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Makarios

April 6th, 2011

Makarios meaning and name origin Makarios \m(a)-ka-rios\ as a boy’s name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Makarios is “blessed”. The name of at least 73 Catholic saints. Makarios has 13 variant forms: Macaire, Macario, Macarios, Macarius, Maccario, Maccarios,Mackario, Mackarios, Makar, Makari, Makario, Makary and Makkarios. For more information, see also the related name Mace.   View a list of the 2 names that reference Makarios. Popularity of Makarios Makarios [...]

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Baby’s brown rice pudding (6 months+)

February 18th, 2011

Baby’s brown rice pudding (6 months+) 2 oz (1/4 cup) cooked brown rice 2 dried apricots 2 tbsp apple juice 1/2 small, ripe banana tiny pinch nutmeg Before you start, soak the apricots in water for around an hour to soften them. Then, put all the ingredients into a food blender and process until nice [...]

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Peach and brown rice breakfast (6 months+)

February 18th, 2011

2 oz (1/4 cup) brown rice 1/2 ripe peach 8 fl oz (1 cup) water a little breast milk or formula Using a food processor, grind the brown rice into a powder. Then, peel the peach, remove the pit and cut the flesh into little cubes. Bring the water to the boil in a small [...]

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Cooking Brown Rice For Your Baby

February 18th, 2011

We are sometimes asked if it’s OK for babies to eat brown rice and if brown rice is better for babies than white. Well, the answer to both of these questions is a big YES! Brown rice is not just the healthiest choice for your baby – it’s good for the whole family and is [...]

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Healthy Baby Cereal Recipe

February 18th, 2011

If you’d like to make your own breakfast for baby, then try this baby cereal recipe which is both wholesome and easy to prepare. Wholesome Rice Cereal 2 oz brown rice powder 8 fl oz water a little formula/breastmilk To make the rice powder, grind brown rice in a blender or food processor. This is [...]

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Attitudes-Based Learning

March 7th, 2010

The greatest discovery of my generation (about 1900) is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. William James ‘Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.’ Attitudes-Based Learning (or ABL, for short) is [...]

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Reggio Emilia Approach

March 7th, 2010

Hailed as the best pre-schools in the world by Newsweek magazine in 1991, the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education has attracted the worldwide attention of educators, researchers and just about anyone interested in early childhood education best practices. Even the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)’s revised version of developmentally [...]

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Multiple Intelligences Activities in Children: The Basics

March 7th, 2010

Different children have different ways of learning and every one of them has different personality traits, own set of preferences, personal choices and tastes. Parents and teachers must recognize these basic facts and value their children’s differences. Through proper observation and study, even you can learn what type of learner your child really is. Once [...]

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Understanding Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence in Children

March 7th, 2010

“Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued within one or more cultural settings.“- Howard Gardner Frames of Mind, 1993. What type of intelligence do you expect from your child? How do you like him or her to develop his or her intellect and talent? Is it one of [...]

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Multiple Intelligences

March 7th, 2010

Have you ever wondered why Tiger Wood is so good in golf and others not? You might say because Tiger Wood has ‘talent’. With Dr. Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI), he will tell us that this is in fact ‘intelligence’! Hailed by educators throughout the world, Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at [...]

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