Birthday Ideas
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jenny_Chane]Jenny Chane
This is what a seven year old child had to say on birthday:“Every time you grow a little taller and then you have a birthday party” . And when intrigued with the question what would happen if there's no birthday party? The child replied:
“If next year he won’t have a birthday party? He won’t have a birthday party? He, he … he won’t grow up.”
Innocent words of children touch us all – how naive and candid these little beings are! One would never deprive them of their much awaited Birthday celebrations. It's an occasion of joy and happiness. The day is filled with candles, cakes and presents, signifying the love of one and all. Birthday is such a joyous event that even adults are not bereft from it. With each passing year, the feathers in the wing of life increases, sometimes signifying senescence. But the passion and jest to celebrate this day never ceases.
Every year your loved ones are gripped with mounting thoughts of how to make this Birthday, special and different from the previous ones. Some go for exhilarated hoopla, while others settle for a silent evening. But when it comes to children and teenagers, no compromise is endured. The party has to be filled with colors, balloons, chocolates, cakes, pastries and several other goodies. Not to forget, these children also want entertainment – music, games, comedy shows, etc.
There's no dearth of ideas, as we help you select from our Birthday Idea book. There are several methods to glorify these occasions. But first, let us begin with the birthday cake.
Birthday Cake
An integral part of any birthday celebration, cutting a cake with lighted candles marks the journey of another new year. Gift your loved ones, the ultimate birthday cake with their favorite icings and toppings. One can also prepare birthday cakes in several shapes. Children especially like the shapes of cartoon or comic characters.
Birthday Cards and Greetings
No birthday is complete without the best wishes and heartfelt emotions. So express your Birthday Greeting through cute, unique and creative birthday cards. Cards are available at any gift shop. Sending online greetings through e-cards also lends to the jovial mood. These greetings and cards represent your true wishes and always manage to enlighten the birthday person.
Birthday Gifts
All's well when birthday end's well. And to make this end happy and joyous, what's better than birthday gifts. Enamor the birthday boy or girl with the most beautiful gifts. Delve in our exquisite range of gifts and select the most appropriate Birthday Present. Thereafter, enjoy the radiant beam of glow on their face as they set the wrapping apart.
Birthday Parties
Create a hoopla and aura of fun by throwing a nice birthday bash. Instead of the traditional boring gathering, throw a rather unique party. Try infusing a dress code (superhero dress code, animal dress code etc) or a theme code(dance theme, pool party, Loonytoons party) in these parties. Plan a range of games and activities to fill the day with effervescence and action . It all adds up to the fun.
Birthday is also the time to sit back and ponder over the past deeds. It is time to make new resolutions and thank god for the joy and blessings he endowed on us.
Jenny Chane is an associated editor of dgreetings The site is a source of [http://www.dgreetings.com/]Greeting Cards and [http://www.dgreetings.com/birthday_cards/]Birthday Cards and [http://www.dgreetings.com/friendship_day_cards/]Friendship Day Cards and ecards for the special occasions. If you have any queries then please feel free to contact at [mailto:jennychane@gmail.com]jennychane@gmail.com
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
The Ultimate Vocation
Parenting Life's Ultimate Vocation - Being the Best Global Parent by Learning, Growing and Applying
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Carl_Chesal]Carl Chesal
Is it miraculous or maturity that, as a newbie grandparent, the meaning of life seems clearer than ever?
This new and wondrous child, our granddaughter Ellie, has jumped Grandma (Baba) and Grandpa into a new chapter of our lives. After some over-fifty reflection, the notion of making a name for yourself in the corporate or political realm now appears to sit more toward the “all about me” end of the “lifetime achievement” scale. Being a positive contributor to the world is really the ultimate goal of life - moving up the 'Scale of Lifetime Achievement' toward the more selfless “all about you” end of the scale.
This personal aspiration of growing global goodness can be somewhat formidable. So maybe applying a more localized focus for your personal earthly contributions is the best way to positively impact this world. Goodness in bite size pieces! It is the small individual acts of goodness, when aggregated with others people's small positive contributions, that really make this world a better place for everyone.
MEANING OF LIFE #1: Contributing to Life, even through the smallest action, is the meaning of life itself.
Life and my upbringing has taught me one thing: The best way to make this a better world is to focus on your local world, starting with your immediate family and then your community. “Keep your own backyard in order”, my parents used to say.
Think about your earthly role and responsibilities from the aspect of a sibling, a life partner or a friend. It may allow you to identify ways you can make a material difference to those closest to you. After all, this is your circle of influence, where you should responsibly provide the greatest and most profound impact on human behavior. Think of this. If our life's accomplishments and contributions created a positive force on our immediate Circle of Influence, this world would continue to grow and prosper into a much better place for us and future generations.
Scientists and Psychologists have long said that our whole human personality blueprint is determined in the first 10 years of our lives – our formative years. By the age of 10 years 90% of our Life Values are solidly established in each individual. Think of this! In the first 10 years of our lives, the way we think, the way we think of ourselves and others is defined and imprinted as our psychological makeup. Our Value System is now defined - the course of HOW we grow and interface with our earthly surroundings. The only way this personal value course or mindset can be altered would be through some significant emotional event: some impactful event that 'stops us in our tracks' and forces us to consider a alternate path from this point forward.
With such lifelong impact associated with our formative years, it stands to reason that Parenting is a major determination of a child's ultimate adult human behavior. It is our role as parents that garners the single most important impact on life. There can be no greater vocation in life than raising children to become productive, positive and additive to the goodness in this world.
Parenting, at a minimum, requires that a child's need for basics, like Food, Shelter and Safety, be met. It is the higher needs of Affection, building self-esteem and self-actualization that truly define the areas that are affected by parenting or early childhood development.
MEANING OF LIFE #2: Being a committed Father or Mother to all your children!
Provide your children with a solid foundation so they may be the Best That They Can Be as an adult. Be committed to all levels of child and adolescent development. Across the entire range of [http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/maslow.htm]Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:
- Physiological
- Safety
- Love, Affection and Belonging
- Self- Esteem and Esteem received from others
- Self-Actualization (a person's need to be and do that which the person was "born to do”)
There is nothing more important than being a parent! The foundation for a person's adult life is influenced, molded and formed in those formative years of life. The parent has the ability and responsibility to create the best environment for learning and enforcing social, self-confidence, attitude and leadership skills.
Like any area of expertise, parenting (and in a support role grand-parenting and teachers) requires continuous study, discussion and exercise to improve and perfect the craft.
MEANING OF LIFE #3: Life is all about learning, growing and applying ( [http://www.communicateinnovate.com]Ask Listen Try) to create an even better world.
Let's expand the traditional definition of parenting. Being parent-like could also include responsible parenting to those children of the global community called our friends, our colleagues and our neighbors. Expand the idea of Parenting or Grand-parenting to include any adult responsible for some aspect of a child's upbringing or development or education. Now with even more committed and responsible parents ensuring a healthy childhood environment, won't this be a much more supportive and tolerant world?
I must get back to being a grandfather. I truly enjoy this part of my life!
Carl Chesal is a business and channel development consultant, trainer, internet marketer and professional photographer. He operates [http://www.bizfare.ca]BizFare Enterprise Inc, providing business, marketing, and internet marketing consulting services. Bizfare Enterprise also operates a number of secure on-line Professional Services sites, like [http://www.communicateinnovate.com]Communicate Innovate.
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By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Carl_Chesal]Carl Chesal
Is it miraculous or maturity that, as a newbie grandparent, the meaning of life seems clearer than ever?
This new and wondrous child, our granddaughter Ellie, has jumped Grandma (Baba) and Grandpa into a new chapter of our lives. After some over-fifty reflection, the notion of making a name for yourself in the corporate or political realm now appears to sit more toward the “all about me” end of the “lifetime achievement” scale. Being a positive contributor to the world is really the ultimate goal of life - moving up the 'Scale of Lifetime Achievement' toward the more selfless “all about you” end of the scale.
This personal aspiration of growing global goodness can be somewhat formidable. So maybe applying a more localized focus for your personal earthly contributions is the best way to positively impact this world. Goodness in bite size pieces! It is the small individual acts of goodness, when aggregated with others people's small positive contributions, that really make this world a better place for everyone.
MEANING OF LIFE #1: Contributing to Life, even through the smallest action, is the meaning of life itself.
Life and my upbringing has taught me one thing: The best way to make this a better world is to focus on your local world, starting with your immediate family and then your community. “Keep your own backyard in order”, my parents used to say.
Think about your earthly role and responsibilities from the aspect of a sibling, a life partner or a friend. It may allow you to identify ways you can make a material difference to those closest to you. After all, this is your circle of influence, where you should responsibly provide the greatest and most profound impact on human behavior. Think of this. If our life's accomplishments and contributions created a positive force on our immediate Circle of Influence, this world would continue to grow and prosper into a much better place for us and future generations.
Scientists and Psychologists have long said that our whole human personality blueprint is determined in the first 10 years of our lives – our formative years. By the age of 10 years 90% of our Life Values are solidly established in each individual. Think of this! In the first 10 years of our lives, the way we think, the way we think of ourselves and others is defined and imprinted as our psychological makeup. Our Value System is now defined - the course of HOW we grow and interface with our earthly surroundings. The only way this personal value course or mindset can be altered would be through some significant emotional event: some impactful event that 'stops us in our tracks' and forces us to consider a alternate path from this point forward.
With such lifelong impact associated with our formative years, it stands to reason that Parenting is a major determination of a child's ultimate adult human behavior. It is our role as parents that garners the single most important impact on life. There can be no greater vocation in life than raising children to become productive, positive and additive to the goodness in this world.
Parenting, at a minimum, requires that a child's need for basics, like Food, Shelter and Safety, be met. It is the higher needs of Affection, building self-esteem and self-actualization that truly define the areas that are affected by parenting or early childhood development.
MEANING OF LIFE #2: Being a committed Father or Mother to all your children!
Provide your children with a solid foundation so they may be the Best That They Can Be as an adult. Be committed to all levels of child and adolescent development. Across the entire range of [http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/maslow.htm]Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:
- Physiological
- Safety
- Love, Affection and Belonging
- Self- Esteem and Esteem received from others
- Self-Actualization (a person's need to be and do that which the person was "born to do”)
There is nothing more important than being a parent! The foundation for a person's adult life is influenced, molded and formed in those formative years of life. The parent has the ability and responsibility to create the best environment for learning and enforcing social, self-confidence, attitude and leadership skills.
Like any area of expertise, parenting (and in a support role grand-parenting and teachers) requires continuous study, discussion and exercise to improve and perfect the craft.
MEANING OF LIFE #3: Life is all about learning, growing and applying ( [http://www.communicateinnovate.com]Ask Listen Try) to create an even better world.
Let's expand the traditional definition of parenting. Being parent-like could also include responsible parenting to those children of the global community called our friends, our colleagues and our neighbors. Expand the idea of Parenting or Grand-parenting to include any adult responsible for some aspect of a child's upbringing or development or education. Now with even more committed and responsible parents ensuring a healthy childhood environment, won't this be a much more supportive and tolerant world?
I must get back to being a grandfather. I truly enjoy this part of my life!
Carl Chesal is a business and channel development consultant, trainer, internet marketer and professional photographer. He operates [http://www.bizfare.ca]BizFare Enterprise Inc, providing business, marketing, and internet marketing consulting services. Bizfare Enterprise also operates a number of secure on-line Professional Services sites, like [http://www.communicateinnovate.com]Communicate Innovate.
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Friday, July 6, 2007
Child's Play
The Importance of Fantasy in Childrens Play
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Karen_Singleton]Karen Singleton
What is fantasy play?
Fantasy play is when young children create stories and act them out. Toddlers love this kind of role playing and it is really important for developing skills which will be invaluable to them in later life. What may seem a simple game of "going shopping" can actually involve quite complex thinking skills such as:
Planning, including deciding what to play in the first place (e.g., going shopping), the roles involved (e.g., shopper, baker, butcher, shop assistant), and things needed for the activity (e.g., car, trolley, shopping list, bags, money)
Problem solving and negotiating (e.g., "This time I'll be shop assistant helping you and you can be the person doing the shopping and trying to find what you need, and next time we'll swap over.")
Communicating through words and actions. From a very young age children practise their newly acquired talking skills through pretend play and will often chatter away to themselves whilst acting out a situation.
Expressing emotions (e.g., disappointment when you can't find what you want in the shop, panic when you realise you are running late)
Creativity and imagination; these type of games can get more elaborate as children get older (e.g., instead of simply being a shop assistant, they become a royal helper finding an exotic outfit for a king or queen)
Memory skills, as favourite experiences are repeated time and time again (e.g., going on holiday, visiting a favourite relative, having a birthday party)
How can I help my child develop these skills?
You can help develop these skills further by:
Creating a dressing up box and filling it with old clothes, scarves, jewellery, bags and hats that can be used for pretend play.
Encouraging children to talk about their pretend play, but without interrupting the flow of play. However, keep an eye on the 'theme'. If the fantasy play constantly tends towards violence eg wild monsters hurting people, research shows that this indicates children who are angrier and less cooperative.
Joining in! Offer suggestions but let the child lead as this will help develop their independence. You could try having a tea party, dressing a doll or playing hairdressers for example.
Great toys for pretend play:
There are so many toys on the market that are great for encouraging pretend play, including some fantastic educational wooden toys and traditional wooden toys. Here are just a few examples;
garage
kitchen equipment like cookers and toasters
cash register
DIY toolbox
gardeners kit
vanity case
dustpan, brush and broom
pretend food that velcros together so it can be cut and sliced
Find out more about [http://www.strawberrychildrenstoys.co.uk]educational wooden toys for children
About Karen Singleton and Strawberry Children's Toys
Karen is a mum of two who is passionate about quality, affordable toys which encourage learning and development through play. She runs her own online independent shop specialising in [http://www.strawberrychildrenstoys.co.uk]educational wooden toys and traditional wooden toys for babies and children under 5. All toys featured on Strawberry Children's Toys are played with, tested and enjoyed by real children.
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By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Karen_Singleton]Karen Singleton
What is fantasy play?
Fantasy play is when young children create stories and act them out. Toddlers love this kind of role playing and it is really important for developing skills which will be invaluable to them in later life. What may seem a simple game of "going shopping" can actually involve quite complex thinking skills such as:
Planning, including deciding what to play in the first place (e.g., going shopping), the roles involved (e.g., shopper, baker, butcher, shop assistant), and things needed for the activity (e.g., car, trolley, shopping list, bags, money)
Problem solving and negotiating (e.g., "This time I'll be shop assistant helping you and you can be the person doing the shopping and trying to find what you need, and next time we'll swap over.")
Communicating through words and actions. From a very young age children practise their newly acquired talking skills through pretend play and will often chatter away to themselves whilst acting out a situation.
Expressing emotions (e.g., disappointment when you can't find what you want in the shop, panic when you realise you are running late)
Creativity and imagination; these type of games can get more elaborate as children get older (e.g., instead of simply being a shop assistant, they become a royal helper finding an exotic outfit for a king or queen)
Memory skills, as favourite experiences are repeated time and time again (e.g., going on holiday, visiting a favourite relative, having a birthday party)
How can I help my child develop these skills?
You can help develop these skills further by:
Creating a dressing up box and filling it with old clothes, scarves, jewellery, bags and hats that can be used for pretend play.
Encouraging children to talk about their pretend play, but without interrupting the flow of play. However, keep an eye on the 'theme'. If the fantasy play constantly tends towards violence eg wild monsters hurting people, research shows that this indicates children who are angrier and less cooperative.
Joining in! Offer suggestions but let the child lead as this will help develop their independence. You could try having a tea party, dressing a doll or playing hairdressers for example.
Great toys for pretend play:
There are so many toys on the market that are great for encouraging pretend play, including some fantastic educational wooden toys and traditional wooden toys. Here are just a few examples;
garage
kitchen equipment like cookers and toasters
cash register
DIY toolbox
gardeners kit
vanity case
dustpan, brush and broom
pretend food that velcros together so it can be cut and sliced
Find out more about [http://www.strawberrychildrenstoys.co.uk]educational wooden toys for children
About Karen Singleton and Strawberry Children's Toys
Karen is a mum of two who is passionate about quality, affordable toys which encourage learning and development through play. She runs her own online independent shop specialising in [http://www.strawberrychildrenstoys.co.uk]educational wooden toys and traditional wooden toys for babies and children under 5. All toys featured on Strawberry Children's Toys are played with, tested and enjoyed by real children.
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