Mary, Mary quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row. Dear nature lovers, I remember in my childhood, we had a long stretch of land which was meant for two garages back to back. This was planted by numerous different trees. It was a place …
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Hi all, This post is about empathy but, it’s not an informative post. It is a post which touches upon certain questions and their answers. How can we explain empathy to our kids? Is there a right age to teach our kid’s about empathy? Do we understand it correctly? Sympathy or empathy, Is there one …
Hello friends, I do not know how long ago I read this poem or was it in school? I only know some words, some poems and some poets, you do not forget. You may not remember the entire words but, something makes you go find them out. To read them again, to take you back …
Hi All, Just a few days to go for Diwali and if your family holidays have already started, you can do some of these simple crafts. For most of the crafts, I may have used a scalloped circle or a pinking design circle punch, however, you can also do these with simple circles. They will still …
Hi, It has been a few months since I quit my job and yet, I find no free time and everything seems to overwhelm me. For the past few weeks, I have been thinking of the various reasons why. The only answer was decluttering my home, my schedules and my mind. I want to free …
Hi Folks, In continuation with our post on http://aspoonfulofideas.com/seven-tips-for-first-time-online-shoppers where we had mentioned tips for first time online shoppers, please read below for a review on Jabong. Recently, I was offered a coupon to shop on jabong.com Here is a short and crisp account of my experience with them. First impression of the website: Trendy, funky …
Dear Friends, I say LEARN and not learnt because it is an ongoing process 🙂 The following is about the various funny, silly, shrewd, crazy lessons I think I should learn from my daughter. Some of them are “really” lessons which, I think I need to incorporate in my daily life but, most of these …
Hi everyone, I would like to share with you a simple DIY craft to make a key chain. It is like a small attractive notepad attached to your keys. Something on which you can write down emergency phone numbers or your latest idea or your TO-DO list. The best part is, you can even personalise …
Hi, Here is one more of my favorite poems. I think this one was in our textbook but, long after that textbook year also, I remembered it and especially the lines I highlighted below. If you would like to know more about the poet, please use the link : – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow A PSALM OF LIFE …
Dear Friends, Although watching television or cartoons on computers may not be ideal, it is also increasingly difficult to keep our kids away from these devices. I believe that if it is any form of TV, the least we can do is show them quality content and also spend time with them watching it or …