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All About Kids, Education, Products and Schools Moms Want to Know!
Posted by madhuriesingh on August 16, 2009
This site is dedicated to all moms and dads.
Parents are like Gods to their kids. Kids look up to parents as their superheroes and emulate every move they observe.
They will copy you when you are aware, but they will surprise or shock you when they mimic things that you wish you had never said or done!
They are innocent bunch of love filled souls who will make you cry with their selfless tiny deeds, bring tears in your eyes with their angelic talks, express unbounded love for you when you least expect ! 🙂
Well, there are also days when they will make you cry with their demonic deeds, brings tears in your eyes with their blunt statements or make you look like a fool in front of others especially 😦 🙂 !!!
We try so hard to provide the best for our kids all through the year 24X7. I read somewhere that Asians are the best researchers and spend their money very judiciously, but when it comes to their kids, they take decisions through their heart only 🙂 . I loved it. But, let’s add to that research NOW a new result.
That ‘New Asian’ parents are very wise and research everything they provide to their kids, including food, medicine, schools, education, entertainment, sports, clothing and even pets. The research is not limited to the cost but goes into the ingredients, actions, side-effects, feel, future benefits and bonds offered by any product they buy. 🙂
This site is my way of doing so for my two beautiful kids. Since they were 5 yrs and 3.5 yrs old when I started posting here, all my posts will grow with them :). I will be providing all the researched data on anything that worries me, along with my honest personal views.
By the good wishes of many parents, this blog has become quite popular and has created it’s own dedicated moms group. I wish the readership grows and provides me with the encouragement to research and write more.
There are honest school reviews, food for kids reviews, teaching things fun ways, product reviews and movie reviews for kids, places to visit in Pune.
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- 8 DAILY USED FOODS THAT YOU MUST REPLACE NOW
- Superindiankid Trinity UK Guitar Course Class Kalyaninagar Pune
- Piano Certification Course Kalyaninagar Pune
- Winter Activity Camp Kalyaninagar Pune Superindiankid.com Kids, Toddlers, Teens
- Mom’s Workshops, Kalyaninagar, Pune
- Boogie Woogie Fame- Dance Course Camp at Kalyaninagar, Pune
- Superindiankid :Communications Skills -Trinity College Certificate , Kalyaninagar, Pune
- Superindiankid Super Logic and Super Maths certificate courses, Kalyaninagar Pune
- Speech Correction and Speech Therapy , kalyaninagar pune
- 2010 Pune Schools Admission Workshop Nursery,LKg,JKg, DPS, StMarys,Vibgyor,VPMS,Arnold,Bishop,Vidya valley
- Bournvita, Complan, Boost, Dabur, Horlicks – Who is ripping and cheating you?
- Pawar Public School Pune
- Free Online Workshop on Pune School Admission on 19th October 2009
- Media Coverage of www.MadhurieSingh.com
- The Beginning of A New Journey!
- St Mary’s Pune – Diwali Vacation, Christmas Holidays, NewYear 2010 School reopen.
- ST Mary’s school pune – prenursery, nursery, prep reopens 29th September 2009
- How to Handle Complains from School, Society, Friends?
- Kid Environmentalists Today-Responsible Citizens Tomorrow !
- Five Hygiene Habits for Kids !!
- Std 1 St Mary’s School will reopen on 14th Sep 2009, Till Prep, still closed!
- Natural multivitamins – made at home!
- How to test purity of Milk at home- Chitale, Amul Failed !
- ST Mary’s School Pune Closed till 13th September 2009, Reopen on 14th sep ?
- Sanskruti, Pune – The Ethnic Getaway for Kids!
- Pune Schools ReOpen on 31st August ST Mary’s, Bishops !
- Movies4Kids
- Birthday Return Gifts for Kids upto 6 years!
- Birthday Party Place for Kids in Pune!
- Pune Schools Closed till 30th August – DPS,ST Mary’s,Bishops,Vibgyor..
- Aman Setu School – an attempt to preserve Humanity!
- I am a bad mom, are you?
- Schools in Pune to re-open on 24th August 2009 !
- DPS Pune to reopen on 20th August 2009!!!
- All About Kids, Education, Products and Schools Moms Want to Know!
- Admission time for DPS, St Mary’s, Vibgyor, Loyolla, Bishops in Pune!!!
- St Mary’s, Pune to reopen on 24th August thanks to Swine FLu!!!
- Pune schools closed due to Swine Flu – How to keep kids busy !!!
- Teaching Virus and Vaccines to 4 -6 yr old !!!!!
- Teaching Religion to 4-6 year old !!!!!
- Swine Flu – DPS, St Marys, Bishops, Vibgyor and All schools in Pune till 16th August 2009!!!
- Must visit place for Kids in Pune – Empress Garden !!!
- Where to buy Medicine for Swine Flu ?
- Vibgyor, St Annes, St Helena’s, DPS, Vidya Valley, Loyola High close down –Swine Flu !!!
- My kids go to different board schools, DPS and St Mary’s!!!!!!
- SWINE FLU precautionary move — St Mary’s School Pune closes !!
- Vacation and Holiday Breaks for Dps Pune !!!!!!!
- Story about Gravity and Astronaut for age 4-6 year !!!!!!
- Which Education Board to choose for my child !!!!!!!!!!
- SWINE flu is villainous !!!!
- Baby Einstein for brain activity !!!!!
- Choosing Right Pencil, Eraser, Sharpner for kids !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Uncomfortable questions asked by kids !!!!!!!!!!!
- Teaching Verbs to standard 1. !!!!!!!
- Playschool and Kindergarten Pre Schools in Pune !!!!!!!!!!
- DPS MANAGEMENT is Excellent !!!
- PUNE St MARY’S BOYS STD 1 D are CONNECTED by YAHOO Groups !!!
- Why Eat Curds before Exams / Interviews !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- “Bring me an Orange Phone”
- DPS PUNE SCHOOL, A Benchmark !!!!!!
- The ant and the juice !!!!!!!!!!!!!
- My Kids and food !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Yippy my son got through ST MARY’S SCHOOL Pune, India !
- Schools in Pune, India DPS, ST MARY’S, BISHOPS, LEXICON, VIBGYOR…..
- Kangaroo Kids Pune India
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Admission time for DPS, St Mary’s, Vibgyor, Loyolla, Bishops in Pune!!!
Posted by madhuriesingh on August 14, 2009
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Admission time is a big tensionful time for all parents looking to get their kids admitted to the schools of their choice.
So this is for those parents trying to get dates of the admission for each school. A lot of hardwork has gone into making this information available with surfing the sites to making calls to the school offices. But even after all that hardwork, there is still a chance of the admission dates being changed by the school authorities. 🙂
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DPS is the first school in Pune to start its admission process. The non refundable fee being read more…
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Teaching Virus and Vaccines to 4 -6 yr old !!!!!
Posted by madhuriesingh on August 11, 2009
They are always fighting for the same stuff, be it the TV remote or the laptop, or their transformers or even the same set of crayons !!!
So my younger son suggested that we goto Mc Donald’s. Before I could answer, my older one told the younger one that because of swine flu its closed down. Then I found him showing the McDonald’s empty entrance from our window.
This is how their conversation went.
” There are swine flu’s there so we can not goto the Mc Donald’s today.”
“Bhaiya if we go there , swine flu will kill us?”
“yes”
“What if we wear our jacket and then go and kill the swine flu, then we can go to McD.”
“Yes we can try that. Mumma is superwoman, we will send her there at night. She will kill all the swine flu.”
“ok, come lets ask mom.”
“Mumma will you go tonight and kill the swine flu in the McDonald, you can wear your special dress.”
” Ok, I will have to first get one special injection, which will make me stronger, then I can go and fight all the swine flu virus.”
“Do you know what is a virus?”
“yes, friends of bacteria!”
“why should we be scared of virus?”
“Because they make us sick.”
“Where do they live?”
“They live in dirty places.”
“How do they come to us?”
“They come to us through cold water, nosey, cough, sneeze and dirty hands, mouth and legs.”
“And also if we do not brush our teeth.”
“What do the virus do in your body?”
“They kill our body parts.”
“How do we kill virus.”
“By injection and medicines.”
“Good”
“Do you know how that injection is made?”
“No”
“The doctor uncle takes out little blood from a person who has fever because of the swine flu virus.”
“One bucket?”
“No, one small syringe”
“Then that blood is mixed with lots of water”
“To bathe the virus”
“No, to make it weak”
“Then the doctor takes little virus-water that has some weak swine flu virus and puts it in your body through an injection.”
“Ok”
“When our body police sees one weak virus, they make more police who have to fight this weak swine flu virus. They wear caps too. And all cap has swine flu police written on them !”
“wow”
“Then whenever any strong swine flu virus comes inside your body, all the police with swine flu cap jump and kill the virus !”
“Yippy !!!”
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Teaching Religion to 4-6 year old !!!!!
Posted by madhuriesingh on August 10, 2009
“Mumma ! What is the meaning of St Mary’s? “
” Well, it’s the name of the mother of Jesus Christ.
Do you know about him?”
” No”.
“Hmm”.
” Ok what is our surname?”
“Singh”
“You have 48 kids in your class, and each has a different surname, right? “
” No, mom, there are three singhs”
“Ok, so you have 45 other surnames and 3 singhs” ” Now do they all live in one house?”
“No”
” Ok now where do you and all your friends live”
” In houses in Pune.”
“Right. And where do dada dadi, nana nani live”
“Delhi”
“Right. We who live in Pune are called Puneites, those who live in Delhi are called Delhites. But is there any difference in any one living in Pune or in Delhi?”
“No”
” Now when we all, Nana, Nani, Mumma, Papa go to Mama’s house in US, we are all called Indians. But Mamas, Mamies, Kriti, Siya and Sanaa are called Americans, because they live in America.”
” Yes”
“Is there any difference in any one who lives in India or America?”
“No”
“Do you know we are Hindus?”
“No”
“Hmm, tell me whose pooja do we do?”
“My friend Ganesha, bal Hanuman, Ghatotkach, Krishna and Ram.”
” And have you seen whose pooja Janak does?”
“Sardar uncle’s.”
” Ok yes, he is Guru Gobind Singh, and so Janak is a Sikh.”
” Whose pooja Aimaan does?”
” I dunno”
” He does pooja of Allah and is a Muslim.”
” Who is Irene aunty’s God ?”
“I don’t know”
“Her god is Jesus Christ, and she is a Christian.”
“Ok!”
“Is there any difference you see in Aimaan, Janak, Irene aunty, and yourself?”
“No and Yes !”
“Is it? Tell me how?”
” No because they all are living things and look same. Yes because we all do pooja of different God’s”.
“So, does that make anything different in any way?”
“No, then what is the use of different religion and god?”
“Like you ask mumma and papa for everything and do what we tell you mostly, same way different gods and religion tell what to do and how to do. Nothing much.”
“Ok”
” Now do you know what is Jesus Christ’s mumma’s name?”
“No”
” Her name is Mary. And because her son is a God to all Christians, she is called St Mary. And your school is
named after her as St Mary’s School. Got it?”
“Yes got it.” But what is Alien’s god called and what are they, hindu or christian? And mumma are Transformers god?”
Posted in Teaching Kids the fun Way, Values4Kids | Tagged: allah, amrican, christian, guru gobind singh, hanuman, hindu, india, india travel, indian, jesus, krishna, Madhuri Singh, madhurie singh, madhuriesingh, moms, muslim, parenting, poona, pune, ram, religion, school, sikh, st mary's, teaching | 2 Comments »
Swine Flu – DPS, St Marys, Bishops, Vibgyor and All schools in Pune till 16th August 2009!!!
Posted by madhuriesingh on August 10, 2009
Updated at 5:00pm on 10th Aug 2009.
DPS school Pune closed till 17th august 2009.
All malls, schools, multiplexes will remain closed for three days as per the government orders. Phew !!! Finally . Bloodshed has to happen to even save our lives. Still there are a few thick-heads who are advising the schools to remain open. We must find out if their kids are in any of the affected city or have they packed off to their kids to a monsoon break to some hill station or abroad ! Don’t they understand simple logic of quarantine?
A minimum of 7 days of total shutting down of the city is all that is needed to eradicate this H1N1 virus. So is 7 days asking too much as compared to hundreds of lives that they are staking? How much sense is lacking in the people WE have chosen?
Ok now if the govt. authorities are like duh… People , use your common sense. Choose between a week of shopping at malls / movie halls /socializing OR be ready to get infected. Is this a rocket science?
Written on 10th august at 1:05am
All schools in Pune will be closed till 16th August 2009, by the order of the Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, if the school is willing.
Thank you dear authorities for better late than never sense which prevailed to save the kids from getting infected and saving the poor parents from the dilemma of whether to send their kids to the school or not !
I wish a month back this step was taken preemptively, but Pune people learn things the HARD way always!
Anyways since I have not been sending both my kids to the school even before the schools declared to close down, I am extremely pleased for the step I took.
Sadly there are two kids infected in St Mary’s 1D and one child from DPS. The kids who did go to the school last week have been exposed to the H1N1 virus. My advice to parents of these kids whose kids went to the school until last week, kindly check your kid’s throat every morning yourself. If there is even a slightest redness or soreness visible, get him tested. This you must do till the seven days from the day your child stopped going to the school.
Read this for detailed reason. What if you came in contact with swine flu affected person ?
A few steps for all the worried parents:
*First thing first, get your kid tested.
*Avoid sending your kid out anywhere.
*Keep other members in the house away from your kid to prevent any other member getting infected, cause you still do not know if your kid is infected or not.
*Order Tamiflu online, as there is shortage of the capsules. Order Online Tamiflu.
*Make hot chicken soup with lots of whole garam masala and fresh ginger garlic for the kid to drink. This will not cure the swine flu, but will provide good strength and stamina to fight the virus.
*Do not hide the fact from anyone if your kid is infected. Its criminal offence to hide the disease and let other innocent people come in contact with the virus. On the other hand, sharing the information, keeping the kid in isolation will actually hurry up your kid’s recovery.
*If infected or have any doubt that your kid is infected, please make him/her wear Mask N95 only. The other masks are useless and do not prevent the virus from spreading. Other members in the house must also wear the N95 Mask.
*Keep all maids, drivers, workers away from your child till your child recovers.
It’s this category of people who should not get infected, else the real Pandemic will show up ! Thankfully only the upper class is infected due to their globetrotting. And since upper class have the money and resource, the disease can be controlled in Pune to the level of epidemic. If the lower class gets affected, the virus will do the deadly taandav and show its ugliest form. One maid or one driver will infect his whole family and neighbors within one single day as they live in congested rooms and slums. Definitely they will not afford Rs 5000/- worth Tamiflu! And then the result is something we don’t want to see.
SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DRIVERS? MAIDS away from anyone infected with the Swine flu in your home. DO the cooking/ cleaning / driving for the infected kid yourself. Another option can be to see that these helpers if they are in contact with the infected person stay in the same house premise. This will at least prevent spreading of the virus. Then if any symptom arises, admit the person to the hospital that can handle swine flu.
These are all advice from non medical person, so kindly do not avoid going to the doctor if any symptom arise. You should take a doctor’s advice before taking Tamiflu.
*I pray for the speedy recovery of all the kids. May I request the parents to not send their kids to any day care, playschools, activity classes or even movies and malls.
It’s tough to keep them home, so sending to known friends who do not have any flu or running nose should be wise. Mothers at home can continue with the daily studies for an hour or two. There are several online games that you can allow kids to play to keep them busy.
You parents can use this time to bond with your children and teach all about viral flu etc. Check out good sites that easily explain it. http://www.X-plain.com. Check out online stories or activities . I like http://www.starfall.com.
Paint, draw play with your child and make the most of this break. Be thankful that you are lucky to be healthy and fit.
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Must visit place for Kids in Pune – Empress Garden !!!
Posted by madhuriesingh on August 9, 2009
The Empress Garden is my favorite and my kids go gaga with just the mention of it’s name.
Kider Brook, the playschool where my kids were doing their kindergarten, took them to this lovely garden 3 years back. My darling hubby took the responsibility as I had another appointment on that Saturday.
They took a few dry snacks and fruits, though the school was ready with biscuits and cold drinks. ( Three years back I was not aware of the dangers of these aerated soft drinks).
Once back from the garden after 3 hours, my kids kept telling me of the swings and slides they played on, the trees all around, the tiny stream flowing through the garden and the pink candy they ate there !
They took promise from me that I will take them the next weekend again to the Empress Garden.
My hubby was also looking very fresh and happy, after meeting so many teachers obviously 🙂 as all the teachers later told me how sweetly my hubby helped them in managing all the kids and driving a few teachers and kids back to the school.
This garden sounded too good to be true. So I planned the next weekend with just my family.
From the moment I landed in the garden, I was mesmerized by the …. read more…
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My kids go to different board schools, DPS and St Mary’s!!!!!!
Posted by madhuriesingh on August 6, 2009
My kids go to different schools with different education board !
Every time I mention this, I see people reacting only one way , and that is with great astonishment slowly turning to pity my state, suggestions and help never intended to give :).
But trust me, it’s not as difficult as it seems !
It has infact given me the opportunity to spend time with each of my child separately for their various needs.
I get to spend time with only the elder one (who goes to 1st std St Mary’s) in the morning as he wakes up at 5:30 am. It’s easy to get him all ready and make him eat his breakfast peacefully. He is off to bus stand at 6:45am. Now handling two of them would have driven me nuts as both are still totally dependent on me for all their chores.
The second one who goes to Nursery class, DPS, wakes up at read more
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Vacation and Holiday Breaks for Dps Pune !!!!!!!
Posted by madhuriesingh on July 31, 2009
Summer Break 9th may to 21st june 2009
Dussehra Break 25th sep to 28th sep 2009
Deepawali Break 16th oct to 18th oct 2009
Winter Break 25th dec to 3rd jan 2010
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