While moving can be an exciting experience that ushers in a welcome change of scene, it can also bring up many challenging emotions. This is especially true for children who have to leave behind familiar comforts and, oftentimes, their friends and school. Unlike adults, who understand the reasons for the move, young minds can have …
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A Child’s Eye View of the Coronavirus Each children’s book has two audiences. For the children themselves, Are We Really Safe Now? answers the title’s question with an emphatic “YES!” and a victory lap. Of course, the second audience of any children’s book are the parents, teachers and family members, who read the books to …
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Activities to help children deal with change, perfectionism, and rigid thinking. Some kids can take change in their stride. The trip to grandma’s got canceled – no problem. They’re out of mint choc chip at the ice-cream stand – no big deal. For many children, though, even the slightest change in plans can seem like …
Even the most mature of us sometimes need to be reminded that what matters most are the things that money cannot buy for us – the love and comfort of our family and our home, however modest – our feel good place. In Sugar, the Magic Pony, I try to shed light on this in …
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What Color is the Coronavirus? It’s hard to believe that it has been almost one year since we started to hear about a new virus that was rapidly making its way across the entire planet. After some time the CDC (Center for Disease Control in the USA) gave it the name ‘Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)’, or …
When a child draws a picture of the ocean, it might include all the things you’d typically find at the beach or in the sea: schools of fish, lots of seashells, and a sandcastle or two on the beach, for instance. What you won’t see are the many floating mounds of litter and debris that …
As adults, it’s easy to forget that the transition from one school year to the next marks a significant change for children. Parents may have their own emotions around the adjustments required for such a change, like feeling nervous when dropping off our young children for the first time, to our own excitement at reclaiming …
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We have all heard it said that art is a luxury. Not necessarily owning art, but also viewing it in a gallery or at an exhibition, appreciating it is considered by many as a pastime for the idle. Some people believe that art really has no place in society and that we could all live …
With all the progress of recent years, it is still taboo to speak our minds as fully as we’d like to, and we most certainly can’t speak our hearts! Having a form of communication that can be politely overlooked or ignored could be a blessing, and if we had a way to express our feelings …
I think most people would agree that the world’s seas and oceans are blue however if you’ve ever stopped to actually look at the water, you’ll quickly notice that there’s blue and there’s blue. Oh, and then there’s brown and turquoise and green and an almost black shade of blue too! The color of the …
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