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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!
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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