At Fitzgerald, children spend time outside year-round engaging in daily age-mixed free play. Unstructured play is essential to children’s mental and physical well-being. The decline in play and movement over the years is negatively impacting our children. Dr. Peter Gray …
These Apple Cinnamon Energy Balls and Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake recipes are easy to make and a great healthy addition to your child’s school lunch. I ended up tripling the energy balls recipe because it didn’t quite make as much …
You will love watching this father paint while he is baby-wearing his son! The combination of father, son, art, and music is so very peaceful. Jay Lee is a watercolor artist and has several other tutorials for kids and beginners. …
While searching for lunchbox inspiration, I stumbled upon Raising Little Foodies on Instagram. Not only was I inspired by the healthy and nutritious ideas, I discovered a few new products. I will definitely be trying Frooze Balls (plant-powered energy balls …
Reclaiming Childhood by Jeanine K. Fitzgerald It was not that long ago children were expected to leave the world of adults to explore the larger world that surrounded them. The revered way of exploring their world was through play. …
Think back to your childhood. How did you play? I know for me and many others, play consisted of outdoors, unsupervised, imaginative activities, from the playground to the woods. We would walk or bike (without a helmet) around the neighborhood …
In today’s day and age there are SO many different articles out there telling us what we should and shouldn’t do for our children, what is right and wrong, what is and isn’t worth it, etc. Everyone has their opinions …