Welcoming New Year 2009 with new hopes and goals

Published in December 29th, 2008

Year 2009 is approaching just in 3 days. I spent time looking back on projects that I have done for the past whole year in the weekend. I learned a lot through the journey. I learned to handle children with more care and understanding. Most of all, I’m grateful to be able to work with [...]

How can we nurture our child’s reading habit?

Published in December 23rd, 2008

Posted by Rosabel in Nurture Our Child

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Reading is important to prepare our child for future learning. It provides life-long benefits if we can cultivate a good reading habit. The first 6 years in a child’s life is the best time for him to freely explore as much information as possible through books. Once they enter primary school, their time will be [...]

My child is too shy to socialize with others..

Published in December 20th, 2008

Posted by Rosabel in Nurture Our Child

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“My child does not socialize with others. He is too shy in front of other children and adults.”, does this sound familiar? This type of children is more introvert when outside his home. His behavior is different at home. He might be more talkative and active. It’s normal for a child to display such extreme [...]

If we think we can, we can!

Published in December 14th, 2008

Posted by Rosabel in Energize

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At times, we do feel that we are out of energy to move. We are stressed up by workload in the office, housework as well as family matters. Adult life is so much complicated as our thinking and perspective change according to time and experience that we have gone through. Many fall into depression trap [...]

What kind of freedom to give to our child?

Published in December 12th, 2008

Posted by Rosabel in Nurture Our Child

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We have been talking about child’s freedom. What kind of freedom shall we give to our child to help his development? If we are not careful, we will misuse the word “freedom” and lead to behavioral issues. Maria Montessori, a well known early childhood educator who is also the founder of Montessori Early Childhood Development [...]

Would you like to paint a portrait of your hand?

Published in December 6th, 2008

Posted by Rosabel in Nurture Creativity

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Yesterday was the last day of school term! Everyone was celebrating for the coming long holidays and Christmas as well as new year! There were no formal classes, but we let the children enjoyed themselves by having fun with playdough, threading bracelet with beads and also painting their own portrait of their hand. Children were [...]

How can I set ground rules at home?

Published in December 4th, 2008

Posted by Rosabel in Nurture Our Child

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Setting ground rules at home is a must to do in the list of nurturing our child! Ground rules help a family to set boundaries that everyone needs to respect and follow. It gets all family members to be discipline and cultivate good habits/behaviors. In a classroom, we have ground rules to get the children [...]

Beware of Cold Season!

Published in December 1st, 2008

Posted by Rosabel in Nurturing Health

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Do you realize that there have been lots of people fall sick lately, either adult or child? The weather changes drastically, from rain to dry, from cool to extremely hot and dry over here (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Many people have caught in the cold season - cough, flu and fever. The immune system of a [...]