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All around the world tens of millions of parents are now homeschooling their kids. The covid-19 pandemic has forced schools to shutdown in a bid to contain the spread of the virus. We are aware that you are new to homeschooling but fret not, its not something totally different from what you have been doing […]

My name is Titi Adewusi, I am one of the Co-Founders of 9ijakids – an Edtech Company that develops fun games for children. I am a mother of 2 boys – aged 9 and 11. My younger son is what you will call a digital native. He seems to have an innate ability to decode […]

My 14-year-old nephew out of frustration asked me one day; “Why do I even need to study Maths?” “I want to be a lawyer; I don’t think I need Maths” This reminded me of when we were younger, we were taught that if you were not doing engineering, architecture, accounting, etc., you did not need […]

As we celebrate International Women’s Day and the impact of women in the society. One of the key things to promote is gender equality. Over the years, we have role models that have fought and made waves with their works. Here are a few extraordinary women and their works: 1. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti: Kuti was an […]

As a mom of a 6-year-old boy, I often wonder whether his father and I are raising him the right way. So often, we hear things like “why is he cooking when his sister is around”, “why is he having a girl’s toy?”, etc. And then the constant “boys will be boys” messages make me […]

So yesterday was world book day and as usual, kids dressed up in the costume of their favourite book characters. I saw a picture of a child that dressed in a zombie costume and I can tell he must have read that Zombie in Love book by Kelly DiPucchio or something similar. I thought it […]

World Book Day is dedicated to promoting the love of books and reading. It is celebrated in over 100 countries. All successful people have a love of reading in common. Encouraging children to love reading is what World Book Day is all about. Every year on World Book Day, children dress up as their favorite […]

“It is not an accident that successful people read more books” – Seth Godin Two of the richest men in the world Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates read books. Bill Gates read 50 books. It is really not an accident that successful people read, they all have this in common. Reading books increases children’s knowledge, […]

What’s your parenting style like? A mum blogger asked her followers this question and i saw people arguing about old school and new school parenting. At first i became dumbfounded like what are they talking about? Oh, old school is the style our own parent utilised in raising us while new school is the “Ajebutter” […]

Back in my primary school days, one of my best topics was Science. After class that day, my teacher asked us a question. She described a scenario whereby a potted plant was kept in a dark cupboard for several days. On bringing out the plant, it was discovered that the plant had withered and died. […]