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NeuenVorlesebuch) When searching for one for Tim (then 1.5 years old, I am on the following rowohlt Paperback pushed out of the publishing house: "Bobo Dormouse: Picture Stories for very little." It was recommended to me from the mothers and toddlers group which already had older children. Then they were gone all super excited, I moved straight into the city and bought it. I myself would have never chosen this book without this tip on the way home and was still fairly skeptical. It was a normal paperback, was only weakly colored pictures, at first glance really is no blockbuster. But no one can be deceived ....

This book is really absolutely the best read-aloud book that has fallen into my hands. Tim was enthusiastic from the beginning. We have him read the stories of the Seven Bobo certainly over a hundred times. Night after night. And as excited as Tim had other children, which I read over the years from this book or that I have given this book. And the nice thing, I like guys and girls alike.

Kids love exactly what makes this book seem at first glance it unspektaklär. The more than 200 pictures are kept very simple. In general, there are 4 pictures on a double page, each of which will be described with one or two clear, simple sentences. And the stories are all taken from the infant life the 2-4 year olds. Overall, the book has 7 stories: Bobo's home, while shopping, the zoo, on the playground, Bobo is sick in the garden with pool and Bobo's birthday. All things that the children themselves have already experienced. The length of each story is also ideal for very young children. Particularly well illustrated Tim liked the way the index. This is what we always had to strike first, so he then could choose a story. As Bobo falls asleep on the way, the end of each story, the stories are particularly suitable as bedtime stories.

Mittlerweilen there are several follow-volumes, which touched but not in my opinion, the quality of the first volume. All books are available mitlerweile Bobo as a hardcover edition. I myself give away only the hardcover edition of the first Bobo Dormouse book because the book is thicker through the pages and hard cover much more stable. In addition, the images of the bound edition are colorful.

Quite a lot of fun while reading!

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Posted on 10th October 2009 under education universal, promoting, Misc. Tags: picture books, reading aloud to learn,. Comments: None

Today's is in a bit of feng shui to be more specific. How can the work area (desk, shelves, etc. of my child) with the best design? (applies also for their own jobs!)

It is important to make the desktop and its location can also be concentrated work over a longer period. Feng Shui can give us parents doing useful tips. Well I personally think that you can feel the effect of the changes immediately. Children are often very sensitive and this should be strictly in the process of optimizing its operating range to be included.

Let's go!

- First, the writing should necessarily be aligned so that one has a good view of the door. This provides an optimal overview and will therefore provide a sense of security - a relic from the Stone Age days.

- The desk should not in the "Energy-threading" position. What does it mean? Imagine, energy would flow along logical paths around the window-in, the room through the door and back out again, or vice versa. Is the desk in such a path, energy is carried away here ". It is better if it takes place outside of such a course is available or is protected by another piece of furniture. The energy can be slowed, for example, by a curtain. You can see the way these matters esoteric or imagine themselves as scientifically determined, it is this or that.

- It has to be noted that the areas of learning / working and sleeping should be clearly separated. If the child behind his desk always looks at his bed, is a feeling of tiredness and exhaustion is not enough.

- Also, a focused work will naturally be more difficult if the eye is constantly distracted, for example, by a lot of toys, many different posters on the walls, a television ...

- Chaos on the desktop also makes effective working hard. First of lack of sufficient space and then there is there always so much to discover, this is perhaps interressantes than the homework. The textbooks and exercise books really need a secure place outside of the barrel, not on your desk or even on the floor.

- Together with their child, you should regularly go through the school stuff and sort out the superfluous, such as books from last school year, full magazines, old workbooks. Things that are not needed at present, no longer belong to the workplace. I am not afraid to get some directly into the waste paper container.

- "Hidden Darts" are another reason for discomfort. By this we mean everything's great, or Sharp, which shows to us, or if in our direction. This can be dangerous corners of a prominent shelf, pointed leaves as a Yukkapalme, but also to the inside edge of the area lying. Look closely at all, according to what one might get hurt. How to find these arrows automatically. Keep in mind that it's not all about the risk of injury, but also the subconscious feeling in the vicinity of such places.

Posted on 13th May 2009 under relaxation, promotion, school, Miscellaneous. Tags: Cleaning, Feng Shui, promotion, children's, school. Comments: 1

Children make from the outset, things like that make us as well. They learn by imitation. Even as a little child Tim always wanted to be close to the action, if I cooked. His favorite place was the countertop. But other small children, which I watch out, love this place. There she would sit and look into the pots and mixing a little snack or easy.

It has been my experience that children food that they eat themselves have prepared, much more. Volunteering can have very small children. You knead it, for example, enjoy a pizza dough or dough, or roll out similar to the plate. Or they distribute something on the plate or in a casserole dish. You can of course also needed to wash fruit or vegetables or picking fresh herbs.

When children have learned that pots and stove are hot and do not try to touch, they can stir sauces, soups or vegetables and add the prepared ingredients and spices. One should, however, they can in no case alone. Of course, one must be careful even when frying as meat especially that children are protected from Fettspritzern - runtersetzen in doubt, dear! Keep children also like the electric mixer. Here, care must be taken, however, good that the mixer is actually handled with both hands. The temptation to nibble during the Mixens is very large and the danger is quickly forgotten in young children.

In a next step, they can then chop finely and the required ingredients. Even here, of course, one must first induce most.

In the beginning, of course, you need patience when cooking together. Children are usually not in a hurry and need to learn the respective handles. The joint activity itself but provides the opportunity to come to rest. Do we have to hurry, anyway? While working jointly quängelt sure no one and the children are supervised and satisfied in general.

It can now Tim (12) all alone cook many dishes and is a real help. They especially like it intersects with our very good, sharp knives and tastes from the courts. Troller, we are now a well-coordinated team of chefs and from time to übenimmt Tim also cooking alone. And rightly so, he is proud of its results.

Written on 24 January 2009 under education universal, promoting, Misc. Tags: cooking. Comments: None

"I've geseht ball." - "No, that is, I have the ball geseh en!"

For people who correct speech is important, remains stubbornly in the habit of constantly improving their children if they speak false words or make grammatical errors. These constant interruptions, however, disrupt the natural flow of speech of the child and steer steadily from the nucleus. We should never forget that language has the task of making himself intelligible to others and tell them something. And to the "wrong" sentences of our little ones usually are sufficient. Ourselves, but it would become annoying if we ask in England after the way the restaurant or order something to talk about our nice and would interrupt constantly compared us to improve. And, even though he understood exactly what we mean. But as the child learns to speak properly because then if it is never mentioned by us in error? Is it not better for us to improve our children directly when they say something wrong? No! Children learn the correct forms of the grammar and the correct pronunciation of all alone. They are based on their role models - that is us! There is a simple and very effective way to promote children's language, without having the conversation is disrupted. They repeated in his response to the sentence of the child in his verbessertenVersion. In the example, provides input, for example like this:

"I've got the ball geseht." "Oh, did you see the ball, that's great. Where is he? "

Written on 29 December 2008 under general education, promotion, personal development. Tags Correct:, language development, role models. Comments: None