Inspiring Quotes to Read to Your Kids to Boost Their Motivation

Children need motivation. They need to be inspired and nothing can do this job better than a handful of inspiring quotes. Do you think your kid finds it hard to engage on the commercial playground? Do you think he is dull and takes zero interest in play activities that are crucial for his physical fitness?

Inspire your kids with the following quotes and see if they can find their high spirit.

“No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.” – Wolfgang Riebe

“Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” – John Wooden

“We all can dance when we find music we love.” – Giles Andreae

“Never waste a minute thinking of anyone you don’t like.” – Eisenhower

“Surround yourself with only people who will lift you higher.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” – Dr. Suess

“Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” – H. Jackson Brown

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” Pamela Vaull Starr

“The more you give away the more happy you become.”

“I think I can. I know I can.”

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus

“Being kind is never wasted.”

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” -Dr. Suess

“Do the best until you know better. When you know better you do better.” – Maya Angelou

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt

“There is a voice inside of you, that whispers all day long, I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong. No teacher, preacher, patient, friend or wise man can decide what's right for you - just listen to the voice that spreak inside”

“You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Suess

“Anything is possible. Anything can be.” – Shel Silverstein

“You always pass failure on the way to success.” Mickey Rooney

Which one of the above is your favorite? Share your favorite inspiring quote with us through our comment section below.

Train your Child’s Bilingualism with Spanish Exercise Routine (Part 2)

 

Did you know more than 500 million people in the world speak Spanish as their first language? According to U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics make around 54 million people in the United States, which makes around approximately 17% of the U.S. total population. This makes learning Spanish relatively more important than learning any other language. In this post, we will continue with our Spanish learning with another song that you can use for regular workout routine in your nearest commercial playground.

Here we go!
Había una vez un perro y Bingo era su nombre,
¡B-I-N-G-O!
¡B-I-N-G-O!
¡B-I-N-G-O! y Bingo era su nombre.

Había una vez un perro
y Bingo era su nombre,
¡"Aplauso"-I-N-G-O!
¡"Aplauso"-I-N-G-O!
¡"Aplauso"-I-N-G-O!

(Encourage kids to applaud and twist all the way, and back to normal position)
y Bingo era su nombre.
Había una vez un perro
y Bingo era su nombre,
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-N-G-O!
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-N-G-O!
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-N-G-O!
y Bingo era su nombre.

(Encourage kids to clap and bend all the way down and get back up as quick as possible. Then clap, kick out left leg, and kick out the right leg.)
Había una vez un perro y Bingo era su nombre,
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-G-O!
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-G-O!
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-G-O!
y Bingo era su nombre.

(Encourage kids to sing and clap, and jump up and down)
Había una vez un perro y Bingo era su nombre,
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-O!
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-O!
¡"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-O!
y Bingo era su nombre.

(Encourage kids to clap, clap, clap, clap, then jump and squat down and hold for 5 seconds)
Había una vez un perro y Bingo era su nombre,
" ¡Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso!"
" ¡Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso!"
" ¡Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso"-"Aplauso!"
y Bingo era su nombre.

(Encourage kids to clap again and perform the whole routine in a one go, without a break and then clap.)
What do you think? Share your opinion with us through our comment section below.

Train your Child’s Bilingualism while Getting Physically Fit (Part 1)

We are dwelling in an era where “good enough” is not good enough. We need to be more competitive in order to stay ahead. Our children face a massive challenge to make themselves stand out among the highly scholarly crowd. If you are in America, it is crucial that you at least understand Spanish. In this post, we will highlight how you can help your child’s bilingualism (and yours) while getting the regular dose of physical activity in a commercial playground.

Counting in Spanish

This exercise is simple. Perform a simple warm up with your kids, but instead of counting in English
Uno (oo-no), Dos (dose), Tres (trace) (move to the left)
Cuatro (kwat-ro), Cinco (sink-o), Seis (saze) (move to the right)
Siete (see-yet-eh), Ocho (och-o), Nueve (new-eh-veh) (do the twist)
Diez (dee-ace) , once (ohn-say), doce (dos-say) (clap your hands and jump)
You can gradually add the new numbers. The list of 20-100 counting in Spanish in given below:

20 veinte	30 treinta	40 cuarenta	50 cincuenta
veinte uno	treinta y uno	cuarenta y uno	cincuenta y uno
veinte dos	treinta y dos	cuarenta y dos	cincuenta y dos
veinte tres	treinta y tres	cuarenta y tres	cincuenta y tres
veinte cuatro	treinta y cuatro	cuarenta y cuatro	cincuenta y cuatro
veinte cinco	treinta y cinco	cuarenta y cinco	cincuenta y cinco
veinte seis	treinta y seis	cuarenta y seis	cincuenta y seis
veinte siete	treinta y siete	cuarenta y siete	cincuenta y siete
veinte ocho	treinta y ocho	cuarenta y ocho	cincuenta y ocho
veinte nueve	treinta y nueve	cuarenta y nueve	cincuenta y nueve

Introduce new numbers to children as they play on their outdoor playground equipment, or engage in any other physical activity.

60 sesenta	70 setenta	80 ochenta	90 noventa
sesenta y uno	setenta y uno	ochenta y uno	noventa y uno
sesenta y dos	setenta y dos	ochenta y dos	noventa y dos
sesenta y tres	setenta y tres	ochenta y tres	noventa y tres
sesenta y cuatro	setenta y cuatro	ochenta y cuatro	noventa y cuatro
sesenta y cinco	setenta y cinco	ochenta y cinco	noventa y cinco
sesenta y seis	setenta y seis	ochenta y seis	noventa y seis
sesenta y siete	setenta y siete	ochenta y siete	noventa y siete
sesenta y ocho	setenta y ocho	ochenta y ocho	noventa y ocho
sesenta y nueve	setenta y nueve	ochenta y nueve	noventa y nueve

How do you make sure that your children learn Spanish while getting physically active? Share your opinion with us through our comment section below.

Are our Children Being Enslaved by Technology?

I don’t remember the time when I saw high school kids without their technological gadgets; smart phones, tablets, iPads, you name it.

According to a research study, the routine of a kid incorporates up to 45% blue light exposure that radiates from the screens. Some researchers believe that dependence on innovation is debilitating children; they can't perform the easily overlooked details that were once viewed as a typical thing without the use of technology.

 
There is no unequivocal response to the inquiry whether the innovation is weakening our children, nonetheless, it is sure that our youngsters are not as dynamic as our guardians used to be or as we used to be the point at which we were children. It would not be right to say that sooner rather than later, we will be much more subject to the innovation as we are today. Here is a rundown of things that get affected by the increased use of technology:

• Attention/focus: Children who invest an excessive amount of energy in the sofa, after some time, lose their capacity to focus or center.
• Social aptitudes: As kids invest more energy before the portable workstation screens and PDAs, they lose their capacity to associate with other kids. Research demonstrates that kids who invest more energy inside as opposed to using it with an organized open air recreational hardware are more inclined to social issues who invest additional time outside.
• Language aptitudes: Another real thing that children endure the most is the dialect expertise of the tyke. At the point when the kids play around in a commercial playground, they take in the non-verbal communication and connect with their peers. Technology takes that away.

Are your kids completely enslaved by technology? What steps do you take to make sure that they stay active? Share your opinion with us through our comment section below.

Those 45 Minutes of Recess: Are They Any Good?

As soon as the bell rings, a wave of thrill runs through the drained students who have probably waiting for that bell all day. Recess holds a significant position in school life, but is it as important as we think it is? And, most importantly, how much of a break is necessary; does the 30-45 minute general break is enough for the day?

Research suggests that recess gives tykes a cerebral rest that allows them to retain the information that they have garnered all day in class. In addition, the brief period of rest also allows them to digest the information; children understand what they learned in class better if they have time to process all the information. During recess children not only get to free themselves of academic stress, but also get the chance to enrich their creativity through school playground equipment and other play structures.

So are those 45 minutes good enough? Researchers suggest that the 45 minutes are more than enough, but children could use a couple of more minutes. Most research suggests that children who have longer break periods retain and process more than the kids who do not utilize the break period. It is extremely crucial for children to make the most out of their break. There is a certain kind of joy attached to the outdoor playground equipment that cannot be garnered through any other activity, not even the P.E. class.

On average, a child needs to have at least 60-85 minute of active play per day. Your child will not necessarily get that from the school break, so make sure that at home he gets ample time to participate in active play. The most common forms of active play include imaginative play and various forms of unstructured play.

Got any thoughts on the above subject? Share your opinion with us through our comment section below.

Get off the Couch with these 5 Fun Family Games

 

Kids and grown-ups who despise development based exercises love to spend their free hours on the couch, in front of the TV. Generally, there is nothing wrong with having a relaxed evening on the couch, but an excessive amount of lounge chair unwinding can prompt horde infirmities, including coronary illness. Play gears, like outdoor playground equipment, have lost their significance in this period of cell phones and tablets. In this article, I have recorded probably the most energizing get-off-the-love seat physical amusements that can offer you some assistance with getting fit as a crew. Along these lines, here we go!

1. Be the Crab

As the name proposes, the diversion includes the capacity of youngsters to stroll in distinctive troublesome positions, like a crab. To start with, you instruct your kid how to walk like a crab with hands and feet on the floor. The following part is to alter a bean sack or a pad on a youngster's back as he figures out how to walk like a crab over the room. On the off chance that he neglects to convey the cushion to the next corner of the room securely, he comes up short.

2. Get the Sock in the Bowl

Here’s something that will offer more recreation than a commercial playground equipment. For this diversion, put a dish in each room and give each player a moved up sock. Have the players stay in the door and endeavor to get their sock into the dish/bowl. As each player scores, he advances to the accompanying room. Keep a score board and appreciate a family-fun diversion.

3. The Rhyme Game

This amusement requires an arrangement of wooden squares, seats or stools to make a round pathway. The target of the diversion is to begin state and have the members rhyme that expression while they finish the pathway without touching the ground.

4. What Animal Are You?

Record the names of diverse creatures and dream animals on distinctive bits of paper and drop them in a bowl. Have one player select paper and act the animal without making any stable. Alternate players need to think about what sort of animal it is. In the event that they neglect to figure, they lose.

5. Act Out the Tune or Guess the Tune with a Dance

This is a standout among-st the most fascinating recreations for all the relatives. In this diversion, you pick a musical instrument and play a tune for the players (or youngsters). The players need to showcase the tune keeping in mind the end goal to win. On the off chance that they neglect to figure and showcase the tune, they lose.

Indoor games play a key role in children’s psychological and physical development. In addition, they allow you to bond well with your children. What is your favorite game that you like to play with your kids? Share your favorite game with us through our comment section below.

Philip Pullman and the Exciting Quotes for a Handful Inspiration

Not every written word has the power to inspire you and help you achieve motivation that is required for the procurement of success in every walk of life. I believe a great deal in quotes and their power to invoke creativity in both adults and children. Below is a set of most famous Philip Pullman quotes that are must read for your children. Scroll below to get inspired:

“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shall not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.”
― Philip Pullman

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
― Philip Pullman

“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

 “I write almost always in the third person, and I don't think the narrator is male or female anyway. They're both, and young and old, and wise and silly, and sceptical and credulous, and innocent and experienced, all at once. Narrators are not even human - they're sprites.”
― Philip Pullman

“People are too complicated to have simple labels.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won't supply them.”
― Philip Pullman

“Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must.
Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

“I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“I am a strong believer in the tyranny, the dictatorship, the absolute authority of the writer.”
― Philip Pullman

 “Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed.”
― Philip Pullman

 “Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit.”
― Philip Pullman, The Subtle Knife

 “If you want something you can have it, but only if you want everything that goes with it, including all the hard work and the despair, and only if you're willing to risk failure. ”
― Philip Pullman, Clockwork

“We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

 “And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are. All we can say is that this is a good deed, because it helps someone or that's an evil one because it hurts them. People are too complicated to have simple labels.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky.”
― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass

Picked your favorite? Share your favorite Philip Pullman quote with us through our comment section below.