Lenten Activities For Preschoolers PLUS Holy Week Crafts We Plan To Do

Sharing with you this article I wrote for the Smart Parenting Philippines' website (they published it rather late in my opinion.. hehehe... but still.. I hope this helps you!). Also, I'm posting the links to the Holy Week crafts from Catholic Icing that we are going to do.. I am still gathering materials, but I … Continue reading Lenten Activities For Preschoolers PLUS Holy Week Crafts We Plan To Do

What Our Four Year Old Should Know

It is the time of year for school graduations and I find myself looking at Facebook pictures of my friends' kids during their graduation and moving-up ceremonies. Some of them have finished preschool, and even gotten awards for reading, math and the like. It is times like these that I can't help but think - … Continue reading What Our Four Year Old Should Know

How To Prepare Your Family For CHRISTmas

Advent is fast approaching and this means CHRISTmas is near too! 🙂 Yehey! 🙂 But sadly, a lot of families are blinded by the glitz of Christmas decorating and busyness of gift-shopping that they don't give importance to the TRUE reason behind the season i.e. Christ. Let's bring back the Christ in CHRISTmas by sharing … Continue reading How To Prepare Your Family For CHRISTmas

New Smart Parenting Online article :)

Here's the link to my latest published SP Online article: http://www.smartparenting.com.ph/home-living/about-yaya/how-to-teach-your-yaya-nanny-to-teach-your-kids/page/1For my other published articles, you can check out this link: http://teachermamatina.blogspot.com/p/smart-parenting.html.Happy reading and happy teaching everyone! :)And remember, the future of the nation, and perhaps of the world, is right in our very own homes! 🙂 May God grant us the grace to mold our children … Continue reading New Smart Parenting Online article 🙂

Updates on our homeschooling journey :)

(Originally posted on August 4, 2010 at http://teachermamarules.blogspot.com/2010/08/month-and-half-or-so-in-review.html)I was inspired by Mommy Michelle to update this blog when she started doing her "A Week In Review" posts. I realized that it's been more than a month since we've arrived in the Philippines (my gosh!) and more than 2 weeks since my last post here (I've been regularly updating … Continue reading Updates on our homeschooling journey 🙂

What I Think About Susan Lemons’ 4 R’s of Homepreschooling

The term homepreschooling is not mine to claim. I first heard about it when Susan Lemons commented on my WordPress blog. I was astounded that a complete stranger actually took the time to comment on one of my posts, and after I had read Susan's blog, I was actually honored that she did. Her blogsite … Continue reading What I Think About Susan Lemons’ 4 R’s of Homepreschooling

COJ or CFA (Catholic Preschool or Homeschool?)

Right now we are in the process of discerning what God wants for our kids' education. Tim just turned 3 yrs and 5 months and we've been wanting to enroll him in a preschool or something similar here in Timor Leste. However, so far, all the schools that he could apply to are categorized as … Continue reading COJ or CFA (Catholic Preschool or Homeschool?)