Scrap booking is a great way to spend the time at home. It can be a good bonding activity looking for pictures together, cutting and pasting them into a scrap book page. Let’s start one for the children! Ideas/themes for scrap booking for children: 1. My Favourite Food- Get pictures Read more…
Children who help around with house chores learn important life skills that will benefit them throughout their lives. Not only they learn to be responsible, but they will also learn organizational skill. Knowing that they too play their part with the household will make them feel more confident with themselves. Read more…
To be able to express their feelings better, children need to know how to identify the feelings first. Teach your children to identify the feelings such as happy, sad, angry, scared or mad. The ability to identify and name a feeling can help your children express it better rather than Read more…
String telephone is a fun way to teach your children the science of sound waves. See them in awe at the magic of listening to their dad’s voice from the cup on their ears. Tell them about the telephone invention, how it was a long time ago, before it becomes Read more…
Do you have old magazines or newspapers laying around? Why not turn them into works of art by weaving them into a placemat or a piece of art deco? Not only are you repurposing the papers, you are also helping the children practise and develop their fine motor skills. You Read more…
Repurposing used materials is one of a way to teach children about recycling and not wasting. Children learn about saving money as well as saving the earth by reducing garbage in the landfill when they make things that are worn out into something new, instead of throwing it away. Apart Read more…
Hopscotch (or Teng-Teng in BM) is a traditional game which have been enjoyed by many children over the years. However, in recent years, as more children opt of indoors and digital games, hopscotch has lost its popularity. How about starting it back again? You can do indoors in your living Read more…
Gardening is something you can do with the children at home. Children will learn that the plant will go into different stages of growing, understand how to be patient while waiting for the plant to grow, and learn to appreciate food that need to be planted and grown first. Teach Read more…
Do you have cardboard boxes around? Let’s do some cardboard crafts today. Just an easy one like a counter will provide countless opportunity of pretend play, it can be a clinic counter, ticket counter, post office and the list goes on. Not only pretend play is fun, it can also Read more…
Let’s Make Some Music! Sometimes, what we need is a bit of cheering up through songs and music. Singing together and dancing to the beat is a great stress reliever. How about adding some home-made musical instrument to the fun? Maracas is a musical instrument that makes a sound when Read more…