• Exploring Herbs

    Exploring Herbs

    Mint is one of my favourite herbs and I also like mint flavours in food. Like mint chocolates, mint chocolate chip ice cream and peppermint candy canes.  A few days ago, I was working at the cafe and I had a chance to prepare mint leaves for hot mint teas. I got a big bunch…

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  • Inspiration from Nature || Book “Once Upon a Cloud” by Claire Keane

    Inspiration from Nature || Book “Once Upon a Cloud” by Claire Keane

    Does any part of your life require inspiration? I, as a teacher, am always looking for inspiration because I want to find new fun ways to teach children.  When was the last time that you were so inspired by something? And what did you do with that inspiration? Today I want to introduce a book…

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  • Nest for Chocolate Eggs & Game
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    Nest for Chocolate Eggs & Game

    How is your Easter Sunday going, my friend? Did you do an Easter egg hunt with your child? Was your child happy?😊 Hey, are you left with lots of chocolate eggs at home? If so, you should try this game. Well, first of all, we are gonna make some props for the game.😉 Make A…

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  • Hiding  Easter Eggs

    Hiding Easter Eggs

    Another holiday to celebrate! This one in April is the one that I actually celebrate! Easter! Well, what I do as Catholic for Easter is attending Easter Sunday mass and celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. 😊 But, as a teacher, I like to do Easter egg hunt with children! This year, I came up with…

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  • Waiting for Daffodils | Patience
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    Waiting for Daffodils | Patience

    Wow we entered into April! Finally it’s an okay time to wait for spring! 🤪 (Although it’s snowing outside right now.) As we get close to the end of April, we will get more warm days. What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you are waiting for spring?  It’s flowers on a…

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  • [Cooking] Prune Is Yummy, Too | Book “Giraffes Can’t Dance”

    [Cooking] Prune Is Yummy, Too | Book “Giraffes Can’t Dance”

    Do you like prunes? I first learned about prunes when I was looking for a way to relieve constipation from taking iron supplements.  For about a year, I took the supplements and prunes – like a set – diligently. But it wasn’t easy to eat the prunes by itself, so I stopped taking the set…

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  • Manners Can Get You A Cookie | Book “The Duckling Gets A Cookie!?”

    Manners Can Get You A Cookie | Book “The Duckling Gets A Cookie!?”

    I’m gonna be honest with you. I was craving freshly baked chocolate chip cookies for quite some time, so I planned this week’s activity around chocolate chip cookies. 😜  If we can have chocolate chip cookies AND teach our children lessons, what’s better than that? Hehe. Book “The Duckling Gets A Cookie!?” Let’s start with…

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  • Make Your Own Rainbow | Book “Pete The Cat – The Great Leprechaun Chase”

    Make Your Own Rainbow | Book “Pete The Cat – The Great Leprechaun Chase”

    St.Patrick’s Day is coming. Do you celebrate St.Patrick’s Day? I’m not Irish and I don’t personally celebrate the day. But I think it’s always good to learn about other cultures because they are important things to some people who are living with us in this world together.  Book “Pete The Cat – The Great Leprechaun…

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  • How To Create An Environment For Growth Mindset

    How To Create An Environment For Growth Mindset

    Growth mindset is a mindset believing that your abilities can be developed through learning and practice. (Carol Dweck)  The opposite of growth mindset is fixed mindset and the fixed mindset is a mindset believing that your basic abilities and intelligence are fixed things and you can’t improve them.  (Carol Dweck) We humans have both fixed…

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  • My Body When I’m Angry

    My Body When I’m Angry

    Let me think about the last time I was angry. Hmm…… I think it was about a few days ago. My husband and I were getting ready for lunch. I wanted to get hot sauce and went to the fridge to get it. While I was taking the hot sauce out of fridge, my husband…

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