Category Archive: Parenting
Since the first time I have explored the homemade play dough recipe a couple of years ago, I knew one day I would make my own play dough of a lot of colours for Vivian. Now, that day has come. Vivian is 3. She started to engage herself pretty well with a lot of things [...]
I always wondered how kids develop their cognition and preference towards colours. It just puzzles me so much. I vaguely remember just a few months ago, Vivian was having difficulty naming different colours, but suddenly she wanted to have a “pink birthday party” and a “pink Christmas”. After a few occasions as an observer, we [...]
“Silly Mummy……” “Daddy, you are a funny boy……” “Mummy, can I ‘qu’(means ‘go to’ in Chinese) party?” “妈妈，叔叔胖……” ( Mummy, the man is fat……) “鱼屁屁……” (” fish’s bottom”) said Vivian at the dinner pointing her finger to a steaming fish on the table. “Love you, mummy……” “Happy Birthday, window……” “I don’t need your help!” “I [...]
Though I admit that I do hope Vivian can turn out to be a person who can draw decently when she grows up, frankly I don’t really know how to teach her to draw at all. All I know is our house is full of her drawing/painting stuff since she was born. She has too [...]
Our recent reading is Pamela Allen’s “Are your grandmother a gonna?” and “Grandpa and Thomas and the green Umbrella”. V seems never get enough of them, especially the Thomas series. Now she can pretty much recite the grandma story herself. She could say “Chuffa…chuffa…chuffa…”, then “Thoo Thoo…off they went”, which is so cute. When we [...]
Do you play tricks with your children to make them believe that the world is in their control rather than others? It’s like a lie with good intention. My husband is a master of this. The very recent trick that my husband is playing with Vivian is to make her believe that she can put [...]
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