15 Minutes
How long is 15 minutes? One quarter of an hour or 900 seconds – either way you see it, it is 15 minutes…. So what can you do with 15 [...]
How daily INTERACTIONS can enhance your child’s learning abilities – part 2
Positive shared experiences are very important in developing strong, confident, self assured and compassionate children. Such experiences can be spending quality time with your children, being attuned to your children's [...]
Let’s Get your Hands Dirty and Make Learning Fun
A child's learning is enhanced through daily fun interactions with adults! Let's get your hands dirty and make learning fun, shall we? Can you remember how you were taught maths [...]
Your core values is important when influencing your children
Why are they important when it comes to empowering your children? Your core values are basically your beliefs and philosophies in life – perceptions of things that are important to [...]
Be the example you want your children to be
OMG… I sound like my mother! Or Father! I am not talking about anything scary or sinister; I am talking about the language you use. Do you sometimes hear your [...]
3 Fun Ways to Instill the Love of Learning in your Child
Make your shared memories with them fun and joyful This I know for sure: parents love their children and will do anything within their power to make sure that their [...]
Children learn from who you are rather than what you tell them
How does this resonate with you? How does this sentence make you feel? Take a few seconds and think about it. It is a good time to self reflect, think [...]
Kids’ Play and Physical Development
Play is children’s language for…fun, pleasure, joy, relaxing, exploring, creating and learning. Through play, children learn and grow. Through play, children learn about their environment, learn about themselves, learn about [...]
Adults need to play too
In the last blog, we talked about play. PLAY is the language every child knows and is vital for children’s development. How about Adults? Is play just as important for [...]
The role of play and your child’s emotional well being
Filling your child’s love cup with play Can you remember when you played peek-a-boo, cuddled and sung to your baby daily? However, as the children grow up, parents tend to [...]
The role of play and child development
“Play is as old as the existence of mankind. Play things were discovered in the artifacts of ancient civilization”. Early Childhood News by Shelly Butler Children are born natural learners. [...]
Why PLAY is important for children’s development?
We can say that PLAY is important for both adults and children. It helps to release stress, enhances creativity and encourages social interactions. Play teaches us many things. Play provides [...]
Inspire your child with the love of learning through fun and not fear
Make your shared memories with them fun and joyful Whether your child is heading off to school for the first time, or whether your have been through the schooling phase, [...]
If a child can’t learn the way we teach
I am very inspired by the above quote! So today’s topic is about speaking the language of your children. As parents, we love our children – there is no doubt [...]
Unconditional Love
I was having a nice conversation with my aunty from London one morning; she and her husband are currently visiting her daughter in London. Normally, we never had much [...]
Your child needs to feel safe
I have written a lot about how to create connections with your children, how to open up the communication channels with your children... However, today I would like to share [...]
Create a safe environment at home for your child to thrive
Your child will feel safe, emotionally secure and happy in a home filled with unconditional love and respect; this will lead them to developing his or her confidence, feeling safe [...]
Being emotionally available
How do you get your kids to easily open up communication with you? When I was young, I remember coming back from school and having my lunch with my grandmother, [...]
Why special one on one time with your child is important
There is no denying, children have an innate desire for their parents’ attention and time, but don't we all? Parents are busy – stretched with both work commitments and their [...]
Speaking the Language of your children
When we talk about connecting and communicating with children, how to encourage children to listen to you more, how to get your children to cooperate, the first step is – [...]
Distance is not an issue
This article is dedicated to all my friends who live far away from their family and friends. When my grandma passed away few years ago, my mum handed me a [...]
Make time for your parents
Time is precious. When you spend or allocate your time on something, it means the thing that you are investing your time on is important to you. I understand you [...]
To a Child, Love Is Spelled TIME
I am very inspired by this short movie... To a Child, Love Is Spelled TIME! Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfZhReSOP9w Do you agree with the saying: no matter how busy you are, you will [...]
The Power of Gratitude
How to Find More Joy and Happiness in your Day I am sure you will agree with me on this, we have good days and we have bad days, and [...]
Make one meal time a FAMILY time
I am an advocate of making one meal time a FAMILY time. Why? Because we always hear food preparation comes from love…and a family meal time means love and family [...]
Connections and Bonding
As you may know, I place a high value on creating connections with your children and building a fantastic relationship with them. Connecting with your family is the best [...]
Introducing Tok Panjang
Connect and bond through sharing meals together. Life allows us to have many adventures and many new beginnings. It has been a wonderful and memorable five and a half weeks [...]
Connections through Family Rituals
Every family has it and we probably don't even realise – We have Family Rituals! Family rituals are things that you do with your family members only, and may not [...]
How to create connections through your child’s lunch box?
I have written quite a few articles on how we can create connections with our children by interacting daily through fun activities. Connecting with your children is about interacting with [...]
Three Benefits of Cooking at Home
Families and Food are important. I am writing this blog post while cruising along the highway towards Kyoto, Japan – this is a place where I am really looking forward [...]
Self-love and how to set your personal boundaries
Recently I was chatting with a friend who has some personal relationship issues. We discussed her thoughts, worked through her feelings and considered some steps to help her. One thing [...]
Two Important Criteria of Self Love
When we talk about self love, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Would it be pampering yourself with a facial, enjoying massages, going for holidays, shopping therapy, [...]
Permission to Be Happy
As Parents, especially Mothers, we are by nature the carer and giver. Everyone comes ‘before’ you. It took me a while to really understand this but unless you are healthy, [...]
Fill your love cup with fun and play
Play is just as important for adults. Adults have somehow forgotten about play, and they replace play with work and other life responsibilities. As we now know the benefits of [...]
Three minutes that can shape your relationships with your family
Your priority is to create connetions and build strong bondd and relationshsips with your children Connections are the key when it comes to enhancing the bonding and relationships between you [...]
10 fun holiday activities at home that create connections
10 fun holiday activities at home that create connections School holidays are always a great time to rest, recuperate, rejuvenate and reconnect with your children. Just relax and breath... [...]
How daily INTERACTIONS can enhance your child’s learning abilities
A young child's brain develops at a very rapid rate, especially from birth to 5 years of age. This is a time when they absorb information very rapidly through exploring, [...]
How to empower the love of learning in your children?
Make everyday interactions fun and teaching moments for them I talked about school readiness, and making sure that your children is ready before sending them off to structured schooling. If [...]
Learning starts from Home
Life is full of learning. Children, whether young or at school, are born curious and resilient. Their brains are like sponges, soaking up as much information they can from every [...]
Counting and Grocery Shopping
Since we were talking about grocery shopping this week, I thought it would be nice to do something fun with identifying and counting fruits. Preschoolers Give them the simple and [...]
Set the path of connections and communications from the heart of your home – the kitchen!
Connections with your children are about shared experiences I have talked about empowering the love of learning in your children through daily interactions, as they learn through FUN and directly [...]
The Day I Stopped Saying “I Am Busy”…
Lay Ean and Grandma Being busy is not an excuse! It is about setting your priorities in life and what is important to you! This is my beautiful grandmother – [...]
Connect with loved ones through modern day technology
I was watching an advertisement about a grandfather reading a story to the grandson on his tablet. They are facing each other; the grandfather was reading and the grandson listening [...]
The world of technology – is it bringing the family closer?
With technology becoming more advanced, more and more people are owning smart phones and other portable communication devices. Our phones are with us all the time – in the classrooms, [...]
Why you should place high expectations on your children
Children are born resilient with high optimism. They do not understand fear, success or failure when they are young. If you see a baby learning to crawl or stand up, [...]
I am still a believer in hand writing
With the technological world we are in right now, reading and writing has changed. I am one of the many that took advantage of the convenience of technology and I [...]
Your cultural language and you!
"Language is fundamental to cultural identity." Kakadu National Park, Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre, NT I remembered waiting in a queue at our local post office, and I could not help [...]
Self Awareness is your First Step to Healing
Everyone has experienced some degree of emotional pain some time in their life, but with varying degrees. Emotional pain usually comes from experiences during childhood. Here are some common examples [...]
Journaling
Do you journal? What's Journaling? Your journal is your personal space— a place where you may have the answers to all the questions you need answering. And taking time out [...]
Filling your child’s love cup with play
Can you remember when you played peek-a-boo, cuddled and sung to your baby daily? However, as the children grow up, parents tend to do these play activities less and less. [...]
Connections through Food and Communication
A whole week of great food and connections with relatives and friends! Over the past few days I had the opportunity to host my cousins from Melbourne. It was really [...]
Empower the love of learning through daily interactions
Empower the love of learning in your children through daily interactions One of the many reasons people migrate to a new country is to search for better lifestyles and education [...]
Connections to our roots – Kuala Kurau
Do we really ever stop connecting? Our next stop was Kuala Kurau – Perak – my husband's hometown. Kuala Kurau is a small fisherman's town in Perak, Malaysia. This is [...]
Connections to our roots – Penang
Penang – our next port of call – My home town. We arrived at the KL airport to board our flight to Penang – the place where I spent the [...]
Connections to our roots – Kuala Lumpur
My husband and I have spent the last three weeks in Malaysia, the country where we both spent the first 20 years of our lives. The purpose of this trip [...]
What is the AIM of school examinations?
These two weeks are my children’s exam weeks in the Uni. We were discussing about the exams preparation experiences with my children. On top of that, my parents, both are [...]
Connections to our roots – Malacca
Malacca Connections to our roots can occur in many places... now to Malacca! The next stop of our journey was Malacca – the third smallest Malaysian state. It is located [...]
Connections to our roots – Kuala Lumpur – Part 2
Kuala Lumpur Going back to where you grew up brings about connections. The whole duration in Kuala Lumpur was relaxing, hectic and fun. We had the chance to relax in [...]
Know What You Want
Has anyone ever asked you this question? WHAT DO YOU WANT? So I am asking you now…. WHAT DO YOU WANT? Can you answer this question straight away? Close your [...]
How much do you know about yourself?
Attractive Woman Riding Bike Along Country Lane Who are you? How much do you know about yourself? Your likes, your dislikes? What you love? Places that you like? [...]
Re-connect with your family traditions through traditional food
Connecting to who you are can be any form; however, reconnecting through food can be one of the more pleasurable. Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting two guests [...]
Connections through Traditions
Today is the third day of Chinese New Year. There were so many greetings being sent through Facebook, New Year cards, e-mails and mostly via phones for those celebrating. I [...]