The Secret: Law of Attraction
Motivational Monday 5th of October 2015 No matter how hard we think our life is, what’s important is how we always try to pick ourselves up, without having to think of surrendering. This is for you my love. One of...
Author: paulanicolas
Handy helpers!
“Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and self-reliance .” -Marty Rossmann, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota At home, we tend to do all the...
McDonald’s Happy Meal, reboot!
Notice our children’s faces when we mention to them the phrase “Happy Meal”? Their eyes widened, their smiles reach from ear to ear, they giggle non-stop, and excitement ensues. This scenario is common even in our home every time I...
Bible Stories – 3 The First Man and Woman
After creating the heaven and the earth, and all the wonderful things that dwell in it, God decided to create a very special being. He called him Adam. God assigned Adam to take care of all the animals...
One afternoon with foul words
When I am about to fetch my kid from his soccer training, I heard three higher primary students exchanging a few foul words with each other. They are not arguing, but laughing nonchalantly. One says, “I know what an ass...
Tagalog Tuesday: Tula (Poetry in Tagalog)
“Tula” or “panulaan” is how you call it in Tagalog. This poem is from www.tagalog-tula-pilipinas.blogspot.com The title of this poem is “Pag-ibig ang siyang sasagip sa mundo.” (Love will rescue the world) LIGAW Aking tinawid ang labing-isang dagat, Itong...
Mommy’s stories Chapter 2: Meet Bob
For this chapter, any resemblance between the characters in this picture and any persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. ————————————————————————————— Narrator: …. And together, Ethan and Sofie, search for something to change their village. They walked over the mountains...
Mommy’s stories Chapter 1: Looking for answers
For this chapter, all characters appearing in my work are not fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is not coincidental. 🙂 I plan to tell this story to children all over the world. This was made from the...
Tagalog Tuesday : How to tell time
Narito po muli ang Tagalog Tuesday! We’ve made 13 essential topics for you to review before you visit the Philippines. On our previous post, we’ve talked about: – The history of Tagalog – Ang alpabetong Filipino – The modern tagalog...
How to keep your children from saying bad words
“A child’s mind is like a sponge and absorbs whatever it hears in the environment it is in.” Having three growing inquisitive children, all the things they hear, good or bad are in truth, beyond my control. This is real....
Effective Ways To Ask Your Child
“Hi, how was your day?” I can tell that they are bored hearing these words from mommy. They are so used to hearing it on and on and will only limit their answers to “fine” or “okay.” This afternoon,...
Motivational Monday – The Purpose of Your Life
What I want to share with you is the most important reason why we live. “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself...
Tagalog 101- Panghalip Pananong or Question Words in Filipino
Question words, asking words or interrogative words in Tagalog or the Filipino language is called Panghalip Pananong. *In English, we know that an interrogative word or question word is a function word used to ask a question, such as what, when,where, who, why and how. They are sometimes called wh-words, because in English most of...
Motivational Monday – Gratitude
One magical word I learned today – Gratitude. Listen to a beautiful passage from Rhonda Byrne’s third book, The Magic and some of my take (I know I am not an expert) basing on my experiences as an ordinary person....
Tagalog 101: Learn with Sofie
Welcome to Tagalog 101! Glad that Sofie remembered our Tagalog exercise and reminded me to record my “supposedly” Tagalog Tuesday tutorial so she can listen and review. My daughter is becoming more inclined in learning Tagalog, our mother-tongue language and...
