Don't Set High Expectations. Or Any at All.

Hello Reader -

Rachel is a military wife who loves being an awesome stay at home mom with her daughter.

She knew that The Activity Room was a large collection of activities. All designed for a variety of development and skill levels in young children.

Rachel was concerned there would be too many activities beyond her daughters abilities.

She learned quickly that the activities are simple enough to try them with her daughter, and just see what her daughter could do with them. Or she could easily adapt them with the expert tips provided with each activity.

"Don't set your expectations too high. That's my number one tip."

When doing on an activity, of course, we all want it to go well... we want to create beautiful memories together.

But with little ones you simply can't always predict that.

But if you have no expectations going into it (other than exploring something together) that it is sure to be a win.

And it will be an activity win because they are bound to learn something and you will be making memories. Even if they are not the ones you imagined.

"You don't want to be like, 'you're not doing this correctly.' That's just gonna kill their confidence. And then they won't want to do it, and if you tried to do it again, they're gonna be like, 'Yeah, right, lady, You're crazy.' So no expectations."

Rachel tries to encourage her daughter's confidence and creativity through activity time. And she loves to let her daughter lead then too. "I try not to infringe too much on her creativity or like, what she wants to do."

"I personally will clear off half of my dining room table. And I'll set out two activities at a time. Because you know, one day, they might not be into something and the next day, they might be into it. I'll literally just have it sitting there. And I won't even say a word. And I'll just let her go to it."

For example: "I'll have the polar bear craft set out or something. And then I'll also have the threading thing set out. So I set out multiple activities at a time and kind of let her pick out wherever she's going to go."

"I feel happier, after joining The Activity Room. More confident. I feel like I have more ideas that are kind of just in my back pocket."

Read about more about Rachel's member experience here, and see what her favorite activity is (it's a good one!) that she's sharing in her Member Spotlight.