“Positive Parenting Tips” July newsletter

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INDEX:
Inspiring Quotes
Toddlers Activities & Games
Easy Kids Recipe
Child Arts & Crafts Activities:
Positive Parenting Resources
Sponsored Resources
Editor’s Note / Humour / new free books

Inspiring Quotes:

"It doesn't happen all at once. You become. It takes a long time." - Margery Williams "Life was meant to be lived and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn one's back on life." - Eleanor Roosevelt "One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness - simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain." - George Sand

Kids Activities:

Colourful Icebergs

Your toddler will enjoy this activity with great delight and amazement. Plus great fun on a hot day. Your children will be totally fascinated with the changing colours.

Materials

• Large container to hold the water play (Toddlers wading pool is ideal)

• Different shaped balloons

• Verity Food dye colours

• Eye droppers

Instructions

Once you have your different shaped balloons. Add the water to each balloon, leave in the freezer for a couple of days or until frozen.

Then once your different shaped icebergs are frozen solid, cut the balloon from the iceberg, leaving you with your own unique frozen shape.

Have your large container ready for this activity, placing the icebergs in the wading pool, large bucket or baby bath. Use a verity of coloured food dye, your children will enjoy watching their icebergs change colour when the dye from the eye dropper is added.

For another frozen water activity, you can fill smaller plastic containers with coloured water for a different experience.

My grandchildren enjoy this colourful iceberg activity, its one of their favourite.

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Easy Kids Recipe:

6 Ice Popsicle Recipes

These six easy recipes will make your children happy and are easy to make. Give them a try.

I mention Ice Tups in these recipes. These are Tupperware's popsicle makers. If you don't have them, you can get similar ones at Walmart or other such stores. Make sure the popsicle makers are good quality. They need to be able to hold up well in the freezer. If the plastic they are made out of is not good quality, your popsicles could break until the pressure of the freezer.

Orange Creamsicles

1 Small Can Frozen Orange Juice

1 cup milk

5-7 ice cubes

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Add water slightly if desired to thin). Drink with a straw or pour into Ice Tups and freeze.

Fudgesicles

3 Tbls Instant Cocoa

2 Tbls Sugar

Dash of Salt

1/2 tsp vanilla

2 Eggs

2 1/2 cups milk

Beat eggs together and add other ingredients. Pour into Ice Tups and freeze.

Hawaiian Punchsicles

1 cup Hawaiian Punch

1 cup Vanilla Ice Cream

Mix ingredients well. Pour into Ice Tups and Freeze.

Dripless Wonders

1 pkg. Kool-Aid - presweetened

1 pkg. Jello (same flavor as Kool-Aid)

2 cups boiling water

2 cups cold water

Mix well until dissolved then add 2 cup cold water and mix.Pour into Ice Tups and freeze. Refrigerate leftovers for easy refilling of Ice Tups.

Butterscotchsicles

1 pkg. Butterscotch Instant Pudding

1 cup Rootbeer

1 1/2 cups water

Mix all ingredients. Pour into Ice Tups and Freeze.

Fruit Saladsicles

1 cup apple juice

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 large can Fruit Cocktail

Mix all ingredients. Pour into Ice Tups and Freeze.

Disclaimer I cannot personally try all the recipes and tips that have been submitted to me. You use them and their contents at your own risk and discretion. If you do not agree to these terms, please don't continue to use them. If you do, it means you agree to these terms.

About The Author: Donna has an MBA in information technology and is currently a Tupperware Director and CEO of her own company. Donna designed A Website for the Modern Woman, which contains more http://www.todaysmodernwoman.com

Child Arts & Crafts Activities:

“Ghost Necklaces”

Adult Supervision Recommended

Materials

• White Alcohol Glue

• Waxed Paper

• Black Permanent Marker

• Orange or Black Yarn

General Instructions

• On a small square of waxed paper make a puddle of glue. Let dry for two or three days.

• Peel off waxed paper and use a hole punch to make a hole near the top.

• Cut yarn long enough for a necklace and string through hole. Use marker to draw ghost face below hole. Any shape puddle of glue will do but older kids may like to design their "ghost" with arms and head.

These can not be real thin, because they may break. Use large globs of glue.

Positive Parenting Resources:

“Listen To Your Children”

Discipline does not have to mean angry words. It does not have to mean hurt feelings. It does not have to mean physical punishment.

It does not have to be a struggle, an argument, or a battle that someone wins. Discipline does not have to happen out of anger.

Discipline means teaching children, caring about children, and trying to prevent problems before they happen. It means loving children and helping them grow into responsible adults.

There are many ways to discipline children. One way is to listen to children. Often busy parents fail to listen to and notice their children. When children feel they have something important to say or to show and are repeatedly ignored or tuned out by an insensitive or "too busy" adult, they usually do one of two things:

1. The child may give up and quit trying. The result is a child who does not communicate well. This stifles the growth of mind, personality, and ability, and prevents the development of self-confidence; or

2. The child may misbehave (being noisy, fussy, or whiny) to get the attention he or she cannot get in any other way. This behavior will usually get the attention of the adult, but may cause the adult to punish the child as well.

Neither of these reactions is desirable.

How to Listen to Your Children

When a child approaches with a question or comment, stop what you are doing, if possible. Look at the child and listen attentively. If you cannot take the time to listen and answer the question when it is asked, explain and promise her a time when you can do it.

Some children do use questions to gain the attention of the parents. If the child keeps asking the same question over and over, it is useful, after answering the question correctly at least once, to say, "What did I just say?" As the child gives the answer back to you, correct any wrong notions. Then praise him for listening and learning.

Why Listening to Children Is Important

To a child, an attentive ear is more important than a parent's advice. Listening to our children shows them we're interested in them. Research has shown that a major difference between strong and troubled families is the amount of interest that family members show in each others' lives. The more interest shown, the stronger the family generally is.

You don't need a lot of time to do this. Take just a few minutes a day to ask children about their interests, their activities, their friends, and how they are changing and growing. This can go a long way toward making them feel appreciated and valued. Check in with your children daily or at least several times a week. Good times to do this are while you're preparing and eating meals and at bedtime.

Listening to Understand

Many of the angry words that pass between parent and child can be prevented. You can prevent them by understanding better what your children are trying to say and what they are feeling. To do this, you must listen, and you must talk. Working problems out means asking questions and letting children know how you feel while trying to understand your children's problems.

Listening means more than hearing the words someone speaks. It means thinking about the things you hear. Sometimes you listen best when you try to notice the things that are not said. Young children cannot always say what they mean.

They may not know how to ask for the things they want. They may not know their own feelings well enough to know what is making them angry or sad. But looking at children when they speak can help you understand. Watch your children as they talk. What you see can help tell you how your children feel.

If you do not understand what your child is trying to say, ask a few questions, but ask them carefully. Make sure your children know that you are concerned—not angry. If your voice is harsh or if you speak hurriedly, children may feel you do not care. Make sure you give your children enough time to speak. Do not rush them.

When you let children take their time, you tell them that you respect their feelings. To make sure you have understood, repeat the feelings your children have expressed: "I know that you are angry because we can't visit grandma." "You feel left out when your brothers go to their friend's house, don't you?" Words like these tell your children that you understand.

Explain Your Point of View Calmly

Parents should try to respect their children's feelings. But it is also important that children understand that their parents have a right to their own feelings, too. As a parent, you do not have to like everything that your children do and you may be upset by some of the things they say. Tell your children how you feel about and are affected by what they've done. But try to tell them without anger. Letting children know how you feel helps them begin to understand how their actions affect others.

Working Things Out

After you have talked with your children about a problem, work with them to solve the problem. For instance, give your children a choice and then let them decide. A fussy three-year old can be allowed to choose what he wants to drink: juice or milk. A five-year-old who doesn't pick up her clothes can choose between picking them up or staying in the house for the afternoon. By working with your children, you help them become more responsible and you show respect for their feelings.

Ronald L. Pitzer Extension Family Sociologist

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