I help ambitious women to grow with a growth mindset and bring their little ones alongside.
⭐️ Website : EVERYDAY FUNDAY https://everydayfunday.ca/ ⭐️ Contact me : info@everydayfunday.ca ➡️⭐️ Instagram : @teachergela_ https://www.instagram.com/teachergela_/ ⭐️ Youtube : @teachergela https://www.youtube.com/@teachergela/
You can be friends with your classmate. And you can be friends with your dog. And you can be friends with the tree in the backyard. The book “Apple and Magnolia” by Laura Gehl and Patricia Metola talks about an unusual friendship. If you want to talk about relationship with your child (between you and your child) and teach about an unusual friendship, listen to this episode. You will learn how to use this book to have a warm quality time with your child. There is an art activity to go with the b...
“Poems Aloud” by Joseph Coelho and Daniel Gray-Barnett is a book that is made for school-aged children. But I saw many possibilities for our young children in this book and one of them is using the book in the quality time. Because the poems have rhyming words, mindful scenes and fun performance factors, you can read them together with your child and have a fun connecting time. I tell you specific ways to use one of the poems in the book in this episode. If you want to have a just fun time toget...
With the story of a girl and her red shoes, teach your child about letting things go. At the toddler level, you can teach that we can let the toys go that we don’t use any more. At the preschool and kindergarten level, you can teach that we want to practice letting things go because things change and we want to be able to change as well to experience the bigger world. We use the book “Red Shoes” by Karen English and Ebony Glenn. A little deep topic today but if you want to help your child to bec...
If you are looking for an alone time, I won’t be able to help you. But if you are looking for a quiet time, I can help you have that. In this episode, I introduce the book “The Quite Book” by Deborah Underwood (author) and Renata Liwska (illustrator) and teach you a way to have a quiet (fun) time with your child at home. It’ll give you an opportunity to teach your child about quiet and practice quiet as well, so I recommend to listen to this episode and try the play when you want to have some qu...
Would you like to have a little dreaming session with your little one this week? I have a perfect book and a play idea for you! The book “Door” by Jihyeon Lee is a wordless picture book and this can help you start. In this episode, I introduce the book “Door” and a drawing activity that you can do with your child. If you are a fan of daydreaming like me (🥰), learn about this book and a beautiful activity that I created. Related blog post : https://everydayfunday.ca/dream-and-draw-with-child-wit...
Are you in the “whole-family-is-sick” week? How are you surviving with a sick child at home? In this episode, I introduce a very simple activity that you can just give it to your child to do alone or you can do together with your child for a quality time. In February, there are Valentine’s Day and Family Day in Canada. So we are going to use hearts and a theme of family. There is a way for you to survive with a sick child. Have a listen!😊 Related blog post : https://everydayfunday.ca/how-to-sur...
Does your child have many books around in her or his room? Does s/he like to read alone? In this episode, I talk about encouraging children to read alone and be confident by herself/himself. If you were curious about wordless books, you will hear my insights on them, too. I’m using the book “Fly!” By Mark Teague in this episode. Related blog post : https://everydayfunday.ca/give-your-child-confidence-with-a-wordless-book-fly/ . . . ⭐️ Website : EVERYDAY FUNDAY https://everydayfunday.ca/ ⭐️ Conta...
If your usual available time for your child is the bedtime, I have a great bedtime book suggestion. We are using the book “The Darkest Dark” by Chris Hadfield & Kate Fillion (Illustrated by Eric Fan and Terry Fan) and I help you to create a quality time out of the ordinary bedtime. In the episode, I talk about small points that you want to study with your child to teach meaningful lessons and get close to each other. It can help your and your child’s transition to the sleep time smooth and p...
Do you make pancakes for your child? Here is a really fun story about pancakes. Book “Set Sail for Pancakes!” by Tim Kleyn tells a story about a girl and her grandpa going on an adventure to make pancakes. I love this book not only because it motivates you to make pancakes together with your child but also because it can teach growth mindset. The girl and her grandpa in the story shows bravery, problem solving skills and hopes. If you want to have a meaningful and connecting pancake time with yo...
We are in the mid-January and it’s the middle of the winter! So I would say it’s the perfect time to read the book “Ten Ways to Hear Snow” by Cathy Camper (Illustrated by Kenard Pak). Can you guess ten ways to hear snow? This book can help you have a conversation with your child about family and have a mindful time on a snow day. In this episode, I talked about some points that you don’t want to miss and ways to extend the story from the book and bring a quality time to you and your child. Liste...
Everybody experiences low moments. Even toddlers and preschoolers experience them. What do you want to teach your child to overcome those inevitable times in life? I’ll show you a way in this episode 79, using the book “A Flicker of Hope” by Julia Cook. You will be able to help your child become a positive and growth-minded human being. Related blog post : https://everydayfunday.ca/how-to-be-hopeful-again-for-toddlers-and-preschoolers/ . . . ⭐️ Website : EVERYDAY FUNDAY https://everydayfunday.ca...
Are you ready to enjoy the holiday time? What kind of mindset can we prepare to fully enjoy the time? I would say a mindful mind. In the episode 78, I talk about a play that you can do with your child at home. It’s a play that will help you practice mindfulness skills and have a mindful mind ready for your holiday time. Learn about this “Mindful Smelling Play” and have a wonderful holiday time!🎄🕯🌟 Related blog post : https://everydayfunday.ca/mindful-smelling-play-for-the-holiday-time/ . . . ...
If you get sick in December, This is the episode that you want to remember and come back to. Unlike our desire to be fully available for our loved ones all the time, there are times that we can’t be that. Sometimes we get sick and have not much energy in us. This week’s episode is for those times. We are bringing the book that we read last week (“If You Take a Mouse to the Movies”) and will enjoy an extended activity. For the colouring and crafting, you can draw your own thins on a paper or use ...
It’s December! I’m so happy to talk about Christmas time! We are starting with a simple and calm play idea though. For this week’s quality time with your child, I recommend to make a paper chain for your Christmas tree. To create a fun context, we add the book “If You Take a Mouse to the Movies” by Laura Numeroff. I tell you the two important lessons that you can teach with this book as well. Listen to this episode and plan a calm quality time with your little one. Related blog post : https://ev...
It’s the time that some animals get ready to hibernate. You can teach your child about what kinds of animal hibernate, where they go, how long they stay in hibernation etc. But in Teacher Gela classroom, we learn about a tortoise who couldn’t hibernate, but instead, could find good things about winter and got to like winter. Yes, it might not be so realistic but it doesn’t need to be!😏 From this tortoise’s story, children can learn about the limitations of our view, an open mind and a growth mi...
Do you like to think about happiness? Happiness is such a big value in my life and I love to teach it to children, too. Book “Where Happiness Begins” by Eva Eland can be a great first book to learn about happiness. So for this week’s quality time, I’m suggesting this book. In the episode, you can learn about the story of the book and how you can use this book with your little preschooler. Just reading the book together with your child might leave out many good learning opportunities, so I really...
Is your child’s favourite toy a dump truck? Does s/he like anything about construction play? Then, you wouldn’t want to miss this episode 73! Here is a book for construction-loving children. “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site” by Sherri Duskey Rinker (author) and Tom Lichtenheld (illustrator). The main reason, however, why I’ve brought this book for this week is because this book is a good sleep time book. Sleep time is one of the best times to connect deeply with children. In this episode...
Are you in a situation where you need to deal with a new environment? Or is your child in that kind of situation? I recommend you to read the book “A House for Hermit Crab” by Eric Carle with your child. Hermit Crab is a real creature in the real world who naturally faces a lot of environmental changes. (It has to find a new shell as it grows!) The Hermit Crab in the book shows an ideal way of facing changes and teaches growth mindset. In the episode, I talk about small points that you can discu...
Do you believe that you can be all sorts of things? This might be a little off-track subject but this is the thought that came to me after reading the book “All Sorts” by Pippa Goodhart. “All Sorts” is a story of a little girl who likes to sort things. She sorts things by shape, colour, kind etc. But one day, she realizes that people on the street cannot be sorted in one easy way and they are actually okay to stay like that because they are all in the “muddled-up” (the world). I would say it’s a...
Halloween is coming in a week!👻🎃 Do you have a little toddler who does not like scary stuff? And you are thinking there is nothing you can do to enjoy Halloween with your child? You might be wrong.😙 There is a way to have fun with Halloween in a not-so-scary way and I’m teaching you the way in this episode. We are using the book “The Little Old Lady who was Not Afraid of Anything” by Linda Williams. Learn about this interesting book and get ready for your Halloween day with your little one! R...
This week, we are talking about the famous book “The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn. If your child has a hard time going to school or being separated from you, this is a book to read together. In addition to the main themes - separation anxiety and mom’s love, I talk about the points that will help your child develop growth mindset. This book can teach you and your child about the great attitude of living life - with growth mindset!😊 (Have this episode with you and you will always be ready for th...
I found a great new book for this week’s quality time. “Zebra in the Mirror” by Tina Arnus Pupis and Marta Bartolj shows a zebra who struggles with humiliation about her appearance. Through a quiet reflection time, she is able to overcome the negative self-image and develop self-confidence. The story is written in an easy and simple way so toddlers and preschoolers can understand too. I tell you what scenes you want to see again and how to talk about a little deeper topics with your child. Healt...
If you are in the season of fall like me, we don’t want to miss this opportunity to talk all about apples! It’s an apple season and I’m sharing four different ways to have fun with apples. Visiting apple farms, making apple muffins together, reading a book about apples and listening to a peaceful apple poem. The main play I’m recommending is baking apple muffins together but you can hear about other three things, too, in this episode.😉 If you would like to use apples for your quality time this ...
Do you know the scavenger hunt for mindfulness? You get a paper that has pictures of different things. You take this paper with you and go outside. As you walk in the nature, you will use your senses and find the pictured items on the paper. I’ve used the scavenger hunt for mindfulness many times in my past lessons. I’ve found a good book to teach about this kind of scavenger hunt. If you and your child are not familiar with the scavenger hunt yet, listen to this episode and learn about it. In t...
What’s your first strategy that you use when you are worried? If you are in your 30s like me, I guess it’s likely that you have your own set of strategies. But how about children? Children sometimes feel anxious in their days too and do you think your child knows what to do when s/he is worried? If you never really talked about feeling worried or you want to bring the topic to your child for the first time, there is an easy and great book that can help you do that. In this episode, I introduce y...
What do you do when you feel down? The gloomy feeling brings more gloomy things to our day if we don’t try to change it. It’s because of the negativity bias of human. I know that it’s hard to realize when we are actually in the bad mood, and that’s why it’s important to prep ourselves before it happens. I can add one more tool to your bad-day-strategy list today. We’re using a classical song “Over the Rainbow”. It’s nice to listen to it when you feel down but with the book that I found and an ac...
It’s not hard to find information or advices these days. Ask your question on Google or go to any social media platform and type your concern. You will see endless search results. The problem these days is there are too many other people’s advices and opinions, and we can get lost in there again. At one point last week, I got so overwhelmed and upset. I yelled alone, “I don’t wanna hear one more person talking about what I have to do!”🤯😶 It was time to turn inward, to look into my heart, to be...
Have you ever wondered what the stars are doing during the day? Have you ever wondered if cereals are afraid of a spoon? These are the questions from the book "I Wonder". They are very random, right? But these random questions can make us think. With the book "I Wonder", have a meaningful quality time with your child and get a chance to check on yourself as well. What to talk about with your child and what to do for your own mindful time, I tell you all in the episode with my own examples.☺️♥︎ R...
My suggestion for this week’s quality time is drawing. But it’s not like regular drawing! 🖐😉 We are drawing on a glass! This is to try something different and also to teach a lesson that it is a very special and grateful thing that we get a new day everyday for a new chance. You and I will also get benefit from today’s lesson. Listen to it, try the activity with your child and strengthen your bond.♥︎ ☀️💚 Summer Outdoor Activity Books for Toddler : This is a guide for summer time. (It’s still ...
