Showing posts with label Activities for Kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Activities for Kids. Show all posts

Friday, January 26, 2024

The Joy of Learning: Kids Writing, and Customized Worksheets

January 26, 2024 0 Comments

Customized Name Tracing Worksheet

As parents and educators, we witness the exciting journey of our children as they embark on the adventure of learning to write their names, alphabet letters, and numbers. This crucial milestone not only marks their academic development but also sets the foundation for their future learning.

Learning to write is a fundamental skill that opens up a world of possibilities for children. The ability to put pen to paper not only aids in academic success but also plays a crucial role in cognitive and motor skill development. Here are some key benefits of practicing writing in kids:

  • Fine Motor Skills Development: Writing involves precise movements of the fingers and hands, promoting the development of fine motor skills. This is essential for tasks such as buttoning clothes, tying shoelaces, and more.
  • Cognitive Development: Writing enhances cognitive skills by promoting focus, concentration, and memory. The process of forming letters and numbers stimulates the brain and strengthens neural connections.
  • Language Skills: Writing reinforces language skills by helping children recognize and understand the shapes and sounds of letters. It lays the groundwork for improved reading and communication skills.
  • Creativity and Self-Expression: Writing allows children to express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas creatively. It fosters imagination and helps them communicate effectively.

Customized Name Tracing Worksheets are one such resource. These worksheets feature the child's name and provide a guided path for practicing letter formation. Here's why Customized Name-Tracing Worksheets are a valuable tool:

  • Personalized Learning: Customized worksheets make learning more personal by incorporating the child's name. This not only captures their attention but also adds a sense of ownership to the learning process.
  • Repetition and Reinforcement: The worksheets offer a structured way to practice writing through repetition. Consistent practice reinforces letter recognition and helps children commit the shapes to memory.
  • Progress Tracking: With customized worksheets, parents and educators can track a child's progress over time. This allows for targeted support and adjustments to meet the child's evolving needs.
  • Engaging and Fun: Designed with vibrant colors and appealing fonts, these worksheets turn learning into a fun and enjoyable activity. Children are more likely to stay motivated when the process is enjoyable.

Learning to write is a significant milestone in a child's educational journey, and the benefits extend far beyond the classroom. The introduction of customized name-tracing worksheets adds a modern and personalized touch to this essential skill-building process. As parents and educators, let's embrace the joy of learning and provide our children with the tools they need to succeed in their writing adventures.

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Monday, March 15, 2021

Fun Activities for Kids During Quarantine

March 15, 2021 0 Comments
Staying at home for over a year is quite challenging for us parents. Some kids aren't used to staying at home. They miss going out and doing outdoor activities, especially with their friends. 

If you're running out of ideas on how to keep your kids entertained while being quarantined at home, I recommend fun activities you can do with them on this blog post. Hopefully, my list can help you.

Fun Activities for Kids During Quarantine

Here are some fun activities that you and your kids can do during the quarantine:

1. Watch and explore different kinds of animals in their natural habitat or in an aquarium live on cam! 

There are lots of livestream feeds to choose from on the Explore website. We enjoyed watching the different animals in the oceans, birds, wildlife from Africa, the bears, especially the pandas--they are so cute! You can even watch the Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights

2. Explore Mars surface from the comfort of your home. 

Access Mars welcomes anyone with an internet connection. Take a guided tour of what some scientists have experienced on Mars. Check it out here: http://g.co/accessmars
Access Mars_ Follow the Curiosity Rover's Tracks in Virtual Reality

3. Play board games like Scrabble, Snake & Ladders, Monopoly, Chess, etc.

Playing board games is a fun bonding activity for the family. It also keeps your mind engaged and helps improve critical thinking. 

4. Build a blanket tent or fort 

This is also a fun activity that your kids will surely enjoy. Building their own fort will develop your kid's fine motor skills and boost their creativity and imaginative skills.

It's an amazing activity where they can do role plays, or just hang around their tent or fort and read a book or watch a movie.

5. Create a Boredom Jar with a list of random activities 

Creating a Boredom Jar helps kids to be active and productive. It’s a great way to reduce their screen time. In this activity, you will only need a jar, paper, and make a list of things or chores that your kids can do whenever they say "I'm bored."
Boredom Jar Activity Lists - Mama Miah
(Note: I made this list before the pandemic happened, so you can just omit the outdoor activities on the list)

6. Draw, Color and Paint

Kids love to draw, color, and paint. Let them be imaginative and creative.  It helps increase their emotional intelligence and reduces their stress levels.
Fun Activities for Kids During Quarantine
My daughter loves to draw. She learned to draw her favorite movie characters on Art for Kids Hub's YouTube channel. You can check it out too. I'm sure you'll also enjoy watching and learning together with your kids. 

7. Bake yummy treats

Bake cupcakes, cookies, or brownies and eat them together. In this activity, your kids will learn how to measure the ingredients, boost their creativity and develop their fine motor skills.

8. Exercise together

Exercising together is a healthy way to bond with your kids. It keeps them active, maintains their healthy body, and improves their posture.


9. Connect with family members and friends

Staying at home reduces our kid's engagement with other people, especially our family members and friends who live far from us. It's a good thing that there are messaging apps like Facebook and Viber where we can chat and do video calls every time we miss them.

My daughter received a tablet from her Grandmother as a Christmas gift last year. I've installed Messenger for Kids and added our family members and her close friends to it. She's very happy that she can now chat and talk to her cousins, former classmates, and her best friend Nati anytime (except during online class hours), all thanks to our reliable internet service provider - PLDT Home.

By the way, you can restrict your kid's usage on Messenger for Kids. There’s an option in the app where you can turn on the sleep mode at specific hours. In our case, I let the app sleep during mornings until after lunch, so it would not disturb her when she is having her online class.

10. Learn to Edit and Create Amazing Designs

Recently, my daughter got interested in creating designs using Canva. She enjoyed creating different designs using my account, and I am happy that she learned a new skill.

By the way, Canva is a free-to-use graphic design platform where you can create graphics, edit photos, and style images. It has a lot of tools and features that you can use to help you create amazing designs. It is actually one of the essential tools that I used when I was still working as a Social Media Manager.

There's No Place Like Home Canva Challenge
Here's the sample photo of my 9-year-old daughter's design using Canva. :)

11. Listen to Audiobooks 

I've recently discovered this Disney Audiobooks playlist on Spotify. It has a lot of stories from Disney movies that my daughter enjoys listening to before we sleep. She also gets to discover old Disney movies because of this playlist, like the Emperor's New Groove, The Rescuers Down Under, and Oliver & Company.

12. Plant seeds and watch them grow 

Gardening is fun, and it helps kids learn more about plants. It will keep them busy, too, taking care of their plants every day and monitoring their progress. Plus, growing your own food can be rewarding and help you save money. 

So, those are just some of the activities that you and your kids will enjoy doing at home. I hope these fun activities with your kids will help strengthen your bond as a family and reduce the stress that this pandemic has brought us. Have fun!


Related Post: Toddler Activities

Friday, May 15, 2020

Printable Cursive Handwriting Worksheets with 2 FREE Printables! (Instant PDF Download)

May 15, 2020 1 Comments
I started making printable worksheets for my daughter when she was in Nursery. She likes to write, draw, and color so, I made some printables and print it to practice her writing skills.

My daughter has an interest in writing cursive words since last year and I just let her practice writing even though it isn't introduced in their school yet. She's practicing writing her name in cursive again this summer and now that the school year has ended and she will be in Grade 3 this upcoming school year. I know they will be practicing to write in cursive, so I made a few Cursive Handwriting Worksheet Printables for her to practice. 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/808569735/printable-cursive-handwriting-worksheet

https://www.etsy.com/listing/808569735/printable-cursive-handwriting-worksheet

The PDF file contains 2 two-page worksheets (A-Z Words and A Child's Garden of Verses) Plus 2-FREE Cursive Printables (Alphabeth and Months) which include:

▪ 6 Paragraphs and Verses - Combination of Uppercase and Lowercase Letters (Traceable Letters).
▪ Phonics Word Samples from A-Z - Combination of Uppercase and Lowercase with writing tracing guide per word (Traceable Letters).
▪ FREEBIE - Uppercase and Lowercase Letters (Traceable Letters) - Alphabet Letters A-Z and Months with guide.

This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY and NO physical item will be shipped.
This digital download is in PDF file in standard US letter size (8.5 x 11).
You may print as many copies as you want for PERSONAL USE only (Please do not share among your friends, or post anywhere, or distribute). Thank you!

You may download this Printable Cursive Handwriting Worksheets that I  made on my Etsy Store and as a BONUS, you'll Get 2 FREE Cursive Handwriting Printable Worksheets! :)

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Boredom Jar - A Great Way to Reduce Screen Time

December 20, 2018 0 Comments
Kids nowadays are not getting enough exercise, they are so fond of using smartphones, tablets and other gadgets for entertainment. It's nice because some apps are educational but excessive use of it might lead to serious health issues. I've seen a lot of stories about the effects and dangers of excessive screen time on children especially the younger ones. That's why I limit my daughter's screen time. I rarely let her use our phones or tablet, although sometimes I let her watch movies during weekends only. I want her to experience playing outside with other children without using any gadgets and enjoy her childhood like I enjoyed mine. :)

My daughter always say "I'm bored" especially when she see a kid or group of kids playing with their gadgets. I have also observed that when the screen time is over, she keep on saying "I'm bored", which is already annoying because she'll keep on bugging you thinking she will get to use the gadgets again if she'll cry and persist on what she wants. I pity her sometimes, thinking she's the only one who don't have a gadget to play on, but I stand firm on my decision to lessen her screen time to no screen time at all (if it can be helped) because it is for her own good anyway. I don't really give in to the tantrums, and when I say "NO", it's already final and I have to be firm about it.

Boredom Jar Activity Lists - Mama Miah

So, when I found out about the Boredom Jar just recently, I was so happy and I must say, it is really effective! I made my own list and when I heard her say "I'm bored" again, I told her about the Boredom Jar and how it works. As I was writing and adding up more tasks, my little one helped me fold the papers and she also thought of some things to do and add it up to her Boredom Jar! Hahaha!

I actually have no extra jar at home, so I make use of our old coin bank and use it as our Boredom Jar. ;)

By the way, here are some of the things she did today because she is bored... I loved the note that she made for me... She's so sweet... <3

Boredom Jar Activity Lists

I have a lot of things to add up on our list soon, because I know she's so hooked up with this activity and had picked a lot of papers inside and did all of them. I guess I made her busy and kept her boredom away. What a great way to unplugged. Happy Mom here... :)

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Easter Sunday 2017

June 08, 2017 0 Comments
This is a long overdue post, hence, I'll still post this for Miel to read when she grows up...

It was our first time to join an Easter Sunday Activity such as Easter Egg Hunting and Easter Egg Painting and coloring activity. My daughter really had fun and she really enjoyed the activities and games that they've played. There were games for children her age and she happily played along with the other kids. She got excited to play another game when their team won and got their prizes... Kids love prizes... ;)


Joining this kind of activity is a great bonding for both of us. She also get to interact with different kids her age and she enjoyed doing all the activities with enthusiasm.

Miel's entry for the Coloring Activity got her two swimming pool passes at The Royal Mandaya Hotel. She's happy and excited to swim there but unfortunately, we haven't had the chance to go yet. But, we'll make sure to avail the passes before it expires... ;)

Over-all, the event was great and we had so much fun. Miel's actually looking forward to next year's Easter Sunday and she's hopeful and more motivated to hunt for more eggs next time... ;)

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