The UK is certainly showing its talent these days it seems. First Susan Boyle burned up the web after wowing judges on Britain’s Got Talent. Now a two-year-old girl has been named the youngest member of the high IQ society, Mensa. The little girl, Elise Tan Roberts is from Edmonton, North London. According to reports, [...]
Tags: child geniuses, Elise Tan Roberts, Mensa, youngest Mensa members
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Some people would probably think that Suri Cruise is the luckiest girl in the world. In her short life (she turns 3 on April 18), Daddy Tom Cruise and Mommy Katie Holmes have reportedly spent a million dollars for her education. This includes private tutors to teach her Spanish and French, instructors for ballet, tap, [...]
Tags: celebrity, celebrity parents, Education, Katie Holmes, lessons, million dollar education, Suri Cruise, Tom Cruise
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This post was partly inspired by fellow blogger brit’s post on spending time outdoors with kids and partly by my boys’ preschool schedule of activities. Springtime is expected to be here soon and according to their schedule, lots of time will be spent going to the forest, hiking, and exploring nature’s seasonal changes. And with [...]
Tags: children, Europeans, forest, outdoor activities, outdoors, weather
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Everyone who is into research work knows how tough it is to get funding for a research project. Tell me about it. I’ve worked in the academia for 10 years before I became a WAHM.
So how can a 9-year old convince the highly esteemed members of a funding review committee at the National Institutes of [...]
Tags: 9-year old, book, children's book, NIH, research grant, rocket ship
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I’ve been reading to my daughter since a few days after she was born. I even packed a few picture books in my hospital bag, but we were too busy trying to get the breastfeeding thing working that I didn’t read to her in the hospital.
Just the other night, my 15-week old daughter realized that [...]
Tags: books, children, Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Goodnight Moon, Grover, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, infants, Jan Brett, Karen Katz, Laura Numeroff, reading, The Hat
Posted in: Baby, Education, Reviews
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