Creating little bookworms

Call me a bookworm (I don’t mind, really). I love reading books and have loved doing so since I was very young. I could read at age 4 and used to love reading all those picture books and fairy tales. My first grown-up book was The Count of Monte Cristo which I read (first time) at the age of seven. I drove my parents crazy because I kept asking the meaning of unfamiliar words, so much so that they gave me my own dictionary to look up the definitions myself. In the end I learned to skim over those words…

Feeling hot hot hot!

Staying up all night with a feverish child is part and parcel of being a mother. I think it’s probably listed somewhere in the job description. “Must be able to spend countless sleepness nights tending to an unwell child.”

A fever is defined as a temporary increase in the body’s temperature due to some disease or illness. A child is diagnosed as having a fever when the temperature is at or above one of these levels:

• Rectal temperature (measured through the baby’s bottom): 38 C
• Oral temperature (measured at the mouth-

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Report Card Day for Pre-schoolers

My kindergarten days were filled with mass garden hose showers and watching horror movies during lightning storms. Believe it or not the kindergarten was run by a retired staff nurse. She used to punish us by locking us in the toilets. I often endured this punishment as moral support for my brother who never seemed to be able to keep himself out of trouble.

Nowadays, my kids go to a nursery and kindergarten with structured curriculum and timetables. They have playtime and learn pre-reading, pre-writing, pre-maths, pre-science, Arabic, Islamic Studies, life skills and so much more. They also do fun…

Contest | Birthday Present For Alisya

Greeting From Eyriqazz,

It is not easy being a father especially for a new father like me. On 22 June 2010 this year, my Lovely Princess will turn 1 year old. It is a big headache for me to find a perfect present for my daughter as this is the first time for me to buy a Birthday Present for her. As a result, I did a Contest at my blog with a title :

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