Sending Your Child to University There comes a time in every parent's life when it is time to pack up the car, head out to the motorway and take your child to university. This is a very important, emotional and trying time for many people as it is the most obvious sign that your kid has truly grown up. There are lots of ways to get through this task, but just to be helpful here are three things that will help you get through this...more
History & development of Bottom Loading Skids The design of petroleum bottom loading equipment in this country takes its origins from the American specification API 1004, devised in the late 50's & early 60's. The UK based institute of petroleum adopted the specification and modified it to suit the UK market. The major oil companies were the first to adopt the standards and equip their tankers and terminals with the relevant...more
Kids baking Teaching your kids to bake is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have as a parent. It's not always easy, but kids have a way of making time spent together in the kitchen a lot of fun. Yes, it can also be a whole lot of mess, but that gets better the more they learn their way around the kitchen and the older they get.The important things are:· The kids get to learn life skills.· They find out that baking is not only an art, but a science and it's important to get the ingredients measured correctly or the baking project will be less than successful.· They get to learn to be organized and practice following through on a task until it's completed.· Also, children learn to be proud of what they've created and LOVE to eat the results.· In addition, the house will have that yummy, tasty, loving, cozy smell for hours.Here's an easy banana bread recipe to get them started on the road to opening their own bakery: Easy Banana BreadIngredients:1 1/2 cups flour2 eggs, beaten3-4 bananas, mashed with a fork1/4 cup butter, softened1 teaspoon vanilla3/4 cup sugar1/2 teaspoon...more
Kids cooking Do your children like to spend their time making awesome mud pies or are they constantly stirring up some of their best grass soup? Then maybe it's time to let them loose in the kitchen with these fun kids cooking activities.1. Allow your kids to create a new recipe. Pick out 5-7 ingredients that you think might go...more
Kids knives You love to cook and your family and friends enjoy the culinary creations that you make. You have a level of culinary skill and kitchen knife skills and you use the best kitchen knives possible as well and this makes the presentation of your creations that much more satisfying. These are all good skills to have especially...more
Clearing the Clutter from the Room of your Kids Clearing the Clutter from the Room of your Kids Entering your child's room may just turn out to be traumatic, especially when you find yourself stumbling across the little one's toys every time you step into his/her room. This is the time when you know that you have to do something to clear up the mess. The problems mount when you have limited space and therefore have to share a particular room. You may tend to postpone the task to a later time, but it is best to start with it as soon as possible. Before you begin with the task, it is important that you make your child understand that the room should be free of such clutter. You can start the process by asking them to keep their toys at the right place after they have finished playing. If your kid is too small, then you would have to keep an eye on them while they are playing. They might hurt themselves while playing with toys that have sharp edges. It is important that you check the toys while buying. You can purchase the same from reputed brands such as Tony Kealy that specialise in manufacturing baby products. Though kids end up creating the clutter, you...more
How Children learn numbers Children initially would not know the meaning of the numbers as they cannot relate them to anything that they understand. Learning of numbers would however be possible by calling them out in an order and...more
The use of Kids Jewellery Boxes Diamond rings are given as presents to adults during special occasions like wedding,birthday,anniversary or on any other important memorable occasions. There lies a great difference between buying...more
Engage Your Teenage Kid in Writing Contests for Teens Somewhere along your child's education, they lose the love they had for learning. This happens because in most schools music programs were slashed and fine arts have been removed or...more
Exactly what does your kids such as? Discover 6 simple actions to making your party the most effective at any time.Your son or daughter's special birthday is an extremely important day for your little one. You want their day to become...more
Bilingual Children and Their Language Development Their development is the same as for monolingual children. Both groups of children go through the same stages of development. These stages or milestones will depend on your child's age;...more
How To Teach Your Child Languages Childhood is the time when we are most open to learning new languages, especially early childhood. Children start to pick up the phonetics of a language, the particular sounds and speech patterns,...more