Today, we’re chatting all about strong-willed kids and wiggle worms! This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure statement for more information.
In this week’s episode, the sisters are answering two listener questions – about strong-willed kids and kiddos who need to move.
Cait and Kara have experience with both (um, wink), so they share what has worked in their own homes, book suggestions and ways to keep your kids learning, even if they need tons of movement.
If you feel like you’re clashing with a strong-willed child, or you have one that hops up so often that chasing them counts as cardio, this episode is for you!
This episode is sponsored by Big Life Journal, KiwiCo, and Warby Parker.
THis EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY:
BIG LIFE JOURNAL
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KIWICO
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WARBY PARKER
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LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- 10+ Games to Get Kids Moving | My Little Poppies
- Audible (get a free book!)
- Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende Devlin and Harry Devlin
- Dangling a Homeschool Carrot | My Little Poppies
- Hullaballoo
- Hyggeschooling: The Sisters Get Cozy {Episode 29} | The Homeschool Sisters Podcast
- Hyggeschooling 2: Electric Light Boogaloo {Episode 58} | The Homeschool Sisters Podcast
- Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- Sensory Processing Disorder Gift Guide | My Little Poppies
- Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey
- The cactus method of homeschool planning | Kara S. Anderson
- Trampoline for indoors
- Wiggle chair
- Wiggle cushion
- Yoga and Children: Tips and Resources | My Little Poppies
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