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  • Welcome

    I’m glad you found The Trip Clip® blog! I’ll post here about new activities and clipart, fun ways to use The Trip Clip products, and topics I’m passionate about like finding learning opportunities in everyday life and supporting working moms. I love to hear from others, so leave a comment any time!

    thetripclip

    June 10, 2014
    Uncategorized
  • Software Testing By a Special Needs Employee

    Software Testing By a Special Needs Employee

    One of the things my niece Gaby does for me is test my website. It took some trial and error between the two of us to figure out how Gaby could do this task given some of her challenges. When I first had Gaby do some website testing, I discovered two things. The first is […]

    thetripclip

    January 30, 2023
    Special Needs
  • iPad Improvements

    iPad Improvements

    A customer let me know that their picture lists weren’t working well on their new iPad. After looking in to it, I discovered that newer iPads have more capabilities than older ones, and I needed to do something extra to make them work well with The Trip Clip. It’s fixed now! If you are using […]

    thetripclip

    January 21, 2023
    New Features
  • Raising Capable Adults

    Raising Capable Adults

    Most parents suddenly realize in high school that their kids should be learning the skills they’ll need as adults, whether they’re heading off to college or moving out to live on their own. Often it comes as a surprise how little time there is left, and how much your kids still need to know. If […]

    thetripclip

    January 18, 2023
    Life Skills
  • Family Contributions: Ages 6-9

    Family Contributions: Ages 6-9

    I’ve written other articles about how to engage kids ages 2-3 in housework and self care because for them it’s just play, and how to use pretend play to begin teaching kids ages 4-5 some important life skills. By ages 6-9, your kids can start to really make contributions to the family that are helpful […]

    thetripclip

    January 16, 2023
    Life Skills
  • Life Skills as Pretend Play: Ages 4-5

    Life Skills as Pretend Play: Ages 4-5

    I created a set of picture checklists to give parents an idea of when kids will be ready to learn new skills. Many people have expressed concern that these lists are too advanced for the ages listed, or that it’s unfair to give chores to kids so young. I’m writing this blog post to make […]

    thetripclip

    January 12, 2023
    Life Skills
  • Accidental Purchase

    Today I was contacted by a mom in the UK whose 7-year-old had purchased a set of my Chore Chart squares without asking her mom first! The little girl didn’t understand how expensive the shipping would be from the US to the UK. How great is it, though, that she was interested in making herself […]

    thetripclip

    January 10, 2023
    Customers
  • Playing the Grocery Shopping Game

    Playing the Grocery Shopping Game

    If you need ideas for things to do with your toddler, try grocery shopping. Seriously. It’s a wonderful way to keep your little ones busy and learning. And given enough time and patience, there’s a side benefit of eventually getting your grocery shopping done. I don’t really like grocery shopping, but I’ve always kind of […]

    thetripclip

    January 9, 2023
    Life Skills
  • Playing the Cleaning Game

    Playing the Cleaning Game

    I still get lots of comments from people who believe it’s inappropriate to give chores to 2-3 year olds. I think they’re missing a great opportunity! Kids this young don’t think of these as chores – it’s all play to them. Better yet, they understand they’re getting to play the games grownups play, and they […]

    thetripclip

    January 4, 2023
    Life Skills
  • Playing the Laundry Game with a Toddler

    Playing the Laundry Game with a Toddler

    I continue to have a lot of people tell me that 2-3 year olds are too young to be doing chores. Theses comments are reacting to this chart I made that shows a list of things kids can start to do when the are 2 or 3 years old: Anyone reacting negatively to this is […]

    thetripclip

    January 2, 2023
    Life Skills
  • Family Contributions

    Family Contributions

    I’ve posted before about how controversial my most popular free list is: Chores By Age. I get hundreds of comments from people – mostly negative ones about how these chores are too much, especially for 2-3 year olds. I’ve already written a blog post about how this list is intended to be a guide for […]

    thetripclip

    December 28, 2022
    Life Skills
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