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		<title>Pour the Paint&#8230; A child-initiated and self-directed play</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This play was 100% child-initiated and self-directed. First, he asked me to open the jar of the blue paint that I made yesterday. Since we don&#8217;t have a paintbrush that he could use, I gave him a couple of cotton swabs. He used them by dabbing. After several minutes, he asked me to put some [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Garage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 07:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When our Mr. Three woke up from his afternoon nap last Saturday, he said: &#8220;Mommy, I slept well. Let&#8217;s go to toys. I&#8217;ll buy the garage.&#8221; I just woke up too and my brain wasn&#8217;t functioning well yet at that time. I tried hard to comprehend what he was saying because neither my husband nor [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Village To Raise Children</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was 2nd of February in 2015 when we came to Hillsborough Playcentre for our first visit. That was my 33rd birthday. My firstborn was about to turn 8 months old then. Photos during our first visit at Hillsborough Playcentre Coming from a country where most children grow up attached not only to our parents [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Them Be</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;For to be free is not merely to cast off one&#8217;s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.&#8221; -Nelson Mandela &#8220;Nooooo!!!No suot (wear) that! Not that shirt! Not that pants!&#8221; screamed Mr. Two. &#8220;I want Superman lang (only),&#8221; he DECLARED. There are mornings like this. Sometimes, it [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>When Hurting Mode is ON</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Two&#8217;s hitting and kicking modes were ON. For no apparent reason, he would just hit and kick me so hard not just once but several times. I have never been a perfect mom but I do my best to be a respectful mom. I&#8217;m not only after correcting and disciplining my children. I am [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Child&#8217;s Play and Alphabet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A child learns best when he&#8217;s free to learn in his own pace and in his own ways. Ask me how and where my Mr. Two first learnt about letters. He was almost 1.5 years old then. It was in a hotel in Manila. There was the &#8220;EXIT&#8221; sign on the lower part of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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