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Whatever you choose to do it does take planning. So follow our helpful hints below and get your party off to a good start. SELECT A LOCATION... You need to decide what works best for you a party at home or something out of the house. Having it somewhere else keeps your house in order and will save you time however it will be more expensive. Having a party at home either indoors or outdoors is always fun because you can be very creative with your theme. CREATE A GUEST LIST... When selecting who to invite to a party you must consider the number of guests that you can accommodate. If it is at your home how many will work and if it is at another location is there a quota? If the party is outside your home you may be able to invite more guests. Remember that when children are young parents will normally stay at the party. So make sure you can accommodate all of the people. Once this is determined work with your child to select a list. You can always go with the traditional formula of the number of guests is based on your child's age. PLAN EARLY... Give yourself a month or more to plan a party. You will need more time if you are having the party outside of your home because the places book quickly and far in advance. By giving yourself time you can do things at a leisurely pace. Be sure to include your children in on the fun. They can help choose the place or the theme. Have them write or make invitations, select decorations and plan games . You will find that instead of it being one day event it will be a month of fun. PARTY THEME IDEAS... Medieval Theme Movie/Oscars Theme Tea Party Barn Yard Party Outer Space Party Wizard Party Science Fair Carnival Birthday Sports Party Princess Party Beach Party Mexican Theme Hawaiian Luau Sleepover Pirate Party Beauty Salon Party Construction Party GET HELPERS... Consider having teenage siblings/neighbors/friends give you a helping hand. The young ones will love the attention of the older kids and it will be a big help for you. LOCATION IDEAS... There are a variety of places that you can go to for birthday parties. It really depends on your budget. If you are just looking for a room/place to have the party you could consider a park or playground, fire hall, or pizza parlor. If you would like a place that organizes the party or will keep the kids entertained consider a nature center, museum, kids gym, YMCA, swim club, Chuck E Cheese, IMAX theatre, ice rink, bowling alley, tennis club, dance studio, karate, gymnastics, Justice for girls, Theatre, farm, orchard, bakery, magic show. SEND INVITATIONS Your invitations should be sent 2 - 2 1/2 weeks in advance. This will give your guests plenty of time to respond and will give you time to finalize preparations. Make sure you include the theme, date, start and end time, location, special instructions, whether food will be served and an RSVP date with your phone number or email address. If you know that your guests check emails regularly you can send the invitation via the internet. When parents RSVP be sure to find out if they plan on staying at the party and also if their child has any allergies or is lactose intolerant. DECORATE THE PARTY PLACE: Kids love balloons and streamers and they will go a long way. Put streamers around the tables and in the door way like a curtain. Add bunches of balloons on the table and strategically placed in the room. Be sure that you have enough balloons to give every kid one to take home. Create or purchase a 'Happy Birthday' banner. Use props to help create the theme. Purchase theme related plates, napkins and table covers. Make a fun centerpiece. PLAN THE MENU Keep things simple and make food that is appropriate for your theme. Don't try and introduce new foods just add flair to the old standbys. Use juice boxes so that the kids can help themselves. Remember to order a cake. If you have a theme for your party carry it through with the cake. Food ideas for the kids: Make their own pizza Create their own ice cream sundae Make fruit or veggie kabobs Use cookie cutters to create fun P B &J sandwiches Make ice cream sandwiches with graham crackers PLAN THE FESTIVITIES Plan an activity that will keep the kids busy when they arrive because guests all arrive at different times. Remember activities need to be appropriate for number of kids attending and their age. Tag is always fun and will keep them outside running for a while. Plan deal or no deal with a spin. Set up three boxes on a table (vary the size and wrap in cool paper). You will need the space to hide your goodies so be sure to cover the table to the floor. Hide prizes under each box - some prizes should be nice others should be gag gifts. Have the first person select a box show them their prize and then you ask if they would like to 'deal or no deal'. Give them the option of trading their prize for another box of YOUR choice -- make it sound appealing. They get one time to trade and then move on to the next person. Gag gift ideas: dog's rawhide bone, old sock, work glove, an empty box of candy etc... Karaoke is always great -- the kids love to sing. Plan musical chairs or rug Twister is a fun game for kids of all ages. Have them do a craft such as something to wear sun visor, hat, T-shirt or create a party favor bag. Have a face painting table Plan some fun games to keep the kids entertained. You want everyone to participate so try and think of games that will work well with the age group. Have some rowdy games as well as some calm games. Make sure you use the calm games to wind down the party. Stick to games that everyone knows or that have simple rules. If your games can reflect your theme that would be great. You can rename the classic games to suit your theme for example musical magic carpet for a wizard theme or pin the patch on the pirate for a pirate theme. Always have one game that is not competitive where everyone will win for instance a treasure hunt or a piñata. PARTY FAVORS Sending each child home with a favor is always a great way to end the party. You can fill a bag with small favors or have them do a craft. It is best if everyone gets the same favor. You may want to have some prizes on hand for the winner of the games. ENJOY THE FUN In order to have a great party go with the flow and remain as flexible as possible. Make adjustments based on the mood of the party

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Does your child get anxious, angry or frustrated easily? In the moment, it’s often best to err on the side of support; rather than, challenging or giving logic and reason as an answer to their emotion. It’s often helpful to acknowledge the emotion, provide empathy and give time and space to let a child calm down. It can also be beneficial to spend some other time teaching them ways to settle. Many of these techniques offer the child a distraction from the upset or anger which can be enough to help them start to calm.

Best to teach these things out of the moment – Don’t wait until your child is freaking out to try teaching them how to take deep breaths. When people are angry or upset, they aren’t in a good place to learn something new. It’s far more effective to teach new skills or introduce new ideas when they are calm, or when all is well.

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Two kids, two totally separate personalities and learning styles, and principles in this book changed our whole game. A third child will soon introduce me to challenges yet unmet, but with these principles under my belt, I am more confident than I otherwise could be, that we can find what works for him to make each of these humans successful in. It's the beginning of a new year. With a fresh start comes new activities, projects, and more for students to be engaged in this month. There are many different activities students will love that they can work independently on or within a group of classmates. Kids Corner Teach Kids About Strangers Addition Helper Worksheets Kids Craft: Boredom Bottle 100 Boredom Tips Fun Thing for Sisters To Do Kids Craft: Pen Pal Kit Kids Craft: Snow Ruler Kids Car Games Kids and Pets Kids & Allowance Kids Organization and Responsibility.

Make a calm down spot, an alone zone, a content apartment – In our house, this was a corner of the living room stacked with a few bean bags, pillows and favorite stuffed animals. A mom said her son liked a cardboard box with a door cutout and flashlights inside. The idea is to make a space that is inviting for your child, and is known to be a good place to go to calm down. This space shouldn’t also be tied to discipline or used for time-outs.

Make a few calm down boxes – Fill a few empty shoe boxes with small, quiet toys. This might include lacing boards, invisible ink books, or matchbox cars. We had a few boxes filled with felt board story pieces. You might hand your child a box when they need to calm down or keep a stack of boxes by your calm down spot.

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Art, drawing even scribbling – In addition to calm down boxes, you might provide art supplies. Many people find painting, drawing or even making things to be calming things to do. If your child finds this helpful, it’s good to openly provide supplies and encourage their use.

Build a calm down library – It can be helpful to read and discuss children books related to any expected skill. Good books for children on calming down include:

• Calm Down Time by Verdick
• Cool Down and Work Through Anger by Meiners
• A Boy and A Bear by Lite
• Sea Otter Cove by Lite
• Cool Cats, Calm Kids by Williams
• Peaceful Piggy Meditation by MacLean
• Mermaids and Fairy Dust by Kerr
• Enchanted Meditations for Kids by Kerr
• Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids by Shapiro

Deep breathing – This is the simple one, and it can be so helpful if your child buys in. In our house this was counting five slow, deep breaths and then focus on breathing in a regular way for a few minutes, then another five slow, deep breaths and regular again then repeating until you feel calm. For a younger child, you might provide breathing shapes. This would be cutting out construction paper stars and putting a dot in one corner. Teach your child to start with the dot and take one deep breath for each corner. Others suggest it may help to describe deep breathes with a flower and candle. This is taking a deep breath in through your nose like you are smelling a flower, and then out through your mouth like you are blowing out a candle.

Counting – Counting can be enough of a distraction task to give your child a chance to calm down. This might be counting slowly to 10, or counting backwards from 20, or counting as high as they can by threes or sixes. The idea is to either slow them down or give them a slight challenge to get them thinking. As an alternative, it can be helpful to inventory something. This might be counting ceiling tiles or number of people in a crowded area.

Visual counting -This one can take several practices before it’s useful in the moment. First, help your child pick a favorite activity or sport. Let’s say it’s soccer. Then, instruct your child to close their eyes and imagine themselves kicking the soccer ball down the field and into the goal. Have them keep their eyes closed and picture it once for as many years as they are old. For a six year old, they’d picture making six goals. After a few practice rounds, let your child know that when they are getting angry or frustrated it can be helpful to close their eyes and count their soccer goals.

Think of a favorite time or place – An easier visualization task may be to have them close their eyes and think about a favorite vacation or time at their favorite playground. Again, practice a few times and then recall this in the moment.

Mantras – My own mantra is, “breathe, breathe, breathe…”Whenever I am stressed, just reminding myself to breathe and focusing on each breath is helpful. A parenting mantra might be, “no one goes to college NOT potty trained,” for that difficult stretch of time. A child’s mantra might be as simple as, “I’m okay, I’m okay…,” or, “I can do this, I can do this…,” A mantra might follow one of the other suggestions like, “let’s just count, let’s just count…,” until they can get themselves started.

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Get physical, run, swing or dance – Movement is calming for lots of people. This may be repetitive movement like swinging, or more physical exercise like running or climbing. It’s great to give kids movement opportunities often and movement outlets for their negative emotions when needed.

Muscle relaxation – There are a few mucle relaxation clips for children on youtube including relaxation: clip 1 and clip 2. Once you get the hang of it, this is something you can walk your child through, or they can do it by themselves. In our social skills groups we play a few related games including Melting Snowman and Tin Soldier. We start off as ice-cold, frozen snowmen. Then, the sun comes out and ever so slowly the snowmen melt until they are just puddles on the floor. For tin soldiers, we sit as upright as we can with our arms and legs and back held straight out. Then, we turn into ragdolls and flop on the floor. The idea in both is to end up relaxing your whole body.

Yoga (gymnastics, karate, ice skating) – If a child enjoys these activities, it’s good to encourage them to continue. While the movement itself can be relaxing, there’s also the long term benefit of children learning to control their bodies and be disciplined to practice.

Fully describe something – Describing something is another way to distract from an upset. This means looking around the room and finding something to fully describe to yourself for a minute. This might be a painting or a toy.

Focus on solutions – Focusing on solutions can be calming to anyone. If I am frustrated by how messy my house is, and I continue to focus on the mess and who made it or how they don’t help, I am just upsetting myself. It can be calming to make a plan for cleaning, and make decisions about how it should look in the end. For a child who is angry about how a game is going, this is getting them to focus on the solution, how to best resolve it. Even better if they can brainstorm and come up with a few options for solving.

Music – Listening to a favorite song or happy music can be a way to help children calm. It may be useful to have them build a playlist and keep it handy.

Mindfulness – This is teaching children to stay present and to let go of worries about the past or anxieties about the future. It’s slowing down and being aware of your feelings. Here are a few fun ways to get started: midfulness clip 1 and clip2. This may include meditation. Here are a few links to meditation ideas for children: meditation clip 1 and clip 2.