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Coronavirus Virus: How to keep kids entertained?

Kids' health and safety are of prime importance, but keeping them entertained is probably vital for your sanity.

Here are a few ideas:

Create a schedule; divide their hours focussing on developing different skills.

Start with hygiene awareness, kids love instructing so teach them to ask politely family members and visitors to wash hands and let them wash theirs too.

Read books and have store telling sessions.

Have a movie marathon.

Play board games, card games & puzzles.

Do craft activities.

Pretend plays.

Make own videos.

Video Chats with relatives and friends.

Have your children help you cook.

Play outside with parent supervision.

Plant a garden.

Help with household chores.

Play conventional games.

Fun Mealtimes.

Get into the healthy conversation and family bonding time.

Physical Endurance activities; Yoga, Bollywood Dancing, Hopscotch, freeze dance, keep the balloon up, jumping jacks, animal walk.

“WHEN WOMEN SUPPORT EACH OTHER
INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPEN.”

Let your child learn that being a parent doesn’t mean you are ONLY PARENT.

This Children’s Day-Pledge to Develop the most Important Skill your Child need to have to be Successful.

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."-ALBERT EINSTEIN

I Pledge to Open doors to my Child’s Creative Thinking.

When kids have time to make their own discoveries, engage in free play, and cure their own bouts of boredom, they find their inner sparks. When my 5-year-old plays with her toys in her free time she makes up stories and at times these stories are highly imaginative.

Resist the urge to sign your child up for every activity that's available. Instead, help your child prioritize his or her interest.

What’s more, over-scheduled kids tend to be anxious, angry and burn out on their favourite organized activities. They often display a range of symptoms from headaches and stomach-aches to temper tantrums, an inability to concentrate in school, and sleeping problems.

Today, basically anything that can be automated has been automated or soon will be automated, which cuts down on a lot of process-orientated tasks. Companies don't want business analysts who just crunch numbers; they want analysts who can think of creative solutions based off what the numbers are telling them. No longer will companies pay people to do the same task again and again; robots can likely take on those tasks. Instead, companies are most interested in finding people who can think of new, better solutions.

So, if you want to “future-proof” your Child’s career, there’s no better approach than focusing on their creative thinking. Creative thinking helps to see opportunities in the marketplace or come up with a unique solution to a problem—and isn’t this the cornerstone of any business? Creativity is the key to innovation. When issues come up, you’ll be able to think of ways over, under, or through the roadblocks.

When kids engage in free play they stimulate the areas of their brain responsible for problem-solving, decision-making, and creative thinking. Kids when left on their own learn to become self-reliant and responsible and learn a critical life skill that is CREATIVITY.

The same lie always why?
Only you can free yourself from the cage you have built around.

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Gift your Child Greatest Learning Skill- Ability to READ.
Children, who develop a love of reading, develop a love for learning. Children, who struggle with reading, struggle with learning.
Reading not only helps children develop a much richer vocabulary, it helps their brain learn how to process concepts and formal communication. And the skills gained from reading extend far beyond increased performance in language art classes. Students who read well experience an enhanced ability to learn in all subjects – including technical subjects such as math and science.
Help your child develop reading skills and a love for reading by filling his world with reading. Read to your child frequently. Have your child real aloud. Create a family reading time where everyone focuses on reading for 20 minutes a day. Through your own example of reading and by filling your classroom and/or home with reading materials (novels, posters, newspapers, magazines, etc.) you'll create an atmosphere of reading that will demonstrate to your child (or students) just how important reading is.

Source: Education corner

More POWER to u.

More power to you.

Few hours at work, Closer to Family n Kids

After a long day at work when I return home I shout at door NANA and in response, I would hear a voice full of bliss shouting POPO, my 5-year-old would come dancing with delight and embrace me.

This beautiful moment would wipe away days fatigue and would energize me to give him undivided time and attention.
I wondered why can’t adults smile when I am back from office, rather they give a frowning look and throw so many questions instantly on what all would be in place if I wasn’t working. Probably one day they will realise I work by my choice it’s needed to find my own self and distract my mind to be more productive and give much more of me to my family and home.

Each of us is responsible for our own decisions and feelings---I know am not kind of person, who can stay at home, it makes me question my own capabilities I am always puzzled the turmoil within me never let me do my best. Now that I know that my family don't actually benefit from all these hours with me, I am liberated from guilt that keeps me shackled to their sides, and opens me to the idea of hiring a babysitter for my kids and domestic help for home so that I can engage in activity that will actually improve their wellbeing.

Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.

Silence is gold, words are silver. Sometimes it is best to keep quiet and be known as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Once something is said, a person will always remember it. It is in our human nature to remember bad things better than good memories, for instant, when we think of someone, we tend to associate him or her with a bad behavior, rather than his or her good past.

Everyone gets lonely sometimes, but it’s hard to cope when feelings of worthlessness and loneliness persist. You may begin to lose hope for the future and find it hard to enjoy any aspect of life.
Overcoming loneliness requires thought and effort, but it is certainly possible.
Daily Affirmations For Enjoying Your Own Company And Combatting Loneliness.

I am at peace when I’m on my own.”
“I can appreciate myself for everything that I am.”
“Only I am responsible for my happiness.”
“I am learning to love myself and my own company.”
“I will trust my intuition.”
“Being alone is rejuvenating me.”
“I am finding myself by being on my own.”
“I am creative, happy and at peace when I am on my own.”
“We all learn new things about ourselves every day.”
“I will take the time to truly understand myself.”

It’s important to take every opportunity you can to help yourself get closer to ultimate self-love and acceptance.

Source: The Law Of Attraction.com

I want to say
Thank you
to the rare few individuals
in my life who have
listened without
Judgement, spoken
without prejudice, helped
me without entitlement,
understood without
pretension and loved me
without conditions.

Self care is of utmost importance for the *sake of your kids and your family.*
It's not selfish to priortise yourself,**your kids don't need a perfect you they need you mentally and physically fit and healthy.**

Let’s take a moment to thank people who work tirelessly every single day to make sure our children can get to school safely and then drop them back off at home. To us, you are crucial but to our Kids you mean even more. You are their mentors, counsellors, teachers and friends. You bookend their days – greeting them each morning and delivering them home safely every afternoon.You are school bus drivers.

Do share and appreciate your school bus drivers.

Found this motivational piece this morning and my puzzled mind started questioning is this really so simple.

What are your thoughts??

BE POSITIVE & CHANGE YOUR LIFE INSTANTLY

Positive thinking is not just some woo-woo new age thinking. It is something that has been around for a very, very long time. This timeless (and scientifically proven) wisdom can and will change your life.

It Takes the COURAGE to ENCOURAGE.

Sameera Reddy climbed Karnataka’s highest peak, the Mullayanagiri Peak at 6,300 feet with her three-month-old daughter Nyra strapped on.
She mentioned how it is natural to feel low post-childbirth and how she was determined not to let it get to her.
She truly inspires and encourages to learn the strengths we didn't know we had.
Moms Don't let yourself conquered by baby blues, your baby is your biggest strength, go chase your dreams.

Attempted climbing to Mullayanagiri Peak with Nyra strapped on! I stopped midway cos I was so out of breath ! 6300 ft high it’s the tallest Peak in Karnataka! So many messages from New moms saying they are inspired to travel & I’m thrilled my travel stories are getting such a positive response! It’s very easy to feel low post baby & I’m super determined to not let it get me down! 🏃‍♀️ for moms asking I did not express I just fed her on demand everywhere! Less fuss and easy to travel this way ! 🌟. . #onthemove #momlife #travelstories #motherhood #travel #keeponmoving #positivevibes #chikmagalur #karnataka #mullayanagiri #peak 🏔

As me n my baby graduates from NICU
I learned Every day is a Blessing and Gift,celebrate life it's not going to be like you expected.
Accept it.Embrace it.

To my baby who made me realize I'm stronger than I ever thought possible.

I was SCARED, I was LOST, I was WORRIED
Until my fingers TOUCHED You.
My arms HELD u.
I felt AMAZING
My heart was filled with immense LOVE
I felt COMPLETE, I felt like a real MOTHER
When I KISSED You.
You made me BRAVE,
You gave me STRENGTH to keep Walking
You gave me HOPE to Keep Believing
You made me witness MIRACLE
You gave LIFE to my Soul.
You are my PURPOSE, You are my REASON,
My precious baby you are a FIGHTER.
I am proud to be your Mommy.
You are a BLESSING, You are my EVERYTHING

You are shocked to see your baby attached to so many wires,gradually u understand these are science made umbilical cords once removed u will celebrate his closeness to LIFE.

Proud NICU Parent.

A NICU mom can only,understand the great distance between one pane of glass.

She learns a new language of love,her feelings are beautifully described in poem below written by a NICU mother.

As I love you through the glass
a tiny hand sweeps across the blanket
reaching out to me.
You lie there in the stillness
of your slumber clinging to life;
I reach inside to touch you
and you stir slightly;
I feel a tiny breath like a feather
caress my fingers
as I love you through the glass.
One eye opens
easily staring into mine;
Can you see me?
Can you feel my presence
as I love you through the glass.
I ache to hold you;
I await the moment
when you peacefully rest in my loving arms.
A silent tear rolls down my face;
I slowly turn to walk away
only to glance back one more time
as I love you through the glass.

-Elena Murphy

The chosen few.
Tag a proud nicu miracle parent.

Understanding prematurity and duration of stay in NICU.

NICU REMEMBERANCE DAY

Honoring precious souls who couldn't make out of NICU.

"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world".