Mistakes are Marvelous: At Galileo we embrace mistakes as we teach campers to create without the fear of making them. We earnestly believe that mistake-making leads to magical learning opportunities and children shouldn’t spend their time in fear of making them. (Grown-ups either for that matter). Craft your story around how you and your child approached a project or obstacle … [Read more...]
Make Your Kid’s Summer Fun, Crafty and Bold
This Summer is actually going to be bittersweet for me (sniff, sniff). My sweetiepie, my baby (wailing sound here) will be in Kindergarten this schoolyear and so this is the last one she will be spending as a non-schooler. Hey where did time go (sniff, sniff)? Lately, I have been staring at her baby pictures and marvel at how much she has grown.And so with this (enough of the … [Read more...]
DIY Mother’s Day Card and Galileo Camps
My daughter has not started school yet but it is always a challenge for me to look for ways on how I can teach her while at home. A child learn the basics at home. Actually I have started finding "creative ways" in order for me to teach writing, reading, counting and enhance her art skills thru play. While she is still young to go to school, there are Bay Area Summer … [Read more...]
What Kids Learn While Cooking Plus a Dessert Recipe
* This article is sponsored by Galileo Learning. Continue reading for an easy dessert recipe and a Galileo promo code your family can use. Aside from rearranging our home, working in the kitchen-cooking and baking are two activities which I find very delightful. I may have gotten it from my mom who loves to cook and considers the kitchen her domain. … [Read more...]
Fun Ways for Kids to Enjoy Summer
I bet most of you (like me) love Summer. In a kid's eyes, I know summer is fantastic not only because of no-school days but also because of longer days which means extended playtime. This also poses a challenge for us parents to combat our children's boredom during this season. Every parent faces the challenge of keeping kids engaged and learning over summer break. … [Read more...]
Galileo : A Summer of Fun and Learning
*Thanks to Galileo for sponsoring today's discussion. Every parent faces the challenge of keeping kids engaged and learning over summer break. I remember during grade school, my mom is fond of enrolling me in summer camp activities I have taken summer acting & dancing workshops and advance academic programs in Reading … [Read more...]