Yearly Archives for 2018


Should You Trust Home Caregivers Who Work Fast?

Can you trust health care workers to do their job? What happens when you do not trust a health-care-giver who is very nice and get the work done very fast? Only in a perfect world can you trust a stranger. No employee is perfect- not even me.  When a family with a disabled person needs extra ordinary care-taking life is stressful enough – then hire a kind acting stranger who  seem to have all the necessary skills to help out – but, they are only there for the pay check and all the extras they can rip off. This  post will address some issues with health-care  employees that willfully cross the line of neglect and fraud, from my per-spective. Trust in God, but lock your door… For the last 6 1/2 years we have had some very good people in and out of our home to care for my adult son who – BAM! – got hit […]


Are we There Yet?-Traveling with Kids

The most common question children will ask when traveling is “ARE WE THERE YET?” This post will share some of our old fashioned traveling games and some newer ideas from cheap to very nice and neat and more modern… Granny tips for traveling with kids …plus my travel picks from the fun products I just […]


The Child’s Job is to Role Play What They See Us Do -Uh OH!

Child’s play is the child’s job. Role playing with a few props or dress up clothes is a necessary tool to growing up in good time. The Child will act out ole what they wee us do -Uh OH! Are we demonstrating out best behavior? Kids watch us parents, grand parents, teachers, doctors, community helpers- then […]


What’s the Big Deal About Sensory Play for Kids?

What’s the Big Deal about Sensory Play? Don’t you need flash cards and expensive toys to be able to enroll your future rocket scientist in the right college when they are 2 years old? (I may or may not be exaggerating.) If you ask a dozen people on your block to explain Sensory Play chances […]


5 Reasons Why Children Need A Toy to Hug

My personal story… Why I believe children need to have a toy to hug goes back to when… …I was very young I could not sleep. I was often cold and hungry. My parents worked very hard and had little time for the non-sense of a little girl who constantly begged for input. So I […]


How to Play the Waiting Game with Kids

How many times have you sat in waiting room and sat some more with bored kids? Personally, I don’t care to recall how many times we have had to play the Waiting Game. I will guess you have been there and done that too many times too. A friend of mine was going over the […]


101 Things for Sensory Play

What is big deal and why is sensory play important to how children learn? And, what is a Busy Bag or a Busy Box? This post will explain along with 100 things to use for sensory play to put collections of bags and boxes for children to play and learn. We all can name the 5 […]


Rocket Scientists started out with Kitchen Science for Kids

Your child could be a future rocket scientist. Who knows? The No Non-cents Nanna’s believes that our children’s future begins at birth and influenced by parental encouragement to explore with every day things in the kitchen at the appropriate developmental age. This post will share ideas on how to start using kitchen science everyday with […]


Learning About Pets at Home and School

Pets are cute and a cuddly and offers children opportunities to learn responsibility and to calm themselves. Most children dream about having a pet of their very own. My post today will pull together a few of my favorite on line resources for pet lesson plans and free printable work sheets. I will also give […]



20 Ideas for Kid’s Tee-Shirts to Accessorize for Make and Take Arts and Crafts

Teachers, birthday party planning parents and small children’s theater costume coordinators at some time have experienced the frustration of gathering all the pieces parts for a particular theme and budget. A tee-shirt craft will last far longer than the birthday cake or those annoying paper party blowers the kids love. This post will show you […]


My Bra Died- But, I Survived Respiratory Distress and Sepsis

The day my bra died: I had plans to enjoy watching my grand daughter’s skating lesson I had no idea my life would turn on a dime that Saturday. Respiratory distress can happen to any one, particularly the very young; those with chronic lung conditions and those over age 65. Today I was the one […]



6 More Things You Never Thought About the Flu

To help you be better informed on more things you may have never thought of regarding influenza I put together 6 more basic answers to question on Influenza and more. The Flu is not on most people minds too often, uless you are trying to not catch it from other people. I took the liberty […]