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5 Creative Ideas To Help Children Celebrate Teachers' Day This Entire Week
You have probably had a phase in your life when you were so in awe of your teachers that you wanted to be one when you grew up. But guess what, you ARE a teacher! You are the one to shape your child’s future and he turns to you for advice. Just like you, your little one's school also plays a major role in bringing them up as well-rounded children. This Teacher's Day on September 5, celebrate how important your child’s teacher is, not just for your child but for you as well.
India celebrates Teachers’ Day every year on September 5. It is the birth date of the second President of India – academic philosopher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan – who was himself a brilliant teacher. Through this week, help your child recognise the role of his teacher in his life.
Ideas to Help your Child Celebrate His Teacher
1. Make a Handmade Teachers' Day Card/Gift Together
Help your child make a little handmade card for his teacher. Just a simple card with the words “Happy Teachers’ Day” can make any teacher happy. You can also ask your little one to give his teachers flowers. If everything else is too last minute, simply remind your child to verbally wish his teacher. Everybody loves to be appreciated for what they do! Make the entire week a 'Teacher Appreciation Week' wherein your little one honours his teachers with his/her creative gifts and cards!
One of our mommy bloggers, Shubhra, shared how she spent Teachers' Day with her little girl. It is a funny but endearing incident that we are sure must have happened to you too some time!
Her daughter said:
“I want to make a card for Sonia Ma’am, Nikita Ma’am, Farah Ma’am and Radhika Ma’am”, and her list kept increasing. We pondered over making prints from potatoes, okra, fork painting and clip painting. Great minds were at work and I could sense that my daughter wanted to do her best.
Finally, she said..."
2. Help Your Child Write a Thoughtful Letter
Writing a heartfelt letter will never go out of fashion. Help your kid write down what he thinks about his teacher on a paper and ask him to give it to his teacher on Teachers’ Day. An honest, appreciative letter is a treasure his teacher will forever beam at! You could also write from a parent's perspective, perhaps about how much a teacher has helped your child in algebra.
Tip: You could help your child write a series of letters to all his favourite teachers, and make this entire week dedicated to his/her gurus!
Watch this adorable cute little girl giving a Teachers' Day speech. It is the CUTEST thing we have heard in a long time!
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3. Help the Teacher Build an Inspiring Classroom:
This tip to celebrate Teachers’ Day can help nurture your child’s leadership skills apart from pleasing his teacher very much! As a part of the Teachers’ Day activities for kids this week, do this:
Tell your child he should take up charge for keeping his classroom clean and inspiring this week.
Help your child and his group of friends clean the classroom first. They can pick up bits of paper or pencil shavings to give the classroom a cleaner look.
Next, help him put up projects and DIYs on his classroom walls. Here are some to get you started: Ellie the Elephant DIY & DIY Minion Hand Puppet. Teachers deserve to be celebrated in style and a crafty classroom makes teaching more fun!
4. Volunteer in Classroom
If you run out of all creative ideas for teachers day celebration, you could take a couple of days off to appreciate your child’s teachers by volunteering at his school. Many schools have programs that allow parents to volunteer in helping kids out in subjects they specialise in. For instance, if your were a Physics major at college, you could perhaps teach Physics at your child’s school. Or if you are good at a particular sport, you could coach the junior team. The school will love it, your kids will love it, and you too will have a great time!
5. Organise Fun Activities for Your Child's Teachers
As a member of Parent-Teacher association at your child’s school, you along with the other parents, could organise interesting games for Teachers’ Day throughout this week. It is their time and they would heartily appreciate a breather. Coordinate singing and dancing competitions for teachers. You could also arrange for a lunch party with home cooked food or food from a restaurant.
The idea behind setting up Teachers’ day activities for kids is to let your child acknowledge the efforts his teachers make for him and his classmates. It is your duty as parents to teach your kids gratitude, compassion and sensitivity. Read more
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How Not to Let Divorce Spoil your Baby's Birthday Party
Increasing stress and growing expectations have resulted in many a marriage crumbling. However, even if you're going through a divorce or have already separated, don't let it spoil your child's birthday celebrations. And just how do you handle birthday parties post divorce?
For every child, birthdays happen to be the most important day of the year. It’s vital that you make it a point that your darling feels special on this day, no matter what the circumstances. Even if you and your husband are divorced, it’s no reason to deprive your child of birthday fun.
Tips to Celebrate Baby's Birthday After Divorce
It’s true that post divorce, you and your ex drift apart and move on. However, just think about this from your baby's point of view. For him, you both remain his parents, no matter what the equation is. So, when you think of celebrating his birthday, it’s important to put aside your differences and plan a special party for your little one. Organise the do at a park to provide a refreshing and invigorating environment. Make it a point to take all decisions like the menu, guest list, decorations and return gifts together. Offer to share the cost of the party so that there are no ego clashes on the special day.
1. Individual Celebrations Can Be Double The Fun
If you and your ex parted on an ugly note and are not on cordial terms, celebrating your baby's birthday together after divorce won’t be easy. What’s more, you could even end up in a mud-slinging match that will only upset your baby. A better idea would be that both parents throw separate parties. Of course, it goes without saying that one of you will have to compromise on the date and plan the party for another day. However, your baby will get double the treat and will be made to feel extra special with two cakes and two sets of presents!
2. Go Solo
What if your husband doesn't want to have to do with anything? Go the solo route and take the help of friends and family. They’ll be glad to lend a hand and you’ll all have a great time. Put up streamers, ribbons and balloons. Bake or order mini cakes and make a specially decorated one for your baby.
3. No Gifting Competition
Before divorce, you and your husband probably gave your baby one or two large gifts. Post-divorce, it’s only natural that both of you will present your darling with separate gifts. Don't turn it into a competition and try to one up each other by getting costlier and bigger presents. Instead, focus on getting stuff that your baby will benefit from, even if it turns out to be small and inexpensive.
Divorce is as painful for children as it is for parents. Even if you and your spouse decide to go your separate ways, always make it a point to make your child feel loved. Celebrate birthdays and ensure that your baby has fun. The twinkle in his eyes and the smile on his face will be the best return gift you could ever ask for! Read more
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Mommy Kajol Reveals The 6 Things She Always Makes Her Kids Do - and It's Really Amazing!
Let's admit it – we are all fascinated with the life of other moms like us. All of us wonder at least once, what is that mom like? Does she have help with her chores? How does she bring up her kids? Does she also face disappointments and challenges? When it comes to Bollywood stars and celebrities, we often assume that they are a world apart and that their parenting is also very different. Well, turns out – Mommy Kajol recently gave us a peek into her parenting style, and rest assured – she's as real as any one of us! In her recent interviews, Kajol, who is generally a very private person, opened up about her children – older daughter Nysa and younger son Yug. She revealed some of the things she ensures her children do every single day - and these habits are truly worth picking up for our kids too!
Kajol's Take on Healthy Habits for Kids
1. She Teaches Her Kids Healthy - But Flexible - Eating Habits
As with any ordinary mom, Kajol too is constantly worried about getting her kids to eat healthy. However, she does not believe in being unrelenting about it. Said Kajol, “My husband Ajay and I don’t have any hard-and-fast rules for our children. Through the week, we eat regular food and then, over the weekend, we order whatever we want and have our cheat days.”
Lesson to Learn: When it comes to food, being strict is neither the only way nor the best, to develop good and healthy eating habits. As parents, we need to be realistic in our approach... after all, children need a break too.
2. Her Kids Are Free to Express Individual Tastes
While Kajol says she is not a discriminating parent and has brought up both daughter Nysa and son Yug, they are both growing up with very individualistic tastes and preferences. When it comes to food, both of them are very different from each other. “For Yug, the food has to smell good and taste good whereas for Nysa, it’s about the presentation; the food has to look good,” Kajol revealed. "As far as my personality is concerned my daughter is temperamentally a lot like my husband but in some ways she is also like me."
Lesson to Learn: All your children are going to be different – what worked for one may not work for other! Let's realise this, and adapt accordingly!
3. She is Very Strict About Regular Hand-Washing
Kajol very passionately believes in regular hand-washing as the only way to keep kids away from diseases and infections such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. She has been actively supporting this cause as well. "We have been promoting this since a year. If through this programme I can save the life of at least one child I think it would be fabulous. The aim is to promote hygiene as it helps in preventing other diseases."
In fact, sometimes Kajol can get so strict that she gets scolded about it by her daughter! But then, that is hardly anything new for us mothers - we have to keep at it for the well being of our kids. "I am very strict and my daughter keeps telling me you are too hard on me, and I keep telling her I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn. I think it is really important to be that way. It is essential to teach good habits."
Lesson to Learn: Goes without saying, this is a very important habit that our kids need to learn. It is the only way to keep them disease-free and healthy. Make sure the kids at least wash their hands before and after eating, after using the toilet, and after returning from the playground.
4. It's a Strict No to Aerated Drinks
Kajol revealed that she, Ajay and her children, refrain from consuming any kind of aerated drinks. It is very important that parents themselves actually adopt the good habits that they want their children to pick up. We all know children learn from what they see, and eating habits also develop in the same way. This is why Kajol always strive to set a good example for their children. After all, good parenting is about educating children about good and bad, and that is what Kajol does too, especially with respect to making choices about food.
Lesson to Learn: Children learn from example. It is important we follow ourselves what we ask our children to do!
5. She Has Taught Her Kids The Importance of Love
When it comes to parenting, Kajol's style is pretty sorted, her funda's pretty clear: she is the stricter parent, and hubby Ajay is the more lenient one. But together, the couple plays 'good cop, bad cop' to their children. They are definitely doing something right, for Kajol explained how their children both look after her in their own way. “My son hugs me every night and sleeps, and my daughter keeps an eye on me and gives me the space that I need at times”, she said in the interview. Love is in the little everyday things, is it not?
Lesson to Learn: Good parenting raises responsible children. Your children will also look out for you – if you look out for them!
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6. She Encourages Honesty - Yes, Even About Tiffin Boxes!
In their growing up days, the lives of our kids are full of little white lies. About how they got their shirt dirty, how there actually was no homework assigned...how they had misplaced their tiffin box and hence couldn't finish it. As parents, we need to accept this as a part of growing up but also make it a point to instil the importance of honesty. Kajol tells us that her children are pretty honest with her. When they don’t finish their tiffin boxes that have been packed with home cooked food, they confess. She says, “I don’t think there is any mother who doesn’t run behind their kids about food and stuff like that. But yes, not to that extent now. As far as the struggle to eating healthy goes, it is lifelong. I’m still struggling to not eat a pizza today.”
Lesson to Learn: Making children develop good habits, including eating healthy or cherishing little things at home over processed, more attractive stuff, is a constant battle. But as moms, we have it in us to fight it and teach our kids to be honest and straightforward while at it.
On Life as an Actor and Mother
When Kajol was asked about her career and what she would have liked to be, if not an actor, Kajol gave us a very important life lesson through her answer. Speaking about her work, she said, “The most important thing was that it started as fun and it’s still fun. I don’t consider it work.”
One would imagine that being an actress and having the opportunity to meet so many great people must have opened the doors wide for Kajol to choose a role model. But Kajol said that her dream role would in fact be playing her grandmother, or her mother for that matter. “Both of them have had amazing lives”, she said. No doubt, mother Tanuja and grandmother Shobhna have been very successful Indian actresses, but there is definitely a personal connection here too. The fact that they are her mother and grandmother adds to the reason of why Kajol thinks so highly of them. This is something all of us have experienced as mothers and as women - even ordinary people can teach you extraordinary things – if only you are willing to learn.
How Kajol Feels About Being a Mom
You might be surprised how similar Kajol's life is to our lives, when it comes to being a mother. While she is still pursuing a full-fledged acting career and going great guns with several ventures, motherhood has come to affect and change her life in many ways... just like it affects ours. Kajol's definition of fitness is, “Being able to pick up my kids, and run around”. The last thing she does before going to bed is hugging her son, and the first thing she does in the morning after waking up is picking him up!" She couldn't have put it better - motherhood affects all aspects of your life! Motherhood will change you; it will affect your routine deeper than you think. But it will still be a beautiful transformation.
As a parting thought, we leave you with Kajol's life mantra: “Handle each day as it comes and tomorrow will be taken care of tomorrow.” No doubt she looks like a million bucks... she has nailed her game as the coolest, most chilled out mommy on the block! Read more
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The Benefits of Helping Preschoolers Understand and Discuss Their Emotions
Your baby has grown up entered the terrible two's. Every emotion is overwhelming for him and he most likely will not know how to express how he is feeling. Learn some tried and tested ways to help your child understand and express their emotions in a healthy way.
They aren't called the terrible two's and three's for no reason. Or for that matter even the fearsome fours. All these scary terms boil down to the exact same thing – your child hasn't learn to recognize and deal with emotions just yet. This more often than not leads to tantrums and major meltdowns that leave you feeling helpless, frustrated or even anxious!
Some may say they'll grow out of it and indeed they will, but is it wise to just “let them be” or are there some life lessons to be taught at this fragile stage? Are there some long-term benefits to be learnt at this point?
Studies prove by both theory and practicality that emotional intelligence begins to develop at a very young age. If children are taught to find solutions to overwhelming emotions, they can gain a lifelong skill at a tiny age. It is proved that such children are less aggressive, kinder adults who are better at academics as well.
There are a few conscious things caregivers can do to help children in this stage of life.
1. Give Emotions A Name
Helping your child put down a concept or association to the image can help him deal better with it. Observe the behaviour, whether it be yelling, crying or not speaking at all, and take the child through a 'reflection' process. Ask then why they are behaving that way, what made them unhappy or angry. They will learn to associate different stimuli with certain emotions.
2. Make Emotions 'Normal'
Try not to classify emotions as good or bad at the age when children are learning to deal with them. Every emotion at this stage is overwhelming and so normalizing every emotion helps to comfort them when they are angry, sad or fearful. It helps them know that every human being feels these emotions, helping them get a better perspective. Give them examples of when you felt the same way and how you reacted. And find a solution to the emotion that helps comfort and reduce the burden of it.
3. Develop Acceptable Solutions
Teaching a child what actions are appropriate to an overwhelming emotion is as important as teaching them the emotion itself. Help them to verbalise what is okay and what isn't. This is also a good time to teach them “time outs”. For e.g. taking a break by yourself when you are angry with someone or napping when tiredness makes you irritable.
4. Read Picture Books
This doesn't seem like the obvious choice but reading fiction actually helps a child understand empathy. Apart from that, the pictorial representations help them understand emotions through illustrations better.
Did you use any of these methods to help your child emote better? Did you have other techniques of helping your child express his emotions in a healthy manner? Do write in and let us know! Read more
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Lessons I have learnt from my kids during my journey of motherhood!!
We talk and write a lot about what we are teaching our children and what they are learning from us. But sometimes we missed noticing a few important lessons we learned from them. If we start monitoring those and implement in our lifestyle, I am sure we can create a better living world full of innocence and love.
# Be Yourself
we modify ourselves with different situation and people. Be exactly who you are, not just a replica of someone else, not a filtered version of what other people want you to be.
# Laughter is the best medicine
Happiness is a state of mind and not the situation. I have seen my kids laughing at any silly jokes and always happy at most of the circumstances. If we keep following the same it gives us a pleasant life and good health.
# Make friends
"Will you be my friend"? Well, we can't ask this question to anyone who is stranger to us but the motive behind this is that we need to reach out and make connections, in work or personal life. Friendship is a miraculous relationship.
# Easily forgive
I have seen both the kids having catfight and the very next moment playing and dancing with fun and joy. The same way we need to keep our ego aside in case if any difference with anyone around us and settle our scores easily.
# Relax and take a peaceful nap
When I am in a kind of stress it's difficult for me to get sleep. But kids have this immense talent to take a nap with no worries. Sleep refreshes our mind and a peaceful nap creates wonders. So a relaxed nap is a must for all.
# Expression of love
The way my kids express their love in any circumstances is what gears me up even at the weirdest times. An emotional hug, sweet kisses, Numerous time expressing the love you are what all create magic. We need to express our love the way our kids do. We missed out expressing our love to loved ones. So let's start adoring it.
# Activeness
Most of the kids are active these days and can charge their batteries to work fully loaded. They have no space for laziness. Following them up is not only makes us active but keeping us fit and healthy.
# Wonder about small things and explore them.
We come across many kids who keep on making us engaged by their queries of learning. Do they feel wonderful about any smaller things like? why stars shine in the sky, How do we get ice from freezer?? Depending on their age their queries varies. It keeps us also engaged and even made me curious about knowing facts which even I didn't bother to know.
# Be fearless
Kids just let their fear doesn't come on the way of their play. They become adventurous and fearless that somehow teaches us to fearlessly do our work which we have stopped due to fear.
we modify ourselves with different situation and people. Be exactly who you are, not just a replica of someone else, not a filtered version of what other people want you to be.
# It's okay to cry when you are upset
kids cry when they are upset and feel better. It doesn't mean they should cry for any smaller thing. But crying is benefit in two ways. First, it helps out to throw out negative energy created in body and second, it attracts pampered from dear ones which are near to you. Sometimes, we need this therapy to feel relaxed.
I have realised that there is still a hidden child in me when I start learning their habits and it reforms me a better person living a better life. Thanks to my little teachers.
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Q. why I am getting dizziness in my pregnancy
I am going with 3rd month of my pregnancy it's a very strong dizziness I feel at times means every day .....no other symptoms of pregnancy .Please help with elaboration .All okay means isn't part of this journey.
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A. Do consult your doctor as soon as you can. It's important to find the real reason because without that, proper medication is not possible.
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Q. I am currently 32 week pregnant and had growth scan recently.My baby is in cephalic presentation.does this change after 36 week or does this remain the same?
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A. usually fixed. better to show to specialist always as they get the correct diagnosis. try to avoid self and extra medication that will only complicate this and create more damage to the child
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A. You should have started going from the very beginning itself once you get to know you’re pregnant but since you haven’t reached that now if you’re pregnancy has been healthy last five months please get it checked with your doctor also if you need to start with any supplements or diet the doctor would advise you after a ultrasound so please visit your gynaecologist
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A. generally it is available from Indian academy growth chart download from Google. if there is no relief it is better you see your doctor for proper examination particularly physical examination if there is need for doing investigations to find out the problem and treatment ok
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