Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas! Here's a Faith Gem Inspiration for you all who pass this way, this Christmas:

"He who deals with a slack hand becomes poor/but the hand of the diligent makes one rich"
- Proverbs 10:4

Meditate:
Faith is decidingFaith is daring
Faith is doing the job
Faith is determination and dedication

All we need to do is 'Decide' and exercise the six D's of Faith today to keep away from stumbling on the path of life.

D 1 - Power to Decide
D 2 - Courage to Dare
D 3 - Energy to Do
D 4 - Will Power to be Determind
D 5 - Grace to be Dedicated
D 6 - Patience to be Deligent

And, Diligence produces Wealth! Enormous problems dissipate when a person's mind is diligently focused on a goal. If you have a project to build or a problem to solve, take that first crack at it today. Emerge out to be a winner!

Click here to visit Kidsfreesouls Christmas pages. Enjoy and may peace be with you.

- ilaxi patel
Author of Guardian of Angels
Ed, www.kidsfreesouls.com

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Make your child a 'Bookworm' - I completely do not agree but instead, Encourage Reading and get the child to form a daily routine for reading books. Begin Reading at the start and reading aloud is the easiest way to talk to your baby before they have any language of their own. It's never too late, Loud reading too does the tricks. Read, read and re-read. Familiarity is pleasure for the kid.

As parents or teachers, what we forget sometimes is missing out the fun while reading. Discovering books in a Library or at a store should be a routine. Encourage children by talking 'just books' with added Scrap book fun. Children love to draw and add color while they write a review or part of the story. Even games are fun while reading. Making spelling games, board games, cards and so on.

Reading should never be serious and this is no learning. We find children saying the story by-heart while participating in Story competition with no expressions. Let kids lighten up. Stories and comics are meant to be fun together. So, it's best using expressions and voice.

Well, here's an article on 'Encourage Reading' in Guardian of Angels and you can even find a part of it on the Kidsfreesouls.com Parenting page. Enjoy!

- ilaxi patel
Author, Guardian of Angels
Editor, www.kidsfreesouls.com