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The Paper Bag PrincessNot every girl needs a prince to save her! (though that would be nice!=p)
April 18 Self-Esteem fof childrenI read this as a background notes for parents at the end of a children's book entitled "Whn I'm Feeling Sad". This note was written by a Mebourne child psychologist. Thought it was very helpful notes.
The greatest gift you can give your child is healthy self-esteem. Children who feel valuable, and who trust themselves have positive self-esteem. You can help your child feel valuable by spending quality time with him or her, playing games, reading books, or just listening. You can also help children feel valuable by helping them discover and become the person they want to be. Success follows people who genuinely like who they are.
However, happiness is more than just being successful. Helping you child gain they self-trust needed to deal with failure, loss, shame, difficulty and defeat is as important-if not more so- than succeeding or being best. When children trust themselves to handle painful feelings- fear, anger and sadness- they gain an inner security that allows them to embrace the world in which they live.
Talking about feelings teachers children that it is normal to feel sad, or angry, or scared at times. With greater tolerance of painful feelings, children become free to enjoy their world, to feel secure in their abilities, and to be happy. April 09 The Hundred languages of childrenThis is a lovely poem about children and how we as adults can sometimes crush their creativity...
No Way: The Hundred is there
The child
is made of one hundred.
The child has
a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of thinking
of playing, of speaking.
A hundred always a hundred
ways of listening
of marveling of loving
a hundred joys
for singing and understanding
a hundred worlds
to discover
a hundred worlds
to invent
a hundred worlds
to dream.
The child has
ahundred languages
(and a hundred hundred hundred more)
but they steal ninety-nine.
The school and the culture
separate the head from the body
They tell the child:
to think without hands
to do without head
to listen and not to speak
to understand without joy
to love and to marvel
only at Easter and Christmas.
They tell the child:
to discover the world already there
and of they hundred
they steal ninety-nine.
They tell the child:
that work and play
reality and dantasy
sceince and imagination
sky and earth
reason and dream
are things
that do not belong toegther.
And thus they tell the child
the hundred is not there.
The child says:
No way. The hundrend is there.
- Loris Malaguzzi
*Translated by Lella Gandini
April 03 Potty TrainingAlright...unless you are a parent yourself or you have been involved in a child's potty training, you render this entry totally useless...for those who are going through the ordeal...here's something that may help you(though i have known parents who have tried everything, and nothing seems to work!!). The trick is DO NOT GIVE UP!!! Think of all the money you will save when your child is potty trained and you won't have to buy a diaper ever!!! This link has some useful tips!
Hope this will help!
April 01 Tips with working with children: Cornflour pasteThis is really simple and great tip that i found in a craft book for children. This cornflour paste is really useful and its cheap and easy to make.
Mix about 2 tablespoons of cornflour with enough cold water to form a paste in a saucepan. Add in 1 cup of water and cook on the stove until it reaches custard consistency. Store in the refrigerator. Add to ordinary paint for fingerpainting; add in food colouring and use as an economical extender for apint; use as a paper glue or use in papier mache.
March 28 Children's Book: Love is a Handful of HoneyThis is a lovely story about a little bear and his parents sharing and having fun through his daily activities. Its a simple book which your child can relate to as they are able to see themselves doing lots of these activities like bathing, going for a picnic etc.
The pictures in the book are lovely and the book is made up of short sentences which rhymes. This makes the book really enjoyable to read. As an extension to the story, you may also like to point out to your children the different things that they see in the pictures, like the butterflies, and the food that is in the picnic basket.
As an adult, i'm personally drawn to the book as well as it reminds me that love and joy can be found in the simple daily things, like tapping your toes, playing in a puddle of water or watching the rainbow after it rains. Sometimes, we may be too caught up in trying to buy our happiness through material wealth that we forget that true happiness and joy cannot be bought yet it is all around us, if only we would stop to look around. March 25 Link to inspirational slideshowA friend of mine send this to me and I really liked it so i thought I would put the link here. Hope you all will enjoy it!
March 21 Kids' recipe: Rice Cake SnackI forgot all about this snack that i used to make when i was abroad until i flipped through a cookbook. I use to love eating this and i think the kids will love it too. Its really easy to make as well. You can prepare this within 5 minutes.
Ingredients:
2 rice cakes (you can buy them from most supermarkets. They can be found in the cereal section)
6 teaspoons on peanut butter
1 banana
1 teaspoon of honey
Spread peanut butter onto rice cakes.
Slice banana and spread it on top of the peanut butter
Drizzle honey over banana
If your child is allergic to peanut butter, you may wish to substitute it with nutella and other chocolate spread.
Enjoy!
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