Relationship Building with Young Children

Cross-Generational Hilarity

April 20, 2016 Cross Generational Activities, Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

This short video encapsulates cross-generational hilarity. My granddaughter asked me to play “scream and laugh” and make a movie out of it with my cell phone. She insisted we practice several screams before filming. She is 4. I am sure she is a born director. What ensued was an experience

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Scoots ‘n Sounds

August 30, 2013 Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

This is how a 22 month old granddaughter sees her Grandma Boom when we are scooting down the steps making funny sounds together. Neither one of us may remember this in a few years, but our hearts record everything. As bonding continues. we may not do funny scoots ‘n sounds

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Kids Building Relationships

August 3, 2013 Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

Love is obvious with these siblings, three years apart, at spontaneous moments like this at a waterpark only moments after having some rivalry over water buckets. Even though they have their ‘moments’ of difficulties as all siblings do, it is the loving bond that they both know is there that

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Soccer Camp

June 30, 2013 Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

“You aren’t going on the right road, Grandma Boom!” “Yes, Grayson, this road will get us to soccer camp.” “There are two roads to get there and this isn’t one of them.” “Grayson, your dad told me how to get there. This is the Grandma Boom road to get there.”

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Sibling Traffic Jam!

June 22, 2013 Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

It’s one of the reasons siblings are so important to each other. They get to work through all kinds of jams and go forward with practice in developing relationships. Peers, relatives, classmates….it’s all part of the relationship soup. The great thing about Grayson and Claire’s traffic jam is that neither

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An A for Understanding

June 18, 2013 Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

Grayson gets an A for understanding what a lie does to one’s own body! Human beings experiment with lying. Imagine FEELING this object. It is my 3D version of what a lie looks and feels like. Aluminum foil wadded up with half toothpicks stuck into it. This appears in my

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Priorities and Messes with young ones

June 1, 2013 Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

This morning Claire’s mom took Claire for her first swim lesson. I had to go watch. When finished, Miss Claire insisted on hugging me fresh out of the pool. Hence, I got soppin’ for my shoppin’! hahaha There was NO way I could refuse a hug and, of course, she

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Play with children…be happy together!

April 7, 2013 Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

Grandie, Claire, was excitedly happy to climb up on me and keep me in tow to her lively interactions, wanting to play and play and play. Thank you, Miss Claire, for making sure I stay lively in this sixty-fourth year and can play just as vigorously as you can! Race

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Simple Answers to Deep Questions

April 1, 2013 Relationship Building with Young Children 0 Comments

“I don’t see heaven even in the distance, Grandma.” What a precious statement from a four year old who has obviously been thinking about life and death, where his dog is, wondering where my parents are and spending time trying to see heaven in the sky. On Easter Sunday at

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