Easy Ways to Make Your Home Much More Energy Efficient

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If all of us made one small change then this would have a huge impact on the environment. If you’re ready to take that next step, then you can find out some useful hints and tips here. 9 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Much More Energy Efficent Lower your Thermostat Believe it or not, lowering your thermostat is one of the best ways for you to save energy. If you are able to drop the energy by around 5 degrees, then this will use up way less energy and you may even find that this saves you up to 15% every single year. Compost You don’t need to have a huge yard or even a garden in order to start a compost pile. Compost…

How to Handle Your Emotionally Charged Tween with Autism

How to Handle Your Emotionally Charged Tween with Autism

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From a young age, it seems, autistic children struggle with self-regulation, organization, and emotional regulation. It’s one of the many challenges that parents of autistic children face. But, then you add in puberty? It’s like adding fuel to an already volatile fire. Often, this leads to conflict and frequent clashes between children and parents.  Then, you add in the outside influences of peers? Parenting a tween on the autism spectrum can be tricky.  And you want your relationship with your tween to thrive, not just survive. That’s all that any parent really wants. But, how do we nurture this healthy relationship and maintain our own sanity? How do we handle the emotionally charged tween with autism? How Parents Can Help Their Emotionally Charged Tween You’ll…

How to Use PECS to Give Your Autistic Child the Gift of Communication
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How to Use PECS to Give Your Autistic Child the Gift of Communication

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“Just use your words” How often do you hear that phrase? For that matter, how often have you used that phrase? With my neurotypical daughter, I have tried to refrain from using it. And that’s not because I don’t want to remind her of her expansive vocabulary. But, it’s mostly because I never really had to use it before. Except I did.. just not in the typical way that most people think. When we say “use your words” to our children, we are really asking for them to communicate with us, right? But for autistic children like my daughter, they may not always have the expressive vocabulary. We want our children to have a voice and to use that voice. As parents of autistic children,…

Finding Peace in a Five Second Pause: Why You Need This Break

Finding Peace in a Five Second Pause: Why You Need This Break

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How many times have you said to your child: stop, think about this. Or, stop and wait. We, as parents, are so mindful of when our children need that pause. That powerful five second pause. And I don’t just mean with the five second rule. So why don’t we, as adults, take a five second pause? When children are younger and their brains are still developing, this five seconds of processing time gives them the time that they need to think, process, form words, and verbalize. And when used in day-to-day situations, we set our children up for more positive interactions. It’s really high time that we, as parents, start incorporating this five second pause into our time management strategies. You may also like: Reclaiming…

Fine Motor and Sensory Nature Based Color Matching Game

Fine Motor and Sensory Nature Based Color Matching Game

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We absolutely love any opportunity we can get to bring the learning outdoors. Especially when it comes time for fall. There is really nothing prettier than the leaves turning colors. And it provides for a great opportunity to have a nature based color matching game. Plus? Who doesn’t love the chance to go get paint chips! Supplies Needed for Fall Nature Color Matching assorted paint swatches (in Fall colors of course) wooden clothespins assorted fall leaves and other nature samples sandwich baggies How to do the fall nature color matching You first step for this? Get outside and get into nature. Go on a nature walk and look for signs of fall. Things like: Cooler temperatures Changing leaves Animals preparing to hibernate You may also…

How To Become More Eco-Friendly At Home

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Our home is where we find peace. It is our special place and where we can be ourselves. It is one thing we are always striving to better and we put a lot of time, effort and money into our homes. As we move into the 21st century there are two things on the rise. The cost of living and the rate of damage that is being done to the planet. What if we could make small changes ourselves to help with a few costs and save the planet at the same time? Well, we are going to look at a few things we can do. Image Credit – Pexels 3 Simple Steps for How to Become More Eco-Friendly at Home All In The Cycles…