In my life as a mom, I try to consciously to choose material that is really worth it. To decrease my clutter, I’m a little picky about what I let into my house. I only keep what has a real impact on a daily basis. This is the case for the Time Timer, which I [...]
When you're a parent it's often wonderful, but often very difficult. Why is it so complicated to be a parent? A mini-person who looks like us It's hard to be a parent because the mini-person we interact with is also the one we love the most in the world. They are the one that we [...]
Christmas is a very busy time of the year with gifts to buy, meals and visits to plan, the tree and the house to decorate ... I was very surprised last year when I started doing Christmas Bingos with children because I realized they didn’t know all of the vocabulary associated with this time of [...]
We’re leaving in 5 minutes… You must be ready in 15 minutes ... Quick, your bus will leave in 10 minutes ... Easy to say (and to repeat) for parents, but difficult to understand for children! Ah, the idea of time! If there is an abstract concept for little ones (and some bigger ones), that's it [...]
Summer was sweet and busy at Au bout du museau! We had the great privilege of seeing children and adults alike at the Dadado Therapeutic Farm during the summer months. We took advantage of these great opportunities to test our new equipment and create "cut loose” interventions! Where did we start? We cut loose with the Joey [...]
Oh dear! Your offspring have been acting out recently. You feel you are constantly repeating yourself, without being heard. Well then, it’s baseball time! April is the start of baseball season and my child being a die-hard fan, we came up with the idea of Disciplinary Baseball. No material necessary… except for a bit of consistency and perseverance. [...]
Congratulations! You almost reached the finish line! At the start of the school year, how many times have you been discouraged at the thought of the upcoming school year filled with lessons and homework…yet you made it to June! This is quite the victory. Think of the amount of times, through the course of the [...]
Summer has already come to an end and school’s daily routine is back in full force. Trying to get our cranky kids ready in the morning, making healthy lunches and snacks, bringing our child to school as he screams all along the ride, picking our child from school who is crying from exhaustion…what a joy [...]
As a mother of five, managing conflicts and emotions has become a big part of my daily chores. I appreciate tools that help my children become more autonomous in dealing with their emotions and in dealing with conflicts. I recently received two posters and am so happy that I brought them into my home! [...]
Kids can be very colorful at times and keep us on our toes. We could even think that they are purposely putting us to the test, which is not the case obviously. When we experience a rougher patch with them. Nonetheless, it's important to know where these behaviours and reactions originate from in order to [...]
