I love history, especially Philippine history. But it wasn't a love that took root and blossomed at school, with its emphasis on dates, names, places, and exams that asked me to "enumerate xyz." No. It was a love awakened at home by Ambeth Ocampo's wit and humor in “Rizal Without The Overcoat” when I was in high school. It was a fascination that grew with Sionil F. Jose’s … [Read more...]
Starting Your Preschool Homeschool (June 24, 2017)
Date: June 24, 2017 Time: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Venue: The Parenting Emporium, 29 1st St., New Manila, QC After homeschooling two kids through preschool, I'm getting ready to homeschool my youngest, who at 23 months is very eager to join her big sister and brother during learning time, including nature walks! I cherish these early years and seeing first hand how … [Read more...]
Positive Discipline: The Early Years (June 24, 2017)
Date: June 24, 2017 Time: 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Venue: The Parenting Emporium, 29 1st Street, New Manila, QC The story behind this workshop We love our kids, yet we always find ourselves in a dilemma over how we should discipline them and deal with misbehavior. Should we spank them? Should we just shrug our shoulders because "kids will always be kids"? From the time … [Read more...]
Fun Filipino Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Beginning Readers
I’ve kept my two older children’s board books from when they were young. They enjoyed “Good Night, Moon”, Eric Carle’s “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, and other classics. (For more book ideas for babies, click here.) Baby Bumblebee is also enjoying those same books now, reciting or singing along with each one. Experience has taught me, though, that it’s best … [Read more...]
Leading Little Ones to Mary
It's the merry month of May, a month celebrating mothers. Most of all, it's the month we honor the patron saint of all mothers, Mama Mary. How timely also, that we celebrate the centennial of the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima on May 13. While we often try to make a Marian activity during this month, it is this event that made me more intentional about planning activities … [Read more...]
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