Extra curricular activities like fine arts, swimming, karate

Originally Posted by av0608

hi shanthi,

its very nice to know about the trinity music. how old is she? i mean ur daughter? what other activities is she in to?

lakshmi

Lakshmi,

My daughter is 12 going to be 13 next month. she learns carnatic vocal and swimming along with keyboard. And she draws well...though we have not sent her to any classes right now..and few of her works are displayed here.

I have a son who is 10 who goes for cricket coaching and also learns carnatic vocal and swimming.

Originally Posted by av0608

shanthi, how do you manage your time. how do you manage to know so many info. you seem to be very dynamic. for me with a 2 months baby and 2 yr old boy i feel i dont have time. anyway let us all know about your time management so that we can learn few tips from you.

Hi lakshmi,

Time management, i cannot say if i am so effective as you think. but yes do plan a little ahead. and also i read a lot and do observe a lot. there is nothing more to it...

hi shanthi,

your daughter's drawings are superb. convey my wishes to her.

lakshmi

Lakshmi

thanks dear. will convey the same to her.

Shanthi,

I have a question for you. How did you provoke the interests in your kids to learn all the other curricular activities?

Should we have a plan for them lets say by the age of 4, he should have learnt swimming, by the age of 5, he should have learnt some musical instrument like that ?

Just want to know how did you implement your ideas on your kids without forcing them explicitly.

Btw, i really admired your daughter's paintings. Really nice work. Tell our wishes to her.

Thanks
Shobana.

Originally Posted by motherof1

HI,
Can someone give the number and address of MV Tennis acadmey in Selaiyur.
Also, is there any other place apart from MAV for roller skating in and around Tambaram?
Thanks

Hi Motherof1,

I am a mother of 2..

I do not have info about MV tennis, but I do know Tennis. Please check out my other thread -
http://www.indusladies.com/forums/general-discussions-usa-and-canada/34379-tennis-in-us-and-india.html#post404189
I think you should check out Mr. Meenakshi Sundaram's Competitive Edge - International Tennis Academy. Recently, he brought his students from India to US and made them play tournaments here. Isn't that awesome?

Just start talking to him. He may come up with new programs to accomodate your kids. I am So Sure, it is worth it. .

regards,
Sharada

Originally Posted by shobanaj

Shanthi,

I have a question for you. How did you provoke the interests in your kids to learn all the other curricular activities?

Should we have a plan for them lets say by the age of 4, he should have learnt swimming, by the age of 5, he should have learnt some musical instrument like that ?

Just want to know how did you implement your ideas on your kids without forcing them explicitly.

Btw, i really admired your daughter's paintings. Really nice work. Tell our wishes to her.

Thanks
Shobana.

Shobana, thanks for your wishes, will convey the same to my duaghter.

I just tell them that there are these classes going on.if you are interested you can just go.

but when my son was small, i just enrolled him in iskcon, bahrain, there were sloka classes, gita classes, drawing and music, so he got into the groove himself.

now we do not force them, only put them into classes if they ask. swimming, it depends on your child's height.

There is no age for learning anything. I am told singer sudha, unni krishnan started learning music very late in life.

so wait and watch him

Shanvy

Would you know of any place where we can learn Bhajans?

kavitha,

Check out at the ayyappan temple. long back there was a mandali, which used to teach new members.

IF you are interested in sai bajans, may be i can link you to somebody i know.

Originally Posted by Shanvy

kavitha,

Check out at the ayyappan temple. long back there was a mandali, which used to teach new members.

IF you are interested in sai bajans, may be i can link you to somebody i know.

It's Sai Bhajans that I'm exactly looking out for :)