She loves to go to school now

If you could still remember my post before about my niece Reign crying before going to school. She hates to go to her new school and to stop her from crying her mom would end up being inside her classroom too.. lol. There's even a time when they will go home early bec. she didn't like to listen and sit on her desk.

Things have changed and right now, she is always eager and excited to go to school and would always asks me "what time is it now?" bec. she knows it's school time when 2 pm strikes.

We are very happy that she changed and we saw big improvement on her. She can talk quite straight now (hindi na masyadong bulol) and can sing nursery songs, count, write her name, color and more.

Aren’t kids lucky these days?

Technology has wrapped all of us, from cellphones, ipod, computers and more. It is ever advancing. I remember when I was still a kid; plastic baby dolls (which I still keep), breakable clay pots, and paper dolls are my toys that I use to play. Hide and seek, tumbang preso, Chinese garters are some of the games we use enjoy but look at the kids now. They are very lucky to be enjoying playstation and computers as one of their means of playing.

My niece Reign just recently discovered Nick Jr. online, which she enjoyed playing sometimes. It is very child friendly where there are lots of activities that she can choose. Although we allowed her to play the computer we don’t encourage her to stay there for long time, 30 mins. is enough, so she can have the taste of how is it to play in the computer.

Kids are very curious and very adventurous, they want to explore on other things that interest them. She also loves playing with her dolls and she loves drawing very much, you can see her drawing at my older post HERE.

While kids enjoy technology, we should still encourage them to play dolls (of course for girls), hide and seek and many other fun activities. In fact, here in the Phils. kids are encouraged to play the old games we adults use to play before like the patintero, sungka, tumbang preso and many more. Let them get dirty outside!!

Caught in the act by a hidden camera

Have you watched “Imbestigador”, not yesterday but the other Saturday's episode when their hidden camera caught high school students smoking marijuana inside their comfort room? Isn’t’ this alarming? Teens taking drugs inside the school campus? I think the school principal and other teachers should be aware of this and be more vigilant in looking after the students who will try to do such things. It is sad for both parents and the students and I reckon if the parents already know their child’s situation they should enter them in a drug rehab center that will help them. Taking the situation for granted will now solve their child’s addiction. I’m very happy that none of my relatives are into this kind of stuff.

How do you keep your kids to go to school ??

Bribe them with toys, foods, candies??

Hey there mommies, I know some of you might be guilty one way or another in bribing your kids just to go to school (esp. if their kids are just starting to enter school). My sis-in-law is a good example of that bec. her 4 year old daughter who is in Nursery sometimes doesn’t like to go to school. Although she already finished her Toddler year, going to school in a different environment, new teacher and classmates makes her a bit scared that she cries before entering the room.

My sis-in-law then would promise her that she will buy her Barbie doll, or candies just to make her stop crying and to go to school. In fact, on the 1^st day of her school she had her Barbie as promised, (as seen on the pic). On the 2^nd day she was crying again and was outside her classroom for an hour looking for her mom. After school she was rewarded with Mc Donalds.

When she was in Toddler last school year there are countless times that I often see her cry before or after school. She always has a candy or a small toy that they bought before going home. I believe it is not quite right since the kid is so used to buying things and I call her nga “bilmoko girl”.

My sis inlaw would tell me just let be as long as she will not cry and go to school. I can’t argue with her about this all the time bec. she is also having a hard dealing with the situation.

What are your thoughts about this and how do you keep your kids to go to school?