Archives Tag: children

EDUCATION

April 19, 2022

Whenever you are invited for an interview or writing your curriculum vitae, the first question that you are required to have a knowledge about is your soft skills. This knowledge is not found in any textbook but is groomed into a child from his first step. Soft skills are used to indicate all the competencies … Continue reading How to Develop Your Child’s Soft Skills

By adepeju

Pidgin

April 19, 2022

When I dey small pikin, e get one day wey my teacher dem call my mama come school. Dem tell am say make she warn me, make I no collect food for anybody hand, even if na my best friend. My mama shock! When she ask dem why, dem come tell am say e get … Continue reading Naija Voice: No Be By Who Carry First

By jehonwa

Events

April 19, 2022

Writing is one of the most important skills a child can learn and indulge in as a developmental habit. From a young age, most children are taught to engage their minds and creativity through reading and writing. Creative writing is not just fun but a good tool to help broaden a child’s imagination and cognitive … Continue reading The Importance of Creative Writing for Children

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Events

April 19, 2022

The session is finally over, and school doesn’t reopen till September. The holidays are usually a time for boredom, unlearning, idle hands, and the attendant consequences, so more parents are learning to keep their children busy and productive throughout the holidays. If you’ve ever wondered about an alternative to good old summer school, you have … Continue reading Camp Creative: Give Your Children an Amazing Holiday Gift!

By jehonwa

Society

April 19, 2022

Just as there is no clear dichotomy between good or bad, so also is there no straight line between a dull child and a brilliant one. It is clear that no one is born a simpleton. However, it is very important to describe a high flyer. According to Cambridge Dictionary, a High Flyer is someone … Continue reading For the Love of High Flyers

By adepeju

Children

April 19, 2022

Looking at the world through the eyes of children makes it so much more fascinating and awe-inspiring – just one of the many reasons why they’re a joy to have around. Here are 15 facts about animals that your children, and the child in you, will enjoy. 1. Cats have three eyelids: an upper and … Continue reading 15 Animal Facts Your Children Will Love

By jehonwa

Children

April 19, 2022

Children are generally considered a gift. However, not long after this gift arrives comes the part everyone dreads – Care. Anyone who has had reason to look after children will agree that those cute little faces seem to have the innate ability to drive you nuts! Here are some tips to help you cope if … Continue reading 6 Ways to Stay Sane When Your Children are Driving You Crazy

By chiomadiru

Children FAMILY Home Parenting Quotes

April 19, 2022

Children are the most valuable assets of every society. Whether you have them or you’re yet to, we all must agree that they’re a pure joy. Here are a few quotes to help keep them in our minds this beautiful children’s day: “We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that … Continue reading All About The Children: Quotes

By nnedinma

Children Events FAMILY Parenting

April 19, 2022

Childhood experiences. Running down the street rolling old car tires while making a revving sound; staring at the television color bars, waiting for 4pm so the stations can start showing Sesame Street; playing football on the street with strangers I didn’t even know their last names, or which house exactly they lived in; devouring comic … Continue reading The Children Of Today

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Parenting

April 19, 2022

I remember a conversation I had in my early teens about parents leaving an inheritance for their children. I had mentioned to a friend’s brother that the founder of the church I was born into recently made it known that he wasn’t leaving any money to his children. Now the man in question had been … Continue reading Should You Leave Your Children an Inheritance?

By jehonwa

Parenting

April 19, 2022

Play isn’t just something children do to have fun. It is vital to their development and helps them develop essential life skills. Watching cartoons or playing a video game is not actually play, although these activities can be entertaining and even educative. True play is free play, where a child is allowed to choose what … Continue reading What We Should Know About Children and Play

By jehonwa

Parenting

April 19, 2022

Teachers attest to the fact that when children spend too much time playing or watching TV, it creates windows for unlearning, and may also cause a child to start losing concentration in class as his mind repeatedly drifts off to playful thoughts. Does this mean children should have little or no play? I think not; … Continue reading 5 Fun Ways to Teach Your Child Through Play

By jehonwa

Parenting

April 19, 2022

Toddlers are anything but timid. They’re fast, energetic, determined and love to explore new territory. They are curious about textures, colours and sound and as a result, keen to taste and feel every single object that appears interesting. To them, learning is an exciting, 24/7 activity which requires little or no interruption so they’ll always … Continue reading 8 Helpful Measures to Childproof Your Home

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Parenting

April 19, 2022

The story I’m about to share makes me chuckle every time I remember it. A few months ago, I had cause to take a pregnancy test and I didn’t want to go alone so I asked a friend to accompany me. We’re both mothers of one; I have a son and she has a daughter. … Continue reading 12 Ways to Prepare Your Only Child for a Sibling

By jehonwa

Society

April 19, 2022

Every time I read the news, I’m saddened by how far we have drifted from our roots, at how much we have neglected the values that made us wholesomely African. We have degenerated from a people who considered children precious and a collective responsibility to monsters that prey on the defenseless. No longer are we … Continue reading Murder of Innocence: The Tragedy of a Nation

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