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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!
March 16 Children's Book: We are best FriendsI really like this book about Friends. Its a story about two little boys who were best friends. However, one of them had to relocate to another place. The other little boy was upset because he thought life would be very different without his best friend. However, in the end he made new friends yet still keeping in contact with his old one.
This is a good book to read to your children especially if they are going through some changes like moving house, changing school or even re-locating to another country. Moving on is never easy for anyone, even for adults, much so for children. Its also a great reminder to us that as we move on in our different stages of life, we will meet new people, but there are still some old friends who will be with us no matter what stage of our lives we are at.
March 12 Children's book-Face PaintingI found this really great book cum craft set for face painting at Borders. It cost $7.95 and it comes with a book that teaches you how to do face painting and hand painting as well as 5 face painting pencils plus some accessories.
Its really value for money as the face painting pencils alone would have cost around $15!(They are Lyra brand pencils and are really easy to use! They are easily washed off as well).
Do look out for good buys like this from Borders bargain counter! I usually am able to find quite a few good bargins there. Sometimes these can be kept to be given as a gift. You never know when you will be invited to a birthday party next!
March 09 Recipe for Kids: Bread PizzaThis is really simple to make. A quick snack or even a meal for your child. This is what you need
Ingridents:
A slice of bread
1/2 slice of ham (chopped)
1/2 tablespoon of tomato paste
1-2 button mushroom (chopped)
A few cubes of canned pineapple
1 tablespoon of grated cheddar cheese (or a slice of cheese)
Method:
Pre-heat your over toaster on moderate heat. Put bread on a tray.
Spread the tomato paste over then bread
Add ham, mushroom, pineapple on the bread
Top with grated cheese
Put in the toaster till the cheese has melted.
Remove from the toaster and serve hot.
March 07 Idea for storing your children's art and craftFor some strange reason, I am not able to change the font size of this so here i am stuck with this font and this size...bear with it. Those who you who send your children to sunday school, enrichment classes etc will realise by the end of a school term you will have loads and loads of art and craft and you have no where to keep them (your fridge door is full of little drawings made by your child which can only be recognizable by the love in a parent's eye) and you do not have the heart to throw them out.
One good way to do so is to get a file and file in as many of those flat craft as you can (i.e, drawings, painting and so all). For other craft which are 3-D or disintergrated through the mishandling of it, take a digital photo of it and keep those photos in the file as well.
If you have the time, you may also like to make a scrapbook of your children's craft. You can stick in the photos of the craft as well as tear out a bit of the craft to stick it in the book. If possible, you can also take photo of your child doing the craft. You can label the craft - stating what it was, how old was your child when he/ she did the craft as well as some interesting thing that happened while your child was doing the craft. FOr example, " This little caterpillar was made by Sam when he was 2 years old. While painting the caterpillar, he said the word "caterpillar". It was the first time he said it!.
This will be a great gift for your child in the future and you can keep adding pictures, essays that he/ she has written as he/ she grows older! March 05 Pencils for childrenThese pencils are really great for young children who are learning to write. They are from the brand Lyra, ferby graphit pencil. The triangular-fat shape of the pencil makes it easier for children to grip it. The led of the pencil is also soft enough to write smoothly. I usually buy the shorter ones which makes it easier for the children to hold.
Even though it may be slightly more expensive than normal pencils (it retails between $1.20-$1.75), i think its a good investment as it makes writing easier for them. Its also smooth enough to write that as an adult, i want to use it too!
These pencils can be found at Popular bookshop as well as some shops that sell children art and craft supplies. March 04 Recipe for kids: mash potatoesIf your children like KFC mash, here is a simple recipe for it which is healthier as no gravy (ie no chicken fat) is added.
Ingredients
1 large Russet Potato
Milk
Butter to taste
Method
1.Wash and peel the potato. Place the potato into a pot of water covering the potato and boil till soft (depending on the size about 10- 15 minutes. A fork should be inserted into the potato easily) Salt may be added to the water if desired.
2.Drain the potato immediately. Retain the water if you would like to mash with the water instead of with milk and butter (esp so if your child is allegic to dairy products)
3. Let the potato sit for a minute
4. Mash the potato using a fork or a masher.
5. Add milk to mash till you obtain a nice consistency.
6. Butter or salt may be added to taste.
Variation:
You may like to add a slice of cheese on to the mash and microwave it for 20 secs for the cheese to melt into the mash. Its gives it a nice flavour.
You can also add in some mash carrots to give it a sweet taste.
Recipe for children: Tofu soupI obtain this from a toddler cookbook and added some variations to it.
Ingredients
2 Chinese mushroom (or a couple of canned button mushrooms)
2 slices of ham
1/2 egg tofu(or normal tofu)
30 g of corns/ peas
1 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp of corn starch water
A pinch of salt
Method:
1.Cut off the stems from the mushrooms(not necissary if you are using button mushroom). Chop mushrooms, ham and tofu into small pieces.
2.Blanch the corn and set it aside
3.Boil 1 bowl of water in a pot, add mushrooms and soy sauce and cook till mushroom are soft
4. Add tofu, ham, corn and cook for 10 minutes, drizzle in corn starch water and seacon with salt
Tip: This soup will be tastier if you cook it in home-made chicken broth. You may also like to use canned broth but that may be too salty for children.
Hope the kids like it!!
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