to worry more about safety. So when should you expect your baby to begin climbing stairs? Well that all depends, largely in fact, on what your baby’s main environment is like. If you baby spends most of his time in a home with stairs, then he is more likely to start … Continue reading →

Making Math and Science Fun for Kids

If you struggle to get your kids excited about science and math, then you might consider taking to the stars. Turn this spring break into a learning experience by traveling to the Kennedy Space Center, located just 45 minutes east of Orlando. While most families instantly think of Mickey, Shamu and Universal when visiting Florida, the Kennedy Space Center provides kids with out-of-this world fun that they won’t soon forget. You’re not promised views of a launch everyday, but there’s still plenty to see and do at the Kennedy Space Center. There are IMAX movies, including one narrated by Tom … Continue reading →

How Often Do You Swing with Your Kids?

My kid’s been swinging since she was five-weeks-old. Now, at the ripe old age of four, she finds it more enjoyable to push me on a swing, then jump on the one next to mine and race me to “the moon.” I never win that game. Be that as it may, swings, or perhaps more specifically, parents swinging with their children, has been a hot topic this week following the delivery of a new pimped out swing set to the White House. Apparently, President and Mrs. Obama decided to treat their daughters, 7-year-old, Sasha, and 10-year-old, Malia, to a deluxe-edition … Continue reading →

Simple Ways to Burn Calories in the New Year

It’s the first week of the New Year… do you know who’s riding your stationary bike? If you belong to a gym, then you’ve likely noticed a few new faces strolling around the locker room and several more bodies jostling for your favorite treadmill or elliptical machine. While you may not appreciate the company, the fact is that gym membership spikes during the first couple months of a new year. Some newbies are there to cash in on memberships received as holiday gifts, while others are making good on New Year’s resolutions to get fit in 2009. If you have … Continue reading →