Halloween costume - number 2 of 3: the chick costume. Costume number 1 was the Gastly.My SIL saw this on Pinterest and couldn't resist the idea of dressing up her daughter in the same outfit for Halloween.The Internet is flooded with cute … [Read more]
Halloween Dress-up: Pokemon Gastly Costume
The boys wanted to make a Halloween costume this year. G1 and G2 wanted to be ghost type Pokemons. G1 chose Chandelure and G2 chose Gastly. G3, my niece, is going to be a chick. As the designated costume maker, the task has fallen to me to figure out … [Read more]
Managing Attention Deficits with Physical Activity
One afternoon, G2 was sitting down to do some Math homework. He seemed to be struggling with it, so I sat down with him to help him out. As we worked on it together, I also noticed he was yawning a lot and his eyes had a glazed over look to them. … [Read more]
Enquiry Learning – Raising the Next Generation of Problem Solvers
There is a subject at school that the kids do which is called "enquiry learning". It's another term I've heard floating around but never deeply understood what it meant in the context of learning at school. Sure, I understand what "enquiry" means - … [Read more]
Physical Fitness and Exercise Increase Cognitive Performance and Brain Health
There is so much evidence supporting the brain benefits of exercise and physical fitness that I am convinced this is our magic pill. I was also convinced that I knew all I needed to know about reaping the benefits from exercise. When a friend passed … [Read more]
Petrosains Science Festival: Little Plans for the Big Planet
When I was a child, I remember going on a school excursion where we learned about our dwindling fossil fuel energy resources and the need to move towards renewable energy sources. This was back in the 1980s when the concept of solar-powered homes … [Read more]
