Learning Is Supposed To Be Fun

When learning is fun it's so much easier to understand, even as an adult that's true. Because we live in Spain and my 9 year old son attends a local Catalan/Spanish speaking school I am always looking for ways to keep his English learning at a good level.  He reads lots of books and we speak in English at home but we know to keep the level high he needs more than this.  I see so many English living here who do not have a good command of the English language. 

My son loves the computer, so an internet based learning program is ideal for him combined with other activities we already do.  I found a program called K5 Stars that looks so much fun and there is a free report and free trial offer available at the moment.  I knew I had to share this with you all.  I think we all like free offers now and then, especially when it helps our children.




Looks like a whole load of fun to me. 

Happy Parenting.

Wendy

P.S. Remember to claim you freebies quickly.

Playtime Issues, Recorder Practice, Jigsaws and a Puppy

This week seems to have rushed by, It certainly seems to have got to Friday very quickly. I love the weekends though so I'm fine with that. 

This week Jack has had a problem with a boy at school.  The boy in question told Jack he was not allowed to play with him and the rest of the kids Jack usually plays with.  Icould see this situation was really bothering my son (9). 

I asked my son to keep saying this positive affirmation.  I'm a great kid and I have lots of wonderful friends.  I always have lots of people toplay with at break time.

I asked him to imagine playing his favourite games at break time with his normal friends and I also asked him to welcome in other kids.

The boy kept doing the same thing throughout the week but it had no where near the same impact on Jack or the other kids. 

While Jack is at school I also affirm that jack is a great kid, he is happy and confident, he makes friends easily and he attracts wonderful friends who like him just the way he is.

I also did some role play with Jack and helped him with posture to project a positive image.  A wonderful resource and a real breakthrough in this area is Izzy Kalman's website http://www.bullies2buddies.com/

Recorder Practice

Today Jack is having a friend over for lunch.  They have a music project to complete which means they have to practice asong on the recorder this afternoon.  I have to admit I'm not looking forward to that.  I think I'll suggest they practice in Jack's room. 

Jigsaws and Puppies Do Not Go Well Together!

What was I thinking?  Obviously not a lot when I decided to buy a 1000 piece Simpsons jigsaw puzzle.  Our puppy has eaten or chewed at least 20 pieces.  I'm determined to finish it today, perhaps I'll get it done whilst Jack and his friend do recorder practice.

Happy weekend wishes to you all.


Here's Lola - Our beautiful Jigsaw piece eating puppy.



Fiesta Day Today.

Here in Spain we are having a local fiesta which mean I've got my little fella at home today.  It's a cold and reainy day with strong winds, so were not venturing out, other than to take the dog out to play.  She's still not able to go out for a proper walk yet so it's just running around the garden for her exercise. 

Here's Jack enjoying his favourite Japonese meal (noodles)

So far this morning we've competed in Club Penguin sports day, tackled the jigsaw we started yesterday (1000 pieces), stopped the dog from eating at least 20 things she's not supposed to eat, watched Nick toons, saved a polar bear and climbed a pyramid whilst fighting off mummies.  I wonder what the rest of the day will bring. 

In between all our excitement I managed to write an article you might enjoy reading.  Tips to create peaceful school mornings.

Hypnosis Help with First Day at School Anxiety

My own son was three year old (far too early in my opinion and I would never do this again.  I just went along with the rules at the time) when he started school.  I loved having my son at home with me and was devastated when he started school.  It took my son weeks to settle into school and I remember crying most mornings. 

My friends ay HypnosisDownloads.com have created a wonderful download First Day at School Separation Anxiety

I wish I'd had this.  I know this will be a wonderful resource for parents and children facing this challenging time later this year. 

I'm a huge fan of Hypnosis downloads and over the past few years have built up quite a library to help me live a wonderful life. 

To see other downloads click the link above and from there you will be able to access the full list. 

Happy Parenting

Wendy

Love Reading, Misbehaving, Law of Attraction Parenting and Listening

I've been busy writing all week and wanted to share my parenting articles with you.  I hope you'll come along and take a look.  I'll be adding more as the weeks go on and I'll try to keep this blog updated.  You can subscribe to get my articles into your mailbox if you want via the site. 

As always I love to hear your feedback. 

Encourage your child to love reading

What to do if  a child misbehaves

Parenting with the law of attraction

Do you really listen to your child?

Happy Parenting. 

Wendy

Helping kids release fear with EFT

I found this wonderful EFT video from Brad Yates and I had to share it with you.  I'm very familiar with Brad and his work.  He is particularly famous for his programs Money Beyond Belief, Confidence Beyond Belief and Body Beyond Belief.

This video however is for children.  All children I have ever known (as an ex-nursery school worker that's a lot), feel afraid from time to time.  This video will release those fears and help your child to feel calm.

Positive parents and kids update

Wow, it's already February.  As you can see it's been a while since I last posted.  It's been a busy couple of months.  I've been busy with my coaching work and family life.  I'm also writing a lot for suite101.  I'm loving writing daily as this is something I haven't done for some time.  My articles are a mixture of life skills, personal development, law of attraction, paenting, etc.

You can go to my profile page at http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/763616

My articles are listen at the bottom of my profile page.

You can subscribe so that you always get my articles as they are published.

New Puppy

Well it's been a roller coaster ride with our lovely new puppy Lola.  We got her from the local dog rescue center.  She's five months old and a labrador/pointer cross (we think).  We had her her in our home for just 6 days before she had to have a stay at the vet's.  She had parvovirus which is an incredibly dangerous dog illness.  The vet explained the situation and there I was with our new puppy that Jack (age 9) had bought with his own money, being asked if I wanted to go with the treatment which I was told could easily result in her dying and was very expensiveor we could put her to sleep there and then.  Needless to say I was in floods of tears.  We had to give her a chance.  The first 72 hours were critical to her survival.  We said we had to give her at least the 72 hours.  So she stayed at the vets on a drip to make her better.  We visited her often and prayed she would be home healthy and strong soon.  We said positive affirmation and visualized her running around the garden. 
I'm happy to say after the 72 hours were up she had made a full recovery and is now home, happy and healthy.  She's one very loved puppy.  Now we just need to work out how to convince her 5.30am is not playtime in our home.  Any ideas?

Books

I love books and I'm delighted to say Jack share my passion.  He's a book fanatic.  I wanted to tell you about a brilliant book I bought him for Christmas.  It's the Nat Geo Kids infopedia (almanac in USA) and it's absolutely packed with the most wonderful information.  It's the sort of book that all ages love and you can pick it up for a couple of minutes or an hour.  If your kids love information and books this one is a must.

I got my copy from Amaon.co.uk but I know it's available on Amazon.com too.



This is the same one on Amazon.com


They do new ones every year and we got last years when we were in Florida on holiday.  He's usually got them both either in the car or at the side (or in) his bed. 

Well, I'd better get myself moving.  The sun has finally come out so I'd better go and put the washing out. 

Happy Parenting.

Wendy