Photo courtesy of Kaya FC Academy We used to wait on our toes for summer to come because it’s when all the fun activities and other enriching programs would happen. For traditionally schooled kids, summer is when they embark on activities they normally wouldn’t have time for during the school year. Homeschooled kids, on the other hand, have the entire year to explore...
Cure for Mondays Balance is everything. I believe it is especially important to remember why learning and fun are both essential when it comes to education. By balance I mean making space for academics, sports, meditation and art in your child’s learning process. I’m sure you have heard about the right-brain/left-brain theory, which, thankfully, has long been debunked by scientists. I was never quite sure...
Child No. 1 loves eggs (the superfood, that is), Child No. 2 loves saluyot (Corchorus capsularis L. or jute, and if this is not helping, it’s one of those slimy green leafy vegetables commonly served with other greens to make yummy Filipino vegetable dishes). Somehow, somewhere in that kitchen of ours, I need to marry those two for harmonious, happy mealtimes. There are...
Cure for Mondays Being a grown-up is a boring job. It is a job to begin with; a big one where people expect you to do big things like earn money and have “important” things like ones where you need a plastic card to pay for. We all have times when we tell our kids to never grow up because they’re so adorable and we...
Cure for Mondays Pandesal. Filipino food we hate to love. It's 4 p.m. and my sister-in-law is once again battling the urge to walk down her daily path towards the 24-hour pandesalan a couple of blocks away from our house. What once were determined strolls to get to the ever-reliable pandesal vendor's stall have been reduced to hesitant steps laden with guilt after I read...
