The Unschool Collaborative

Sensory bin struggles.. sometimes you just have to change it up!
Add a time when you had to switch materials midstream or say which one you will try! Either way click the link in my bio to get a free consultation for ideas with your children 0-18!🌈🥳💝

The trucks in the bin are a wonderful set of construction vehicles from

🌈🎉💝 I love this quote. Get curious about what is happening.

Fear and love are so close to one another that it can be difficult to tell the two apart. In these moments, step away, quieten the storm within, and ask yourself " where is this response/reaction coming from?"

Is it love? Is it fear? When it is fear-driven, it is about you. When it is love-driven, it is about your child. If it is love-driven, the next question is "what is the need behind the behaviour?"

Once you have identified the need, you are able to move forward in the spirit of connection and growth.
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Thank you for the reminder!

Sometimes I think we all forget this.
You are not the dirty dishes in the sink or the kids' toys scattered on the floor.
Those may actually be proof of how great you are, right!?! You fed the kids and encouraged play, or more likely you crawled around on the floor with them.

Yes, You are enough!! I am enough, too!

The Gifts of Imperfection - I Am Enough No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It's going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.