I have wonderful childhood memories of gathering outside with my friends to play games such as Kick the Can, Blind Man’s Bluff, and Hopscotch. What I didn’t know at the time was that there were children just like me – all over the world – playing their own versions of these traditional games. Learning games […]
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What an honour for me to write about Pakistan, the beautiful country where I was born and raised, as part of the Global Learning for Kids series by Multicultural Kid Blogs. The best learning happens when you’re having fun and what could be more fun than a ride on a magic carpet. So hop on
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I love adventure travel. It’s a gift from my father, who carted our family of six through Latin America in the early ‘60s and, in later years, the world beyond. It shaped me in countless ways. We slept in thatched-roof huts in the Amazon jungle, survived twelve-hour 200-mile bus trips, and explored sensory-exploding open markets,
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It is fitting that Universal Studios set up in Singapore as this island state — one of only three in the world– is as close as you will get to a real life movie set. The island is lush and green, well thought out, and meticulously manicured. It’s a city ready for Action! A former
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These days you can find many books about the parenting strengths of one culture over another. No matter where you are from, many experts would have you believe that someone is always parenting better than you are. But educator and mom Maya Thiagarajan invites us to do away with these either/or, better/worse paradigms so we
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