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My Kid Did What?: The Dreaded Call from School
Once you send your child to school, you are “officially” sharing your child with the world. Yes, there is learning and excitement and...
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Work & Play
- Nov 14
- 2 min
Kids and the Holiday Season: Tips to Thrive
The holiday season is a fun, exciting, busy, festive and…stressful time of year! Parents feel a time crunch with a long list of to-do’s...
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Work & Play
- Oct 16
- 1 min
Getting Away with Friends
Getting a weekend away with friends has such a ripple effect in all areas of family life. It’s energizing, it’s exciting, it’s stressful...
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Work & Play
- Oct 4
- 2 min
Is Bedtime Exhausting You?
Back to school can make bedtimes (and mornings) extra challenging. We’ve got some perspective and tips for you as moms who’ve been there...
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Work & Play
- Jun 27
- 3 min
Our Go-To Sensory Play Ideas (and Why You Should Try Them!)
If you are a parent of a young child who reads, listens to podcasts or scrolls about things relating to parenting, you may have come...
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Work & Play
- Jun 1
- 2 min
5 Tips to Ease into June
Summer is coming and we are here for it. Being educators, we love the bittersweet wrap-up of a school year and the anticipation of summer...
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- Feb 22
- 2 min
Some of Our Favorite Books at Work & Play
We hope you will enjoy sharing these books with your children! For accessible, simple ways to support literacy, parenting tips, ideas &...
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Work & Play
- Feb 19
- 2 min
Five Tips to Raise a Reader
As educators and parents ourselves we know just how real the push to read and to be a reader can feel in the early years. There is a...
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Work & Play
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
Handling the Preschool Drop-Off: Easy or Exhausting?
Coming out of the last several years has created quite a few ripple effects in our world as we know it. As early childhood educators and...
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Work & Play
- Aug 9, 2022
- 3 min
Small Children, BIG Emotions
When your child is in the toddler stage they are developing and changing at a rate that is hard to imagine. Even though we see it right...
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Work & Play
- Jun 3, 2022
- 3 min
Parent Guilt: Ever Had It?
The guilt we feel as parents has been on our mind lately. Our goal at Work & Play is to empower parents. As parents ourselves there are a...
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Work & Play
- Apr 26, 2022
- 4 min
You've Heard Teacher Feedback - Now What?
Once you have a little one in school, an entirely new phase of parenthood opens up. Family life is the main source of just about...
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Work & Play
- Feb 2, 2022
- 4 min
Tantrums Come, Tantrums Go
Think way back to the before times…not before COVID, but before children were a part of your day-to-day life. Did you have an opinion...
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Work & Play
- Jan 9, 2022
- 3 min
Our COVID Dump
In this new year we see people posting their “photo dump” from the holidays or the year. Fair warning that what lies ahead is our COVID...
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Work & Play
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
Bedtime: The Struggle is Real
How’s bedtime going? Back to school means back to earlier, busy mornings. Getting enough sleep can truly be a game changer as we settle...
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Work & Play
- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Kids Are Alright (and So Are Screens)
Many things have changed in the world of parenting since we ourselves were parented. From safety equipment to video monitors to boogie...
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Work & Play
- Aug 3, 2021
- 3 min
Bedtime: Love it or Loathe it?
Which side of bedtime do you land on? Love it or Loathe it? We know this is a loaded question for many reasons. Bedtime routines and...
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Work & Play
- Jul 22, 2021
- 3 min
Kindergarten: Where Work & Play is Every Day
Do you have a soon to be kindergartner in your house? Congratulations! You are in for a wonderful year of kindergarten learning and...
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Work & Play
- Jun 3, 2021
- 4 min
Boredom: A Childhood Staple?
As soon as your children can tell you how they feel, it happens. You hear the words that can make you roll your eyes, make you need to...
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Work & Play
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
Parenting Pitfalls: Navigating the Inevitable
We are quite certain no one ever said being a parent would be easy. It is all a guessing game in many ways. Many of us have ideas of what...
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