Parenting & Travel tips

Tod­dlers and pre-school kids are quick learn­ers and always inter­est­ed in learn­ing new ways to do an activity.

Here are a few ideas on how to encour­age math skills in your young kids through fun and hands-on activ­i­ties at home with sim­ple ele­ments that you pos­si­ble have or can eas­i­ly replace them with some­thing else.

It’s fun­ny when friends & fam­i­ly ask ​“How’d you lose weight?”

They’re expect­ing us to share some new mir­a­cle diet. No sor­ry. It takes time, sweat & effort.

Tin­ker Crate from KiwiCo Review — Spin Art Machine — Physics: Why Mat­ter Mat­ters! Our son is 8 ¹⁄₂ years old, so we decid­ed to try KiwiCo Tin­ker Crate, which it has more advanced projects focused in his pas­sions. He total­ly loved it!

Kiwi Crate is one of the STEM sub­scrip­tion box­es for kids. In this video, Chris (6½ yr) and Dad (42½ yr) build the Rain­bow Optics box.

Air trav­el is stress­ful. 🤯 Here are some help­ful tips to keep your cool on next flight with your kids. 😎 

You’ve spent the past hand­ful of months plan­ning for your baby’s birth day. You’ve read about the advan­tages of a nat­ur­al deliv­ery. Your preg­nan­cy class rec­om­mend­ed to avoid hav­ing a C‑section because of 10 – 20 con­se­quences for you and your baby. You’re also read to not take any pain med­ica­tion nor to get an epidural. 

And when the big day arrives you find out that: The baby doesn’t have enough amni­ot­ic liq­uid. That birth will have to be induced.

When a car trip starts to feel too long & boring.

It’s no secret that Colom­bia has com­pli­cat­ed polit­i­cal prob­lems but it’s a coun­try that can offer you a vari­ety of tourist attrac­tions for every taste. Cold or hot weath­er, jun­gle, moun­tains, desert, ocean, adven­ture; just name it and I can sug­gest you at least 2 places to visit.

Horse­back rid­ing in Valle del Coco­ra, Quindío — Colombia

>I have preschool­ers and even I feel pres­sure to push them at this young age. On top of that, teach­ers have so much pres­sure to doc­u­ment and jus­ti­fy what they do and why they do it, the relaxed play­ful envi­ron­ment is com­pro­mised. We con­tin­ue to do the best we can for the kid’s sake, while try­ing to fit into the ever-grow­ing restraints we must work within.

That’s a quote from a pre-school teacher with more than 40 years of expe­ri­ence. And her words describe what I am feel­ing right now.

Your answer is NO. On Monday. 

By Thurs­day you’re lean­ing toward Yes but per­haps not until…

Well, let’s face it, there’ll nev­er be a per­fect time to make this decision. 

Life’s always full of sur­pris­es, with it’s fair share of ups and downs. If you wait for all the stars to align, you’ll be wait­ing for a reaal­ly looong time.