Let Grow has a short, wise piece on how to help siblings not kill each other — and maybe even do the opposite: Start enjoying each other’s company. No promises, but click here for the tips! – L
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We’ve got a FANTASTIC, truly helpful article on how to teach kids to solve their own problems — including how to stop yourself from jumping in, when failure is too painful to watch. My favorite tip? Co-create a 5-step plan where the kid has to do steps 3-5 himself. Click here for the article, over at Let Grow. Photo by MaxPixel.
Over at Let Grow, we’ve got the BEST Father’s Day card ever. Kids fill in things like: *My dad ALWAYS says this: ______. *I learned how to do this from my dad: ______. *I want my dad to know THIS most of all: _______. Just go to Let Grow by clicking here and download it for free. (Plus we’ve got a lot of dad jokes.)
As teacher Jeremy Knoll writes on the Let Grow blog today: “No one gives up in a basketball game because another player crossed them up and got to the hoop. They try a new form of defense. We just need to get that mentality into the classroom more consistently.” Jeremy goes on to explain the growth mindset, which helps kids stop defining themselves as smart or dumb, even — especially — when they fail. A good read. Click here for it. Photo by Credit Score Geek.
Even if you can’t have a big party in your backyard this year, you can have dozens — hundreds — of visitors, if you aren’t too picky about which species. At Let Grow we’ve got some very simple building projects to put out the welcome mat for birds, bees, frogs, and more! (Okay, so maybe I personally wouldn’t put out a welcome mat for the bees.) Click here to get buzzy! Photo credit: Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland
Over at Let Grow we’ve gathered a truly astounding list of 100+ websites, projects and programs where kids can learn cooking, crafting, science, building, budgeting — all the stuff I still need to learn! Most a free, some charge a subscription fee. It is a mind-boggling, super-helpful and easy-to-use list to find whatever your kids might want to start doing on their own this strange summer. Click here and you’ll be there!
This great article by Hallie Cotnam at the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) notes that there is one group of people not on lockdown this summer: Kids. Once school is out: …there will be no summer school, no camp, no lessons and no team sports — there will be virtually no organized activity of any kind. While their parents toil away and family vacations remain in limbo, many kids will be gloriously, thrillingly free to do just about whatever they want. They’ll be playing like it’s 1975. Contrast that with pre-pandemic 2020, when kids had every second filled with some activity,…
Kids across America — even really young ones — are making masks. Lots of them, for themselves, their families and to give to others. When our Let Grow Challenge asked kids to send in stories and photos of themselves doing something new, we saw so many kind, competent kids stepping up. Give yourself an emotional boost and see for yourself, by clicking here.
Grow food, herbs, attract butterflies and hummingbirds — there are so many great things to do in a garden, and kids can take the lead! Click here for a short, sweet primer on how to start, plus helpful links. It’s all brought to us by Stacy Tornio, Let Grow’s content queen, who used to be editor of Birds & Blooms so she has at least three or four green thumbs.
Newsflash: You don’t have to entertain your kids. Just download the free June Calendar over at Let Grow (click here) and they’ll figure out something to do. It’s filled with creative ideas to get them going, like: *Build something you can use *Complete a YouTube tutorial *Create art outside In other words, it’s basic but also really helpful. And post photos of your kids doing stuff over at Let Grow’s Facebook page! Love to see what they get up to! Photo by bady qb on Unsplash