I am getting ready to go out for the evening and my nails are black with dirt. Now I prefer to call the dirt in the garden soil because that is what covers the planet and grows the plants. C and I have been planting a garden with seeds she has chosen from the rack [...]
Do you remember?
“Do you remember, Mommy?” “Do you remember the play dough?” “Do you remember the crab at the beach?” “Do you remember the pancakes this morning?”
Independence at three years old!
C is now three years old and I am experiencing a strong and independent child who wants to do everything herself. I have to listen carefully to her because I can get caught up in a power struggle, and this week I did just that.
‘Adorable, beautiful and hilarious’
‘Adorable,’ ‘beautiful’ and ‘hilarious’ are my two and a half year old son’s favourite words lately. We’ve obviously used these words in his company but they aren’t words that occur in our daily language, or maybe they are!
Teaching Parents How To Teach
When we first wrote the book Teaching Parents How To Teach we wanted to come up with a title that would make it easy for people to find on the shelves. It needed to reflect what we were offering to parents and caregivers – an opportunity to support their child’s learning.
Happy 3rd Birthday!
If anyone had told me that at my age my social life would revolve around birthday parties for three year olds I would not have been interested! Now that it’s my granddaughter’s birthday and two of her best friends’ I am totally into it. We decided to hold C’s party at home with ten children [...]
Go Canada Go!
I write this after finishing a game of snakes and ladders with C and she won the Gold medal! We play other games including Ludo and Pengoloo and these games help teach her counting and memory skills, taking turns and patience.
“ I do it!”
This is the statement my husband and I hear most from our 2 ½ year old son. While the age of independence is expected, my husband and I had no idea how frequently we’d hear this statement.
Grandma’s Diary
What excitement! The amaryllis is in full bloom and C thinks it is beautiful. Way back in November we presented Mommy and Daddy with two pots, which would be their first Christmas present. C helped me pot the huge amaryllis bulb and four paper white bulbs and carefully watered them. I suggested that we encourage [...]
5. Reading Together
Sunday 31 Jan 2010 by admin |
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Filed under: 5 Things you can do straight away., Jill's Posts
Filed under: 5 Things you can do straight away., Jill's Posts
This is an important time for you and your child to spend some quiet and meaningful time together. Bringing the stories to life when you read a story to your child creates excitement and builds their imagination and comprehension of the story as it unfolds. This will help to increase their interest in learning to [...]