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The most effective way to teach values to children

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Once upon a time
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If you want to teach children something, use stories.

Why do you think you have bedtime stories and unlimited stories aimed at children? And most stories end with: “The moral of the story is…”

Story telling is fun and most importantly it’s the most effective way of teaching. Children attracted to stories like bees to honey.

Instead of using cold hard facts (Yawn, yawn. Most kids have a hard time digesting facts), try using a story to tell your child about a lesson or value in life.

Also story telling can be used to explain abstract concepts to children.

Recently I use water as the metaphor to explain the importance of flexibility to J and K. [Read more…]

The Crazy Life Race Starts in School

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Classroom
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J turned her head.

She heard a reply, “Don’t copy my answers.”

J was not looking for answers. She wanted something else. She wanted to ask her classmate something.

Her classmate (let’s call her Serena for convenience’s sake) who is sitting behind her was too quick to jump into conclusion that J was trying to “steal” her answers.

When this happened, it’s not exam time. Just on a normal school day.

For the record, this situation happens more than once. [Read more…]

Peanut butter recalled

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Peanut
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We entrusted food companies to produce foods and hopefully safeguard our health.

But more often than not, they have failed us… miserably.

In the latest event, Trader Joe’s has recalled its peanut butt-er jam.

And according to the CDC, it’s said that the tainted peanut butt-er is linked to Salmonella poisoning that caused 30 people ill in 19 states in the US.

Incidents like this make us sick as these companies have breached the trust we have given to them.

Sad but true, this is not a US only issue, it affects every country.

To prevent this from happening, here’s what you can do. [Read more…]

Simplicity Cooking (I break rule again)

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Simplicity Cooking
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As I grow older, I like to remove things from my life instead of accumulating them.

Cooking included.

I try to make it as simple as possible. To make me look good, I’ll call it simplicity cooking.

But in actual fact, I am just being plain lazy:

I just want to cook up a healthy meal in the shortest time possible.

Especially lunch on school days.

While I was trying to do so, I broke some of the pre-conceived notions. [Read more…]

Simple act, huge pleasure

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Simple Pleasures
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If you pay attention, you’d have noticed I haven’t been writing lately.

If you suspect I am lazy, you’re partially right.

Another excuse I give myself is I don’t know what to write. A writer’s curse: running out of topics.

Another side of the story is we went to my hometown over the last weekend. I usually don’t have time to write when I am back home with my folks and brothers and in-laws. I rather spend time catching up and hunting for food.

Don’t get me wrong. I am NOT writing to tell you WHY I am not writing. [Read more…]