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Are you giving your child everything they need? – The Story of the Two Plants
There’s an age old story of two neighbours – one a young, enthusiastic high flying engineer, and the other, an old retired teacher. Both planted a seed in their gardens. The Enthusiastic Engineer The enthusiastic engineer, was new to the world of plants, and...
Planning the Year with your Child
The new year is such a great time for a fresh start. It’s a great opportunity to relook at the way we are spending our life, and make changes, however small, that can help us live a better life. And why not encourage our children to do the same! Here are a few ideas...
How to Get Your Child to Listen to You (Part 2)
So, now that we have gone through the philosophy behind why we need to teach our children to listen to us, let’s get to the most awaited HOW! (If you haven’t read Part 1, I highly encourage you to do so, because its so important to know why we are doing what we...
How to Get Your Child to Listen to You (Part 1)
“Shaani STTTOOOPPPPP!”, screamed her mother, as people watched in horror as the 4 year girl ran across the busy road with cars and trucks speeding by. It was nothing short of a miracle that the child did not get hit. There were sighs of relief as her...
Painting with Kids (Part 2)
In the words of Picasso, ‘Every child is an artist.’ And it’s our responsibility as parents to provide the opportunity for them to explore the world of art. In the previous post, we looked at 6 painting activities. Here are a few more ideas for painting with your...
Painting with Kids
I’ve never met a preschooler who doesn’t enjoy painting. Painting is a great activity for children. Besides being fun, it has lots of other amazing benefits such as fostering creativity, strengthening memory, building problem solving and motor skills, providing relief...
Are you a Whole Parent?
As parents it’s so easy to use our children to satisfy deep needs in us, without even realizing it. I must confess, I fall into that all the time. It can come out in different ways for each person. The Void of Love and Acceptance Children can give us love like no...
Coloured Channa
This is an activity that is super easy and lots of fun for kids. It is a one of those versatile things that can be used for many games and various imaginative play. It’s also great for teaching math concepts. I had written a blog post earlier on how to colour rice....
Convert your Child’s Room into a Play City
During this time of being at home, one is constantly having to find ways and means of keeping children entertained. Here’s something fun to do with your children that will keep them playing in their rooms for hours and even days together. All you need is coloured tape...
Planning the Summer Holidays
We have officially finished one year of life with covid. Through all the uncertainties and ups and downs, our children too have completed an academic year like no other! And the summer holidays is still very real for them – a time to relax and play and not have...
Dealing with Sibling Rivalry
My husband suggested I name this blog – ‘How to get your children to be together without killing each other’! For those of us who have two or more children, sibling rivalry is one of the toughest and most emotionally draining things of parenting that we have to deal...
Games and Activities to Help your Child Learn to Read
Each child learns to read at their own pace. But there are lots of activities you can do with them to help them along that journey. If reading is something that is fun, children will automatically want to read. So rather than just drilling them with pages of word...