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December 23, 2015Kohl’s Building Blocks, Positive Parenting, Positive Parenting Espanolby Shelby Schnell

Helping Children Develop Active Listening Skills

You speak, your child doesn’t respond. Sound familiar? “Honey, make your bed please.” “Remember to feed the dog.” “Stop hitting your brother.” The list of parental requests goes on and on. Why is it that so often your requests go unanswered? There are probably many answers to that question, but …

December 2, 2015Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tips, Parenting Tips Espanol, Positive Parenting, Positive Parenting Espanolby Shelby Schnell

Behavior Charts

Behavior charts are great tools for encouraging children to work on positive social skills. Adults love behavior charts because they help with consistency. Kids love behavior charts because they help others take notice of their hard work. If you decide that a behavior chart is something you’d like to try, …

November 11, 2015How To’s, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Positive Parentingby Shelby Schnell

Creating Art Projects with Children

Looking for a fun craft to do with your child? Grab a piece of paper and look around the house for at least two different types of art supplies. Art supplies can include items such as markers, crayons, tissue paper, glue, feathers, toilet paper rolls, yarn, shoe boxes and magazines. …

September 30, 2015Growing Up, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Personal Perspectives, Positive Parentingby Shelby Schnell

Talking to Children about Race

I remember being a young girl, pulling out crayon after crayon from their box, trying to find the perfect shade to fill in the skin color of the coloring pages in front of me. The problem was always the same; my skin color did not exist in that box. I …

July 29, 2015Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tips, Positive Parentingbehavior, death, family dynamics, grief, kids, social and emotional learningby Shelby Schnell

Helping your Child Deal with Grief

While it is common for children to grieve the death of a loved one, children might also grieve following a divorce or separation, a loved one moving away or moving out of the home or decreased visitations with a loved one. All of these experiences can be considered a “loss.” …

June 3, 2015Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tips, Positive Parentingcolic, health and wellness, parenting tips, safe sleep for babies, sleep trainingby Shelby Schnell

The Colic Survival Guide

All babies cry. Crying is the main way that a baby communicates her needs before she starts to use language. If baby is hungry, tired, sick, uncomfortable, or has a soiled diaper, crying is a completely normal occurrence. But what about those babies who seemingly cry for no reason, sometimes …

March 11, 2015Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tips, Positive Parentingchild, health and wellness, healthy, healthy snacks, home, kids, nutrition, parenting tipsby Shelby Schnell

Beware of Too Many Gummy Vitamins

Shaped like cartoon characters or baby animals, gummy multivitamins are one way to make sure a child gets vitamins and minerals. They taste good and fill the nutrition gaps in the diet. They sound like a win! And they are, as long as they’re taken correctly. As you can imagine, …

December 22, 2014Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tips, Positive Parentingby Shelby Schnell

Using the Power of Music at Home with Your Child

Many have heard the phrase “music calms the savage beast” and in all reality, it can. Music has the power to do even more than that and we all feel it at some points in our lives, whether we know it or not. How music is used on a child, …

November 26, 2014Kohl’s Building Blocks, Parenting Tips, Positive Parentingby Shelby Schnell

Respite Care for Parents

The birth of a child with a disability or on-going medical condition is a huge adjustment for any family. It can affect family relationships and finances and can exhaust the time and energies of parents. It can be overwhelming to deal with all the feelings associated with the care of …

October 22, 2014Growing Up, Kohl’s Building Blocks, Positive Parentingby Shelby Schnell

How to Deal with Bullying

Bullying, the act of willfully causing harm to others through verbal harassment (teasing and name-calling), physical assault (hitting, kicking, and biting) or social exclusion (intentionally rejecting a child from a group) used to be an issue parents didn’t encounter until the “tween” years (between the ages of 10-12). Unfortunately, bullying …

Helping Children Develop Active Listening Skills

Behavior Charts

Creating Art Projects with Children

Talking to Children about Race

The Colic Survival Guide

Beware of Too Many Gummy Vitamins

Using the Power of Music at Home with Your Child

Respite Care for Parents

How to Deal with Bullying

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