Parenting With Teacher Nancy

Just Announced: May 16, Creating a Family Vision and Mission Workshop on Zoom   with Nancy Some have asked about how to deal with tantrums, since sheltering in place is difficult.  Here are a couple good articles: Tantrums: Why They Happen, and How To Respond Understanding Why Tantrums Happen and How To Support Them also What to Say Instead of "Don't Cry" Another indoor fun resource: 87 Energy-Busting Indoor Games  &  Activities For Kids (Because Cabin Fever Is No Joke) EXTRAS Last week I suggested this book to a student, and then was sent this link from a different student.  It's a great talk to give us a taste of the ideas in his book. Whole Brain Child: Neuroscience of the Developing Brain with Dr. Daniel Siegel (City Arts and Lecture) Toddler Tantrums 101:  Why They Happen and What You Can Do 14 Ways To Tame a Tantrum CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS  Students- Please email me for more details. This Tuesday evening, April 28, 8-9 pm,...

Thank you to those of you who shared your ideas.  It's a great list of Things To Do With Children, Delicious, Comforting, and Tried and True Recipes, Health and Wellness and Entertainment. Things To Do With Children Bussy Toddler- https://busytoddler.com/ - Site is full of fun and engaging activities for toddlers to kindergartners that are easy to set up.  (Try Sticker Sort -- For more exercise, I like to hold the stickers myself in another room.  Then I give my toddler a couple of stickers at a time and she has to run to the other room to sort them.) WideOpenSchool.Org Google, PBS, National Geographic, Scholastic and other companies working together to do online schooling.  For Pre-K to 12th grade. Finger Painting ( Bc my toddler still puts everything in his mouth, I use plain yogurt with food coloring and "paint" the stove top. You could use other colorful foods like red tomato paste, orange sweet potato/carrot puree, etc. ) Sink Play ( For tho...

This week I heard from students that they are in search of these resources. For the next 6 days, we're crowd sourcing to add to this page. Share your ideas through this  surve y. These are the four categories: Things to do With Children Delicious, Comforting, Tried and True RECIPES Health and Wellness Entertainment Other Hopefully we'll have a longer and more interesting list next week.  Here's are some of my suggestions, as well as a few from other students. Add your resources to this list   here . Things To Do With Children Family Play Plans by TRUCE http://www.truceteachers.org/family-play-plans.html Indoor and outdoor play ideas Wonder Play Book  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/823071.Wonderplay WONDERPLAY offers interactive and developmental ideas to enrich the time you spend with your child between birth and the preschool years. Paint with water on newspaper or any paper. WideOpenSchool.Org Google, PBS, National Geographic, Schol...

Dealing with the Corona Virus turns parenting up a notch, or for some, too many notches. This is a difficult time. The New York Times recently had an article, Parents Need Stress Relief, Too .  These are the coping methods they suggested: 1) Give yourself grace. 2) Don't judge coping styles. 3) Remember sleep hygiene. 4) Timebox your worries. 5) Social distancing doesn't mean you should stop being social. 6) Help others as much as you can. I'd like to add a couple more things to this list: 7) Stop reading about parenting.  Enough already. Follow your gut. Since you're reading this, you've read plenty.  Now just do what you feel works for you and your family. Too much information about parenting is anxiety inducing.  I know this from personal experience.  Yes, there is always more, or something better you can do, but go back to the first suggestion on this list: Give yourself grace. Just give lots of love and affection, don't worry what others might thi...

There are no face-to-face classes at CCSF for now. Please see the official  CCSF Announcement , or see below in CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT section. This is a historical time, dealing with Covid-19.  It's a time when we are considering our own health, the health of of others, and even life and death.  For many of us, whose schedules have emptied because of cancelled gatherings, meetings, parties, sports events, work... there is possibly some time to take stock in what is most important. Spring time is the time of year when we also think of growth, blooming, and what is flourishing, and the time every year when I bring up the family vision and mission.  A vision and mission help us make choices with a purpose.  In the book,  Becoming The Parent You Want To Be , by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser, they write how this framework can guide our parenting.  "Creating and holding a vision is critical to us and to the health of our families.  When we know what we ar...