tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58189140576558476892024-03-13T08:48:06.927+05:30Sunny's MummyNimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-28683790426147724192010-02-23T11:58:00.001+05:302010-02-23T12:00:22.705+05:30When you thought I wasn't looking (from the eyes of a child)<span style="color:#000084;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#000084;">When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,<br />and I immediately wanted to paint another one.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat,<br />and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make my favourite cake for me,<br />and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer,<br />and I knew that there is a God I could always talk to, and I learned to trust in Him.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick,<br />and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it,<br />and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good,<br />and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I saw tears come from your eyes,<br />and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I saw that you cared,<br />and I wanted to be everything that I could be.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know<br />to be a good and productive person when I grow up.<br /><br /><br />When you thought I wasn't looking I looked at you and wanted to say,<br />'Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking'<br /><br /></span>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-61416330494007430432010-02-09T17:12:00.003+05:302010-02-09T17:18:32.294+05:30The Little BoyOnce a little boy went to school.<br />He was quite a little boy<br />And it was quite a big school.<br />But when the little boy<br />Found that he could go to his room<br />By walking right in from the door outside<br />He was happy;<br />And the school did not seem<br />Quite so big anymore.<br /><br />One morning<br />When the little boy had been in school awhile,<br />The teacher said:<br />"Today we are going to make a picture."<br />"Good!" thought the little boy.<br />He liked to make all kinds;<br />Lions and tigers,<br />Chickens and cows,<br />Trains and boats;<br />And he took out his box of crayons<br />And began to draw.<br /><br />But the teacher said, "Wait!"<br />"It is not time to begin!"<br />And she waited until everyone looked ready.<br />"Now," said the teacher,<br />"We are going to make flowers."<br />"Good!" thought the little boy,<br />He liked to make beautiful ones<br />With his pink and orange and blue crayons.<br />But the teacher said "Wait!"<br />"And I will show you how."<br />And it was red, with a green stem.<br />"There," said the teacher,<br />"Now you may begin."<br /><br />The little boy looked at his teacher's flower<br />Then he looked at his own flower.<br />He liked his flower better than the teacher's<br />But he did not say this.<br />He just turned his paper over,<br />And made a flower like the teacher's.<br />It was red, with a green stem.<br /><br />On another day<br />When the little boy had opened<br />The door from the outside all by himself,<br />The teacher said:<br />"Today we are going to make something with clay."<br />"Good!" thought the little boy;<br /><br />He liked clay.<br />He could make all kinds of things with clay:<br />Snakes and snowmen,<br />Elephants and mice,<br />Cars and trucks<br />And he began to pull and pinch<br />His ball of clay.<br /><br />But the teacher said "Wait!"<br />"And I will show you how."<br />And she showed everyone how to make<br />One deep dish.<br />"There," said the teacher,<br />"Now you may begin."<br /><br />The little boy looked at the teacher's dish;<br />Then he looked at his own.<br />He liked his better than the teacher's<br />But he did not say this.<br />He just rolled his clay into a big ball again<br />And made a dish like the teacher's.<br />It was a deep dish.<br /><br />And pretty soon<br />The little boy learned to wait,<br />And to watch<br />And to make things just like the teacher.<br />And pretty soon<br />He didn't make things of his own anymore.<br /><br />Then it happened<br />That the little boy and his family<br />Moved to another house,<br />In another city,<br />And the little boy<br />Had to go to another school.<br />This school was even bigger<br />Than the other one.<br />And there was no door from the outside<br />Into his room.<br />He had to go up some big steps<br />And walk down a long hall<br />To get to his room.<br /><br /><br />And the very first day<br />He was there,<br />The teacher said:<br />"Today we are going to make a picture."<br />"Good!" thought the little boy.<br />And he waited for the teacher<br />To tell what to do.<br />But the teacher didn't say anything.<br />She just walked around the room.<br /><br />When she came to the little boy<br />She asked, "Don't you want to make a picture?"<br />"Yes," said the lttle boy.<br />"What are we going to make?"<br />"I don't know until you make it," said the teacher.<br />"How shall I make it?" asked the little boy.<br />"Why, anyway you like," said the teacher.<br />"And any color?" asked the little boy.<br />"Any color," said the teacher.<br />"If everyone made the same picture,<br />And used the same colors,<br />How would I know who made what,<br />And which was which?"<br />"I don't know," said the little boy.<br />And he began to make a red flower with a green stem.<br /><br />by Helen BuckleyNimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-39843420804788437282009-07-31T12:39:00.001+05:302009-07-31T12:42:19.901+05:30Great ideas for encouraging communication<p> <strong>Drawing with chalk outside</strong></p> <p>You will need: </p><ul><li>Lots of different coloured chalk </li><li>Outdoor drawing area - could be a cement pavement or concrete in the garden.</li></ul> What to do: <ol><li> Give your child two or three colours for them to choose from. This helps them identify the colours and their names. </li><li> They can draw shapes, this helps with hand skills and vocabulary to identify the shapes.</li><li> Draw a square for them and help them to create a picture of a family member inside. This helps with language structure, increasing vocabulary, hand skills and making choices. </li><li> When drawing a face or picture of a family member, ask your child to try and use at least three colours when drawing the family portraits. Say ‘what colour for the eyes', ‘what colour for the nose' what colour for the mouth' and repeat this back to the child.</li><li> Let the child draw a picture and you have to guess what or who it is. This helps with narrative skills and vocabulary used to describe the picture. </li><li> Write the name or help your child to write who it is.</li><li> Invite some friends and family to see the pictures and guess who it is.</li><li> Use water to make the picture disappear, asks the child to describe what was there before. This helps with memory and narrative.</li></ol><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Courtesy http://www.ican.org.uk/ </span>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-19388987967005645452009-06-20T17:17:00.005+05:302009-06-20T17:23:26.523+05:30This is for my Sunny<span style="font-family: webdings;">The Alchemy of Love</span><br /><span style="font-family: webdings;">By Jalal-al-Din Rumi</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You come to us</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">From another world</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">From beyond the stars</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">And void of space.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Transcendent, Pure,</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Of unimaginable beauty,</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Bringing with you</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The essence of love</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You transform all</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Who are touched by you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Mundane concerns,</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Troubles and sorrows</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Dissolve in your presence,</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Bringing joy</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">To ruler and ruled</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">To peasant and king</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You bewilder us</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">With your grace.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">All evils</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Transform into</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Goodness.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You are the master alchemist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You light the fire of love</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">In earth and sky</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">In heart and soul</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Of every being.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Through your loving</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Existence and nonexistence merge.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">All opposites unite.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">All that is profane</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Becomes sacred again.</span>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-36392339260632931792009-06-20T16:59:00.005+05:302009-06-20T17:06:25.811+05:30Mother's day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2iEykDLNLs3q35LSemeKdfgzKhfz6YJx0Xs_q82Q2-9DXaSseVJpdorQGKi2LXnELphiaeMNZmcpCqY-GfFi71la1vIbO3A9QMAw8t7wEPGJr9weMN9raH7htym9OhCJ3T2jc3X2Dow_/s1600-h/SunnyMotherDay.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2iEykDLNLs3q35LSemeKdfgzKhfz6YJx0Xs_q82Q2-9DXaSseVJpdorQGKi2LXnELphiaeMNZmcpCqY-GfFi71la1vIbO3A9QMAw8t7wEPGJr9weMN9raH7htym9OhCJ3T2jc3X2Dow_/s320/SunnyMotherDay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349371631627587266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Thats the card 4 years old son for me on this mother's day at his pre-school.<br />When I open this card it says "I LUV YOU"<br />Such a cute creativity!!! I love those li'l green finger-top prints.<br /><br />Creativity at its cutest form :)Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-37423414176446189852008-12-09T21:13:00.004+05:302009-06-20T17:32:16.081+05:30<p>NASA has some great stuff on their website. </p><p>Lots of stuff about science in general since you need the basics to build up to aeronautics and rocket science. Games, images and video. Even though my son is bit younger than their target audience, we are still getting a lot out of it. They Have Nasa kids club.</p><p>Those of you with older (4+) kids will probably get more out of it than we do.The stuff on the site is free. here is the link:</p><p>http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html<br /></p><p> </p>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-89169969877295931782008-12-09T21:01:00.003+05:302008-12-09T21:12:58.174+05:30starfall<p>One of thos most educational and fun website is :</p><p><a href="http://www.starfall.com/">www.starfall.com</a></p><p>I owe a lot to this website for my son's learning about alphabets - upper case and lower case, phonics, About me (my body part, my kichen, my living room, my bathroom) etc</p><p>It has lotsa pages which makes 'reading' fun.</p><p> </p>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-62987471383628116182008-11-05T23:06:00.003+05:302008-11-05T23:15:51.010+05:30About shop and numbers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjP7mSB7W2R1O1PnILLl8ox35nXkrZ67h38YaU0TLnyrVkJ_qQ695CBBzUpo6uZXEWRG85g9-yqcIdF0twJHiKG00kT3zgMlbV8orVOGiG9Zb10qWreuAV1oK6dCYpt6pbj9Cuyk7-q0FO/s1600-h/UK_Oct2008_Wembley+032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265230648902685330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjP7mSB7W2R1O1PnILLl8ox35nXkrZ67h38YaU0TLnyrVkJ_qQ695CBBzUpo6uZXEWRG85g9-yqcIdF0twJHiKG00kT3zgMlbV8orVOGiG9Zb10qWreuAV1oK6dCYpt6pbj9Cuyk7-q0FO/s320/UK_Oct2008_Wembley+032.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I wanted to teach my son about shop, buying stuff etc.</div><br /><div>To demonstrate that to him, first we (me n Sunny) did this fun craft activity.</div><br /><div>Out of an empty cereal box we made our own shop. </div><div></div><br /><div>And then, i made some fun currencies like coins, notes etc. I told him how we buy stuff.</div><br /><div>We pick stuff, then check the price and pay it at billing counter.</div><br /><div>This is a fun way of telling kids about "buy-sell" concept and lean numbers.</div><br /><div>My son knows his numbers pretty well now.</div><div> </div>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-7325360925380655042008-11-05T22:45:00.000+05:302008-11-05T22:46:44.870+05:30Get Your Preschooler Thinking With These Problem Solving Activities<p>Challenge your preschooler’s mind with these problem solving activities. Placing a new challenge or problem before your preschooler helps her brainstorm new ways to solve it. These are necessary life skills your child has to learn, not only in the classroom environment, but also as an adult.<br />Try these simple Activities :<br />1. Push her toy under the couch, and ask her to retrieve it.Watch what she does. If she needs help, give her a rod or stick to try pushing the car towards her.<br /></p><p>2. Ask her to fetch you something that’s on a higher shelf she can’t reach. Observe how she solves the problem. Make suggestions if necessary – she can drag a chair or stool over…<br /></p><p>3. Mix a cup each of beans, salt and rice in a large bowl, and give your child three smaller bowls, a strainer and a colander. Ask her to separate the beans, rice and salt. talk about the different ways you could do this.<br /></p><p>4. Spill some water on the ground (you could do this when she actually does spill something on the floor!) and give her a variety of materials to wipe the mess with – paper napkins, a wash cloth, sponge, a synthetic piece of fabric etc. Discuss what material is best for mopping up the water.<br /></p><p>5. Draw two parallel lines in the yard with a piece of chalk, about four feet apart. Place a piece of crumpled paper just inside one line. Ask her to get the paper to the other line without touching it. Brainstorm different ways she can so this – the obvious one would be to blow on it. See if there are other ways to move the paper forward – fan it with a plastic plate or magazine, perhaps. Memorizing things alone won’t prepare your child for serious learning. The brain is exercised when you throw these little challenges at it.<br /></p><p>Have fun!</p>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-54471537975233686382008-10-08T20:42:00.001+05:302008-10-08T21:33:49.105+05:30Homeschooling<p>While planning activities for my son I come across many sites. I likes this concept of homeschooling. But I think it good for foundation stage. Kids do need to go out in the the proper school outside and see the world from their own eyes. Exposure to school environment and company of other kids is very important to enhance social and communication skills.</p><p>I will soon put links of interesting homeschooling resources which I too use for my son.</p><p>My sone is 3 yrs 11 months old and goes to playgroup everyday for 2.5 hrs.</p>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818914057655847689.post-40113356151663847802008-10-08T20:19:00.001+05:302008-10-08T21:34:41.533+05:30The first post<p>This blog is for putting all my experinces of parenting. All those precious moments will become memory. I want to record all those moments and memories here.</p><p></p>Nimshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632785561339385074noreply@blogger.com0