I wrote these ideas for some of the parents, who asked how to work on building vocabulary in a fun way. I thought I’d share them with you and maybe you’ll find them useful, too. · Sing songs from Super Simple Songs, translated in your mother tongue/the language you want your child to learn (they…
How to Ease the Transition from Home to Kindergarten
I’m writing this update from the point of view of a parent. When I first wrote this article, I was just a teacher. I am mostly putting these things down, because I need to visualize them and work on them…still. Hearing my kid crying and saying “nu frică, mama-i aici” (not scared, mummy’s here), just…
Teaching Your Child to Clean Up
Cleaning up can be a struggle for some families. I remember that a lot of parents have asked me how to deal with this issue: their children refuse to clean up just before bedtime, so they end up putting the toys away themselves, just to get the kids to sleep. Depending on their age and…
Scarf Play
Scarves are wonderful open ended toys: you can even use them with babies, to play peek-a-boo, hide objects, hang them on the pikler triangle for them to pull, let them feel the soft silk on their face, legs, arms while you name the body parts, etc. As they grow, they’ll come up with more ideas…
Encouraging Language Development in Babies and Toddlers
Today I was thinking of writing a post about ways in which we can encourage language development in babies and toddlers. This is one of my favourite subjects when it comes to children. First of all, we can show affection in so many ways, and creating a bond will definitely help motivate our children to…
Music and Sound
Ever since E. was in my tummy, I used to sing to her. I really enjoy singing and it seems that I’ve passed this on to her (I’m not a good singer, but kids don’t really mind). She learnt some of her first words from silly songs I invented for her (about washing and swinging)….