Recent Posts Tagged With 'Observations'

• Save the Best for Last

  Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 20:14 in parenting, Observations, kids activities, about the kids

  The kids have this funny quirk. Whenever they are given any food or drinks, they always try to save the best for last.For example, if there is chicken nuggets in the food, they won't touch the nuggets till the last bite. If there is hot dog in the fr...

• Adults Should Learn From Kids

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 04:58 in Observations

  I love to watch the kids at the kindy. When I take my girl to school, she would skip merrily to her friends when she sees them, they would call out to her, sometimes even hug her in delight, obviously and genuinely happy to see each other. They would...

• Painting with Watercolor Pencils

  Posted on Tuesday April 29th, 2008 at 21:51 in Observations, kids activities

  They didn't have watercolor pencils in my time (at school). I find them fascinating and fun so I bought some for the kids to try. I like the fact that its not messy for young kids. I asked my girl to draw two scenes ie 1. Town and 2. Country.Then she...

• Keep Kids Away from Carpets

  Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 20:19 in Observations

  I'm not sure why, perhaps its due to Murphy's Law, kids don't get along with carpets very well.I remember even before I had kids, several kids threw up on my living room carpet when I held gatherings. The parents apologized profusely and even offered...

• Toy Safety

  Posted on Wednesday March 5th, 2008 at 19:50 in Observations

  I was just going through the Biggest Toy Recalls of 2008 as listed in Parents.com. It scares me just looking at the things that could go wrong with toys.From magnets that could become detached and accidentally swallowed to drawstrings that could caus...