40 Calming Strategies for Kids: Your Ultimate Guide

Written By: Ashley McCargish   Learn and Try These 40 Calming Strategies for Kids – no matter what your child’s reason for showing big emotions! These are the tips and tricks you need to be understanding, empathetic, and supportive in their biggest time of need!   Children are small, mighty

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11 Easy BABY Activities, To Engage Your Baby’s Brain!

Written By: Ashley McCargish   Looking for simple, new baby activities to engage your baby’s brain? These are my best tips to get their brain growing, and captivate their minds!   So you’re looking for activities to engage your baby. Maybe you are trying to get some work done or

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Manners: How to Teach Them to Toddlers

Written By: Ashley McCargish   “Use your words.” Its a simple phrase that I first heard from the lead kindergarten teacher my first year of teaching. I loved it and started using it with my students. I didn’t just love the simple phrase.   I loved the idea that I

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Grow Your Child’s Library with Less than $60 a Year

Written By: Ashley   It’s no secret that reading to your child is vitally important in the early years. We know that it is huge for enhancing vocabulary, word recognition, introducing new topics and ideas, teaching emotions, introducing rhyme, discussing feelings, and the list goes on!   So how do

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21 Books Perfect for 1 Year Olds

Written By Ashley McCargish   “Read to him” it’s what the doctor told me when I asked her what I could do to help my child at EVERY doctor’s well check we’ve ever been to. As a teacher with over 10 years of experience, I already knew that and have

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How to Teach Toddlers the Alphabet

Are you looking for fun activities on how to teach toddlers the alphabet?! For me, it was never my intention for my son to know the alphabet by the age of 2. But through using his curiosity and sprinkling in the alphabet letters throughout his day he did learn them

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8 Games that are Perfect for 3 Year Olds

“I’m running to Target” … it’s a phrase that I feel like most ladies say on wellll (if you are anything like me) a regular basis. The first weekend after the social distancing started in my area, I told my husband “I’m running to Target” (this was before I knew

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Hi, I'm Ashley E!

I teach moms and teachers how to inspire a love of reading in the early years. I live in Ohio with my husband & two boys. Our favorite places to be are at the beach & Disney World. But most of the time you’ll find me at school teaching, working out in our basement, or blogging at home. So grab your favorite cup of coffee, tea, or (if you’re at all like me) water & let’s go through this thing called life together.