Last year in June 2011 I was evaluating how Monkey boy was faring in Primary 1. I wrote a short series on Preparing for Primary One and recounted my experience with my eldest when he first entered elementary school. This year it’s time to prepare Doggie boy for Primary 1 as he will be entering elementary school come 2013.
I went on my 1st Trip without R and blogged about Ten Ways to Tackling a Holiday with 3 kids when I brought the kids to Penang, Malaysia
We celebrated our 10th Wedding anniversary with a dinner for 3 in Singapore
Fast forward to this year we managed to go on a family trip with everyone to Korea and had a magical time at the Secret Garden at Everland. I’m posting on the blog daily and have added in giveaways in addition to reviews that I have done at Dominique’s Desk.
This week I was thinking of writing about a book which I am currently reading called Test Sucesss- How to Be Calm, Confident Focused by Ben Bernstein but I just didn’t have the time to finish reading it. I’ll be sharing the books which I have reviewed so far
From Janurary to March I read the following books
1. The worldwide Dessert Contest by Dan Elish about how food comes alive and takes off instead of behaving themselves. John Applefeller has been taking part in this contest for the past 10 years and never won it as his dessert “bails” on him by turning into some different at the last minute. This book is cater to elementary age readers between the age 8-12 years old. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)
2.Cougar Cub Tales:The Sneezy Wheezy Day
This kids book talks about sibiling love and how a brother and sister pair of cougar cubs went around looking for a cure for the sick brother. In the end it was the sister’s love and concern for her brother that was the best medicine for his sickness. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)
3. Taming your Alpha Bitch
This book focuses on the female alpha and how she is oh so present in our society.You and I may know someone like her or maybe her at some times. There are many handy tips on how to be less overbearing and a more likable person to your family, friends and colleagues. This personality is born out of personal limitations and inferiority which can be transformed into sufficiency and abundance. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)
4. Terrible Awful Manners by Beth Bracken
This book is aimed at teaching the importance of good manners to kids aged 4-6 yrs old. It uses reverse psychology on an ill behaved monkey to get him to stop displaying his bad manners. It’s quite a controversial picture book for kids. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)
5. EcoAmazons-20 Women who are Changing the World.
This is a book filled with 20 inspirational stories about women who went about making their environment a better place for all to stay in. Some of them environmental activist have founded non-profitable organizations which have benefited their community tremendously by creating new jobs and making their home a better place to live in. (Click on the title above to read the whole review)
6.Raising Amazing Kids
This book explains to you why it is not necessary to make a dramatic change in your lifestyle. You can incorporate your kids into your new lifestyle and make changes to accommodate them. The greatest takeaway I got from the book is this “Kids must learn early in life that you mean what you say and that your words are consistent. Rules must be accompanied with consequences and the consequences must be consistent.”
by Beth Bracken
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