Keeping little people busy with some help
You must have heard the saying that it takes a village to raise a kid. Well, as a mother of two, living in a nuclear family I can very much give it the certificate of being 100 per cent correct and on point. Raising kids is so much on so many levels that nobody can single handedly do it. Be it not knowing things about children and their wants or be it about coping with your own emotions when babies, kids are the only people you seem to be seeing and speaking to all the while. As parents we need all the help we can.
My elder one who is going to be 12 in just a jiffy is soon going to be appearing for her Class 6 exams. We are channeling manis (maternal grandmothers) from every corner of the world to teach her whatever they can. My mother shoulders Science and Social Studies, while my mother's younger sister is doing Maths with her over video calls on WhatsApp. And yet another one is sending her some special supplements from afar to ensure that her health does not take a backseat. Everyone is pitching in with whatever they can do, wherever they are.
But though my entire families behaving as if its them who are going to take the exams in less than a week, there is one little fellow who has been having a ball, what with all the attention focussed away from him- my 4 year old son.
I have been struggling to keep him occupied with something so that he doesn't ask for the phone or reach out for the TV remote, or any other screen for that matter when I am busy with the chores or my daughter. It was during one such crazy day of chasing my tail thinking of something new to keep him busy, that I got an email from Jessica Lightle at education.com. She offered to send me a worksheet which I could simply print out and hand to my boy for solving. After that first worksheet I went up to the website and was mighty impressed with the line up they have there for kids in preschool to Class 5. The website also helps you pick up sheets based on a topic which you might want to practice with your kid, suggests fun activities to do with them like making The Cat in the Hat, hat and has song videos. I came across the term ' safe space to try' while surfing this website and I think I agree to it.
So if you are a young mum or old, and are looking at innovative ways to keep your little ones engaged, give education.com a shot. Start with he one here and you can find more here.
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My elder one who is going to be 12 in just a jiffy is soon going to be appearing for her Class 6 exams. We are channeling manis (maternal grandmothers) from every corner of the world to teach her whatever they can. My mother shoulders Science and Social Studies, while my mother's younger sister is doing Maths with her over video calls on WhatsApp. And yet another one is sending her some special supplements from afar to ensure that her health does not take a backseat. Everyone is pitching in with whatever they can do, wherever they are.
But though my entire families behaving as if its them who are going to take the exams in less than a week, there is one little fellow who has been having a ball, what with all the attention focussed away from him- my 4 year old son.
So if you are a young mum or old, and are looking at innovative ways to keep your little ones engaged, give education.com a shot. Start with he one here and you can find more here.
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I am taking my blog to the next level with #MyFriendAlexa Challenge by BlogChatter.
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Guess what even my 12-year-old is appearing for his first term exams and his dad in other city is helping from phone and mails, nani being lecturer is helping solve biology and physics and me at this end is handling all. But my younger one is 8 so this time busy in his own studies. Wish I had known this when he was 4-5 year old. Would like to know of any site for helping me keeping myself organized with home duties, as well as studying.
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