LittleMonkeySpecialProject Archives

Music is the Foundation of Learning

As parents, we all know that music is important for children such as being told to listen to music when the baby is in the womb to using music to put them to sleep. However, a lot of parents do not really know the benefits of how music is the foundation of future learning for children.

So, we brought in Crisel Consunji, trained early childhood educator and founder of Baumhaus, Hong Kong’s #1 Kindermusik program for many years running, to explain to us how children learn using music with specific examples and tips on what parents can do at home to create an enriching learning environment through music for their kids.

在職爸媽的減壓小貼士
Tips for Working Parents to Reduce Stress

(English translation available after the Chinese article)

在職爸媽白天上班，下班後要陪伴孩子，好像做兩份正職似的，面對的壓力不少。有時孩子無故撒野，不願吃飯，不願做功課，不願睡覺，更會觸及爸媽的情緒底線。爸媽很需要適時減壓，因為照顧孩子是一條長遠的路呢！

A Pandemic’s Effect on a Child’s Growth and Development

Our fourth episode of “Parenting Talk Series” is one that every parent should watch, whether you’re in HK or anywhere else in the world. Our topic this time is about how this pandemic has affected our children’s growth and development. We brought in Yvonne Becher, Chief Executive and the Director of Learning at the Child Development Centre (Hong Kong) (CDC) to give us her expertise in helping us understand what’s happening to our children during this time and some tips on what we as parents can do to help.

侍產假對家庭有多重要？
How Important is Paternity Leave to a Family?

傳統社會，不論是香港還是西方社會，
媽媽都是家中主要的照顧者，
懷孕的是媽媽，
生孩子的是媽媽，
餵哺母乳的是媽媽。

生理上爸爸做不到這些東西，
但爸爸可以參與其他育兒的工作，
例如替寶寶換尿片、洗澡、與寶寶玩等。

如果爸爸在寶寶出生後沒有任何假期，
未必有時間分擔照顧寶寶的工作，
自然會依賴另一半照顧孩子。

侍產假是近年家庭友善政策的熱門話題，
究竟侍產假對家庭有甚麼好處呢？

Sleep Training – The Good, the Bad, and Is It for Your Family?

Our second episode of “Parenting Talk Series” is on the topic of Sleep Training – The Good, the Bad, and Is It for Your Family? We interviewed Mandy To of GoodNight GoodDay Child Sleep Consultancy to understand how sleep training works, some tips and advice on sleep training your child yourself and what are some issues sleep training help resolve – all so you can decide if sleep training is right for your family.

Connecting with Your Child to Encourage “Acceptable Behaviour” during Good and Challenging Time

On our first episode of our “Parenting Talk Series,” we interviewed Odette Umali from Gordon Parenting and Deepa Gupta from Supportive Parenting by RAE for tips and advice on connecting with your child to encourage better behaviours. Below is a recap of what we spoke about to help busy parents.