Parenting

Playing is one of the best teachers for our kids especially the toddlers. Through playing, they are to explore and experience the world themselves. This is why we must expose our toddlers to different activities that can be done at home. Note that having these activities won’t require you to spend money in buying materials, because most of the things you’ll be needing are at home. All the recyclable materials, kitchenware and whatnot can be used. Many of the parents nowadays let their toddlers use iPads to make them engaged and busy. However, this limits their opportunity to use all

Attention skills and sitting skills are the pre-requisite skills that our children need to learn before they go to school. Given that our children have different developmental pacing, these skills may be challenging for some children especially for those with developmental delays. Attending is a learned behavior and often, parents teach it. They teach it during everyday activities and daily routine that they do at home. From sitting at the table during dinner to changing clothes and listening to bedtime stories. All of these activities have a significant help in building a good foundation for the said skills. Children with

The topmost priority of parents is the health of their children. This applies not only at home but also in school. To make sure that our children are healthy, we must provide them with nutritious food and give them vitamins. In addition to that, our children must also drink lots of water. Having our children drink water is sometimes an issue. Some children naturally like drinking water but for some, it is a struggle for them to even have a sip. This is because for some, they got used to drinking water with flavors making water taste boring. In reality,

There are many reasons why our toddlers love biting. Below are some: Feeling Frustrated and Anxious Most of the children do biting when they are frustrated. This is because they can’t talk, and they don’t know how to get what they want. One good way to prevent is teach them essential signs and words so they can express what they want or what they need. Besides being frustrated, they might feel anxious. If their little bodies cannot handle these feelings, they might start biting. One of the causes might also be the common life stressors in life. Let’s say for

We wanted every child to be able to talk, use meaningful sentences and tell stories. However, before having all those abilities, every child must have pre-requisite skills before they can actually talk. So, to all the parents, teachers and therapist, we have to make sure that they don’t skip any of these steps. If we go straight to trying to teach our children how to talk without working on the pre-requisite skills, then we are teaching them something that they aren’t ready. Speech is a cognitive ability, so their brains haven’t really worked out on those foundational skills. Below are

Sharing is one the most difficult thing to teach. However, it is an important skill, and everybody really needs to learn it especially our children. Most important thing is to remember, it is best to start teaching them to share once they reach 24 months old or almost 2 years old. It is very normal for toddlers to not want to share. According to Piaget, a developmental psychologist, toddlers are egocentric. Meaning, once they like something, they would never want to let it go or either share to others. It is totally normal for your child not wanting to share.

Dealing with our children’s tantrums is really challenging. They may exhibit behaviors like crying, stomping or shouting when they feel upset. However, if it is already out of hand, below are some ways you can decrease your children’s tantrums: DISTRACT If your child is upset about something that he can’t have, or he can’t do at that moment, distract them with something else. Most of the time, we use music like relaxing and calming songs and phonic songs. Children likes these types of music. Our kids often like to hear something that is very familiar with them like “Wheels on

Life in the older times is very simple. Simple in a sense that kids enjoy the breeze of the wind while they run around, and they play their hearts to the fullest even without the gadgets that we have now. We have grown up on stories narrated to us by our grandparents, parents and other elders in the family. These stories made a great impact on how we see life and how we should live our lives. From fairytales to old classic short stories, these all give us wonderful good moral lessons. All stories narrated to us from our childhood

How do we cultivate good habits for our children? This has always been an issue not just for the parents at home but also for the teachers in school. This is because we wanted what’s best for our children. We wanted them to be instilled with good behaviours and habits that they can maintain when they grow up. However, saying is different from doing. It’s so easy to say “we will make our children independent.” but executing it, the process itself, is difficult as every child is born unique. The question is: how acquire and develop independency to our children?

Every child is unique. Each has his/her own strengths and weaknesses. This doesn’t only apply the physical appearance but also in terms of behavior. Nowadays, the behaviors of the children are more difficult to manage. These are caused by different factors. Some say it is because the children are too exposed to gadgets, which creates barriers in building relationship with others. Some may say it is because of how the kids were brought up. All of these maybe true but the most important thing is to find ways on how to reduce or better yet eliminate these unwanted behaviors. One way