growth mindset
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Rainy Day Fun || Book “Singing In The Rain”
This post is being uploaded a little late. I wanted to post this earlier in May when it was raining a lot. Now it’s mid-May and we are getting less rain……. 😂 But, I know this post is gonna live here forever(?) and serve you in many other rainy seasons. Hehe. I’m introducing this book…
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Cultivate Empathy || Book “A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee”
Have you ever seriously thought about teaching empathy to your young child? Empathy is “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another” (from Oxford Languages) and this skill is needed in more situations than you think. Yes, even for our young toddlers and preschoolers. Let me tell you an example of where empathy…
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Mindfulness with Lemon Squeezing Play || Book “The Red Lemon”
This week I want to talk about mindfulness. And we start with this book! Book “The Red Lemon” by Bob Staake Lessons → GROWTH MINDSET After reading this book, you can suggest your child to do the lemon squeezing play with you. You can describe the scene of squeezing a lemon with a hand. “Squeeze,…
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Widen Your Child’s Perspective || Book “There Was an Old Astronaut who Swallowed the Moon” by Lucille Colandro
How often do you lift your head up and look at the sky? How often do we get to see or think about a bigger world? When we look at a bigger space, our perspective is broaden. There can be many ways that we can help our children to have a broaden perspective. But what’s…
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What Does Love Feel Like? || Book “A Box of Butterflies” by Jo Rooks
I found a good children book to teach feelings and emotions. Feelings/emotions is one of my favourite topics to teach so I couldn’t skip introducing this book on my blog. Book “A Box of Butterflies” by Jo Rooks It doesn’t seem like an emotion book, does it? It also doesn’t seem like a science book…
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If You Want an Ambitious Kid, Be Ambitious
Have you ever heard of the phrase “Anxious mom, anxious child”? I’m a big believer in role-modelling and I believe a mother/father is the greatest role-model for her/his child. Role-modelling is the main strategy that I recommend in all my classes. So when I saw this sentence, “If you want a gentle child, be gentle”,…
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How To Keep Dreams Alive
Did you enjoy making a vision board with your child last week? What was your main reason of making the vision board with your child? Among many reasons I shared last week, the important one would be not to forget our goals and visions for the year. What do you do to remember your yearly…
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Vision Board with Children
How was your first week of new year? Do you feel like it’s going in the direction that you’ve planned? Mine is …… not clear! I was sick for the last two days and now it’s Friday! Haha. Everything’s fine. Now I’m back on my desk and I just continue from where I stopped. Do…
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Candy Cane Cookies || Book “Katy the Candy Cane Fairy”
It’s December! It’s the month that I fully allow (😅) myself to enjoy all the holiday spirits. I’m so happy to introduce you my first holiday activity for 2022. In this video, I talk about making candy cane cookies and why I suggest this activity and introduce a book to read after this cooking activity.…
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[COOKING] Granola with Seeds || Book “Miss Maple’s Seeds” by Eliza Wheeler
Do you make granola at home? I know I can buy granola from store but I eat granola every morning and the store-bought granola is expensive to do that. If you never tried making granola at home, you should try it. It’s very easy and so much cheaper than buying granola from store. Before I…