Posts by Janai Mestrovich
Superkid Saves the Day – A Review
By Sandie Lee Imagination-Cafe Blog Published: Tuesday, Oct 12, 2011 Superkid Saves the Day in more ways than one. Superkid helps children sort out their emotions in eleven different stories. From feelings of anger, jealousy, eating healthy and listening to others, Superkid will guide your youngster and educate them in
Read MoreDragonella – A Review
By Sandie Lee Imagination-Cafe Blog Published: Tuesday, Oct 14, 2011 When Claire travels with the flying Sky Dragons she is magically transformed into an older version of herself. Her mission? To give Wisdom Pearls to all the children in different lands – with this pearl they will understand their words
Read MoreSuperkid Camp – A Review
By Sandie Lee Imagination-Cafe Blog Published: Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 I remember spending my childhood carefree, having fun and just being a kid. However, times have changed and so has the world. Kids these days are faced with so many troubles it hardly seems fair. So what’s a parent to
Read MoreWhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy?
Tammy’s 5 yr. old granddaughter is very frequently (as Tammy describes it with eyes widened and eyebrows raised) in the “why” about everything right now. Tammy is crazy about her granddaughter but feels she may go nuts with the “why” marathon. Recently, while riding in the car, Tammy was being
Read MoreStep Up, Speak Out: Kids are Endangered
A dedicated mother/grandmother just spoke to me today about her concerns for her grandchildren and the educational system’s changes occurring today. She informed me that cursive had been dropped from the curriculum, being told that with computers being the future, cursive was not a necessity. Furthermore, she was told that
Read MoreNo NO NOOOOO Grandma Boom!
Marching around the kitchen and dining room to the tune of a tambourine and a shaker, 2 1/2 year old grandson, Grayson, and I, Grandma Boom, were having a hay-day! Energy was UP. Eyes were dancing along with the beat of the march. Suddenly, Grandma Boom got creative and turned
Read MoreHelping your preschooler deal with mean treatment from other kids
By Amy Wang The Oregonian Published: Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 My 4-year-old has been telling us lately about a preschool classmate he doesn’t like. At first he just said the other child was “mean” to him. Then, a few days later, he added that the other child hits him and
Read MoreCheck out this interview with Amy Wang, Omamas with Portland’s Oregonian newspaper
Helping your preschooler deal with mean treatment from other kids blog.oregonlive.com http://blog.oregonlive.com/themombeat/2011/06/helping_your_preschooler_deal.html
Read More3 YR. OLD DARION, THE NEGOTIATOR, TURNS 30 MAY 28
“I can’t eat any lunch because it will just make me poop more.” And so my pre-schooler stated his case in 1984. Physiologically, Darion was correct. My challenge was to use HIS logic to further MINE. “You’re right, Darion, food will make you poop more. But the poop is just
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