http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather Anything I can share about parenting, home education, and children growing up Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:26:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is an article from Parents.com (America’s family magazine). It reminds me about some simple strategies to nurture the kind of kid who love to learn. I totally agree all of the points the author (Ginny Graves) made in the article. Here I extract some of the points for sharing ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/12/01/raising-kids-who-love-to-learn/ Seterra is a quiz program for memorizing geography and country flags. It is a free education software. Current version is 2.83, which was released in August 2005. Seterra is a challenging geography program with 70 different exercises. Learn about countries, capitals, flags and cities in Africa, Europe, South America, North ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/09/21/learn-geography-with-seterra/ Starfall.com The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service. We also provide writing journals and books at a very low cost that can be used with the website or separately. Teachers around the country are using Starfall materials as an inexpensive way to make the classroom more fun ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/09/18/a-good-website-for-children-to-have-fun-learning-to-read/ My 4-year-old son loves to play bomberman game very much. We have tried a number of variation of bomberman games. Most of them demands payment to get the full version. Finally, we found a simple, classic and good one. It is also a freeware. We spent quit a lot of ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/09/15/a-simple-and-good-bomberman-game/ If your children, just like my older son, love to play with computer all the day, here is a cool tool that might be helpful. Workrave: The tentative utility of this program is to ensure you to take the necessary breaks to avoid or help recover from RSI (repetitive strain injury). ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/09/14/break-reminder-for-your-children/ The animals on the underground.com is an interesting site. Visit this site and find out more animals like the following loving Elephant. The Animals, made up using tube lines, stations and junctions on the London Underground map were spotted by Paul Middlewick some 17 years ago. The original Animal, the Elephant was ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/09/13/animals-on-the-underground/ I drop by a website called FunBrain.com and find the following three flash games. I will play them with my sons in spare time. Germ Zapper . Germs are hiding in a classroom, and it’s your job to find them! Supermarket Toss. A child wants to buy the new Sara ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/09/12/arcade-for-kids-and-parents/ The Ten Basic Principles of Good Parenting by Laurence Steinberg I brought and read the Chinese translation version of this book when I was in Taiwan this July. After scanning the book around one hour in a bookshop, I found the ten principles of good parenting convincing, so I decided to ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/09/09/ten-basic-principles-of-good-parenting/ BBC Computer Tutor is a highly interactive and user friendly flash application that teachs how to use a keyboard, mouse or computer. I will introduce it to my sons. By the way, it is a good chance for my sons to listen English too. Computer Tutor is a resource for people ... http://www.stevenchoy.com/imfather/2005/09/06/the-bbcs-guide-to-using-a-computer/