Our most favorite children’s books Here comes the day: today I’ll tell you about our most favorite children’s books. Those, reading which makes us with Newcomer faint from delight. Books that are actively quoted in our family both in Ukrainian and English and are read every day for already a year. I read them for…
For me 2020 was a year of great return to the world of Ukrainian-language books. For various reasons, I have ignored our market since the beginning of the war. As it turned out, Ukraine made a real publishing breakthrough. In fact, since 2015 there has been a significant jump in the number of new publishers,…
My experience concerns three private nurseries in Sykhiv (area in Lviv, Ukraine) (trial days for two and adaptation in one), the best ones, where my eye, trained by ten years in the field of service, relentlessly collected the details, embroidering a picture of the state of affairs. What to pay attention to when choosing a…
Hardly anyone will disagree that the last few months have been particularly difficult, there’s some irregular chaos in space, and none of the many topics for articles have been finding a response in my heart and, consequently, in the universe. In such periods, it’s difficult to remember how to make yourself feel a little better….
Best books for toddlers on Ukrainian market. 1. Lars Clinting – A series about Castor 2. 🇺🇦 Jacque Jab’ye – The eight-leged Human 3. Marta Galevska-Kustra – Trilogy about Bodio (Pucio) 4. 🇺🇦 Oksana Krotyuk – The Black Sea and the Blue Whale 5. 🇺🇦 New Year’s holidays (Wimmelbuch) 6. 🇺🇦 Iryna Morykvas – Magda…
I’m often asked how I went to the Emirates and why, and now that I have returned a week ago, there are even more questions, so I decided to write about it separately. I left Ukraine in October 2014, feeling that otherwise I could completely burn out. Anyone who has ever dealt with me knows…
All this has started as a natural parenting blog Well, the blog Prynadiyi now has a hundred articles and 2.5 months to 3 years, and this is a great opportunity to ensure that Heraclitus was right: everything flows, everything changes. During this time, the blog has gone from the status of a modest whim per…
What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart.Marshall Rosenberg “Nonviolent Communication” Emotional blackmail Once I told one guy that I wanted to break up with him, and he threatened to commit suicide. Surprisingly, my reaction was complete inner peace, and for…
So, Newcomer is 2.5, and I decided to update the review of our toys. In fact, as planned, most of the old toys are still in active use. The Montessori toy organization system works perfectly, and the child does not get bored with toys. I also started teaching Newcomer that every toy has a place,…
7 famous pediatricians who really changed things. 1. Janusz Korczak (1878/79-1942, Polish Jew) I’m glad that it’s Korczak who heads the list (it’s chronological), as he is a man of a wide range, who wrote a lot and wisely, for children and about children, who dedicated himself to children, created a home for them (orphanage),…
