What do you do when your little girl catches the ballet bug and starts gliding, twirling, and standing en pointe anytime and anywhere? When she insists to be in her pink leotard from her Dress Up Box the whole day, through lunch and naptime? When she makes her pink ballet shoes her house slippers? When she announces that she is a ballerina? When the inevitable … [Read more...]
Skip, Jump, Run: The Fun Way to Teach ABC
I taught Little T her ABC’s just after her second birthday. That was before I read David Elkind’s Much Too Early and researched on the benefits of delaying academic training. I have since backtracked and have committed to nurturing her creativity, sense of wonder, and imagination first for these precious early years.However, to those of you who are about to tackle the alphabet, … [Read more...]
The Bike Lesson: Pedaling Around and Around!
When Little T received her bike last Christmas, I thought that she would just pedal away to biking bliss. After all, her legs are strong, she is coordinated, and she has had some practice with her push tricycle. And don't kids just know how to ride a bike? At first I was amused, then concerned, when after five months, Little T still couldn't pedal properly. She … [Read more...]
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