Role play involves imagination, and … “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Albert Einstein When children do role plays, they naturally […]
Do you ever help your toddlers to climb on a frame, sit on a slide etc. or do you ever help your child to do homework? Well, try not to do that… Sometimes, not helping our children helps them more than we can imagine. I remember the first […]
Lately I discovered a very inspiring blog from the Dutch-Indonesian Nicole Holten, now living in Idaho, about Dutch food, The Dutch Table. I higly recommend this site to everyone looking for a traditional Dutch food recipe! Most people think that the Dutch don’t have a proper (whatever this […]
If you are in The Hague area and you are looking for some advice about what to do in The Hague and surroundings, you might find some hints in this post. There are several sites where to find tips about outings of every kind: the Haagsuitburo or Binnenstad […]
I’ve got inspired by a post from MaDonna about what she calls the feout season, the „fear and doubt“ season, parents can have while raising children or TCK’s abroad. The feout season is the season when we would like our children to experience those memorable moments we experienced […]
In Italy today they celebrate la Befana. It is the Festa dell’Epifania: Epifania (Epiphany in English) is a Latin word with Greek origins and means either the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6) or “manifestation (of the divinity).” There are several legends about the Befana. 1) Following one […]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it […]
There we are: it’s the last day of this year 2012! Enjoy this last day of the year and try to make the best out of any situation! And….. I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year 2013! Feliz Año Nuevo! Frohes Neues Jahr! Es […]
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Expat Since Birth – A Life spent "abroad" 