Simplify Family Life

Simplify Family Life

Want to simplify your family life in 2016? Add or enrich a routine. This post revisits Sleepytime Club’s post from September, 2015. Last week’s post had an easy way to acquire new habits in 2016. Does your family have consistent routines in place? WHen it...
Bedtime Tip: Count Your Blessings

Bedtime Tip: Count Your Blessings

Here’s a simple bedtime tip: count your blessings because blessings count when it comes to sleep. In honor of Father’s Day, this post was going to be a collection of memories about how my dad had an impact on my bedtime ritual. It was huge – for one thing, he...
Bedtime Routine Story – Make it a Good One

Bedtime Routine Story – Make it a Good One

If you’re going to enhance your bedtime routine by adding a story – make it a good one. My friend Lis is the mother of three grown daughters and an experienced elementary school-aged special education teacher. I was describing Sleepytime Club to her and...
Bedtime Tip: Choose Your Story

Bedtime Tip: Choose Your Story

The simplest, most empowering bedtime tip ever: Choose the story you tell your family. Stories are powerful! The stories and songs that fill your child’s head – that form values, lay the foundation for imagination, relationships, create the fabric of the future...
Mother Goose Knows Best!

Mother Goose Knows Best!

This week’s free download comes from Mother Goose. It’s a coloring page and sound recording of Little Boy Blue Little Boy Blue…with the addition of a special verse – Little Girl Green. Why Mother Goose? Sharing these classic rhymes: encourages...