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Hey queen, happy international women day to you 🙌🙌💃💃 You are amazing and awesome and you should be proud of yourself 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH! Don’t forget to take time to pause and just relax and look after yourself today!! Remember you can’t pour from an empty cup o 😃❤️. Love you allContinue reading

Things are happening and I just want to encourage all mothers and especially mothers that have teenagers at home. Your big kid is going to be fine, they are just trying to find themselves. I’m sure you remember when you were a teenager too right ? My prayers goes to those mothers, that their teenagersContinue reading “Prayers for all teenagers! Dear Lord Protect our Teenagers in all that they do!”

Teaching a toddler how to read can be tricky sometimes, but it’s possible. I would like to start by reminding you that every child is different. Some children are ok with being given more work to do daily, whereas there are some kids that can’t handle too much work at a go. So don’t compareContinue reading “PRACTICAL WAYS TO TEACH YOUR TODDLER TO READ”

As a teacher and a mother, I know first hand the impact it makes when a child enters nursery school knowing how to read vs when they don’t. So, that’s one of the reasons why I encourage parents to teach their toddlers how to read before they start school.  If you have a toddler atContinue reading “3 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TEACH YOUR TODDLER TO READ”

Firstly, I will say show me 5 fingers! (They will all show me 5 fingers with one of their hand up) Then I will say show me 5 fingers but use two hand, and they will all put put both their hands 🙌 up and I will say, hmm that’s 10 fingers and they willContinue reading “HOW TO INTRODUCE THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF ADDITION TO FOUR YEAR OLDS”

HOW TO RAISE A WELL BALANCE CHILDREN Parenting is hard work. However I think if we are intentional from the get go on what type of family we want from the get go and how many children we can afford to look after, I think we are going to be fine in terms of raisingContinue reading “HOW TO RAISE A WELL BALANCE CHILDREN”

Research shows that in the face of failure girls and women tend to blame themselves, but boys and men tend to blame others. . I can remember when my son was little, whenever he lost somethings, rather than looking for them, he would ask me and say things like “what did you do with myContinue reading “RAISING BOYS : HOW TO STOP BLAMING AND SHAMING IN BOYS.”

SPEECH DELAY IN KIDS – What to do! A mum recently told me that her son would soon turn 4 and he barely talked. She was worried if he is autistic. I was a bit worried for her, but I encourage her  and told her that her son will talk when it’s his time. SoContinue reading “Is late speech a sign of autism?”

Good morning beautiful people 🥰❤️.  Today is another Tuesday 🙌 I have been sharing some positive parenting tips for the past one year consistently on this platform and other social media every Tuesday. I share because I care not because I’m a perfect parent, because no one is. I only share because of my experiencesContinue reading “My teenager is giving me headaches! Help”

There is so much to think about each school year, but these simple tips can help keep you focused on what’s most important for school success. 1. Practice weekly spellings.  You can support your child at home by helping them to learn their school weekly spellings — these are usually tested once a week.  2.Continue reading “How to support your child’s learning at home”