2015 will be just another calendar year in a couple of more days as we get all set to herald in 2016. The year was short and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves over at KSP! So in true wrap up style we wanted to bring you the best of the best on our website this year. Posts you have loved and commented on. Posts you read over and over again and included in your discussions. Posts you had strong opinions on and posts you downright hated! We have them all, once again for your reading pleasure and just to take you down memory lane again!
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1. Best Parenting Videos
Every week we bring you must watch videos that are either trending, have resonated with us as parents, or are simply too hilarious to pass up! Here are the top 5 from 2015.
Parents: Watch This Powerful Video to Take a Closer Look At The Way You Parent
Parent are their kids first teachers. This video makes us look at our parenting and think before we do anything lest our children pick it up
Must Watch Video: 9 Or 90, There Will Always Be Someone To Advise You
Drop everything and watch this now. We know there will be smiles and nods.
Video watch: This 9 year old’s video on a broken home is not an unhappy home has close to a million views
A 9 year old Indonesian boy shares a video celebrating his parents and family life after a divorce.
Video Watch: This new Google Ad about mom’s first day at school is what every mom will resonate with
As parents you’ve had many firsts with your kids but here is a great video by Google on a first for your mom.
Video Watch: A day in my life and why being a mom entrepreneur was one of the best decisions I made
A sneak peak into a day in my life and doing the best I can to balance between playing mommy and being an entrepreneur
2. Best KSP Video Recommends
At KSP we often showcase videos that will help us teach our children something valuable, introspect our own parenting prowess, or just maybe learn something new. Here are the top videos of 2015!
5 Videos That Best Explain Good Touch & Bad Touch To Children
Wondering how to talk to your kids about what is good touch and bad touch? These 5 must watch videos are designed specifically to teach your kids to be safe.
With over 8 million views, this video tells us how schools are killing creativity
This is one the most watched Ted Talk videos and here is why?
The Kids Online Book Club: Where The Wild Things Are
Watch our book club hangout this week for awesome recommendations on animal related books for children of all ages!
Look Out! Here Comes Natkhat Krishna!
KidzConnect brings you Natkhat Krishna! A play that will transport you to Vrindavan and give you a front row view into the life and antics of the mischievous Krishna as he searches for that pot of butter.
Festive Food Hangout: How To Make Traditional Sweets Yummy For Kids Today?
Look what food experts discussed about at our Festive Food Hangout!
Mandira Bedi Talks About Postpartum Depression And Her Journey To A Super Fit Post Pregnancy Body!
Mandira Bedi in a candid chat with KSP
Tips: 5 Time Saver Tips For Moms This Diwali
Getting ready for a party was never this simple!
Lara Dutta Talks To KSP About Love, Life, And Striking That Perfect Balance
This woman seems to be able to juggle it all!
Marks & Spencer: Kids Shopping Haul
So many new clothes makes us happy!
Two Of KSP’s Favourite Trail Mix Recipes For Healthy Snacking
What’s your favourite trail mix?
3. Favourite DIY Posts
In 2015 we brought you tons of craft ideas to do with your children. These guaranteed hours of fun creativity with your children and we sure loved bringing them to you. Here is a lookback at some of our favourites. Maybe you could end 2015 on a crafty, creative note?
8 Creative, Super Simple, DIY Christmas Trees!
Don’t want to buy a Christmas tree? Make your own!
Impress Santa With These DIY Christmas Stocking Ideas!
Why buy a stocking when you can make your own?
7 Ways To Get Crafty With Buttons!
Get creative with something as ordinary as buttons! You will be amazed at all the things you and your child can do! KSP brings you 7 easy ways to get creative with buttons!
Easy-Peasy Paper Craft Activities For Kids
Try these super simple accordion craft activities that your children are sure to love and go back to, time and again! We show you how to make anything from snakes and dragons to turkeys and flowers!
10+ Quick and Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas you haven’t tried before.
Your guide to packing gifts using resources from home giving it a personal touch.
4. Favourite Games of 2015
These games sure got us hooked in 2015! Every week we bring you a review of a game we have loved, and we bring it to you and your family in the hope that you will too! Here are our picks for favourite games in 2015.
10 Must Play Board Games To Add More Cheer To The Holiday Season
Make Christmas break all the more fun!
Kitki Games: Who Says You Can’t Play And Learn?
Looking for games where your child can learn while they play? Look no further, Kitki board games does just that! Read on for more details!
Think Strategy And Gain Your Ground: Hours of Board Game Fun With Blokus
Think strategy and make your move as you gain control over the board. Play Blokus for hours of family board game fun!
Video Review: Vocab building game where you race to unravel the word.
Warning: This game is a great vocab builder but be prepared for unlimited screaming, shouting and fights
Video Review: Super Math Spy – a game to make Math fun for your children
Super Math Spy is a great Math Game for children above 8 years who are learning different Math functions. It adds in fun, speed, application and social skills.
KSP Exclusive: Say Hello to the world’s first Roll up puzzle
KSP shares the first review of the World’s first roll up puzzle by Mad Rat Games and you must watch the video to know what’s so special and how it’s more than a puzzle.
5. Must Try Food Recipes of 2015
If you are a regular reader of KSP, you know we love our healthy, delicious foods! We are always on the lookout for easy, healthy, and kid friendly foods that we can make and take with us as we go about our day. Here are some of our favourites.
All I Want For Christmas Is…Something Healthy And Finger Lickingly Yummy!
Christmas treats a baking in your kitchen!
Easy Way To Make Homemade Almond Milk!
Looking for a healthy substitute to milk? KSP shows you the easiest way to make almond milk at home!
4 Super Healthy Recipes Your Kids Are Sure To Love!
As India celebrates National Nutrition Week, KSP and nutritionist Dhvani Shah bring you four super healthy and yummy recipes you can make for your kids.
Recipe: No Bake, Gluten Free Granola Bar for kids and weight watchers
The secret food that is delicious, nutritious and yummmy. A perfect mini meal for kids snack box, on your office desk or for a quick breakfast.
Healthy Start to Your Day: Banana Oat Smoothie
Start your day off right with a healthy breakfast drink that will keep you alert, refreshed and raring to go!
6. Parenting Advice
At KSP, we are primarily parents looking out for other parents. It is this community that we thrive on and derive our strength from and we would love to see it flourish. So every week we bring you posts that not just offer advice but also learnings, lessons, and just about anything that we feel is worthy of sharing with other parents. Here are some favourites.
Top 10 Amazing Parenting Lessons from My Mom
The Best parenting Advice given by my Mother!
How Having Two Children Turned Me Into My Mom
It is true what they say. We do become our parents someday. Mansi Zaveri writes about how years of parenting has made her agree with what her mom was saying all along.
Why I think 27 is the perfect age to have a baby and any later wouldn’t work for me?
Why having my first baby at 27 helped me and I totally recommend it.
7. City Guides
KSP readers are not just in the metros but the parenting community extends to cities across the country. So we try and bring you a list of things to do, fun places to visit, and city specific secrets only parents will be able to share with you. Here are some of the top posts from 2015.
Wildlife Holidays in India with child friendly stays you will love
The best Wildlife Holidays in India and child friendly stays that make it a perfect getaway.
15 things To Do in Bangalore that only a mom from Bangalore can tell you
Visiting Bangalore or new to the city. Here are 15 things recommended by a local mum who is as up and about as you.
All roads lead to the New Taraporewala Aquarium
The oldest aquarium in Mumbai gets a new look
Review Salt Escape: Natural Relief From Most Respiratory And Skin Conditions
Mumbai gets its own salt spa to treat all sorts of recurring ailments! We bring you the exclusive first review and this may just be the alternate therapy you want to try
Are You Familiar With The Best Indoor Play Areas In Delhi?
Why keep children at home when the weather is bad? Head to indoor play areas in Delhi and we tell you which ones top the list!
The coolest Indoor Play Areas for kids in Bangalore
The best of Bangalore’s Indoor play areas recommended by a local mom for kids of all ages – which one is your favourite?
8. Inspirational Stories of 2015
Every once in a while we come across a story that inspires us to be better at what we do. Here are some of those stories and we hope they resonated with you too!
This Girl Redefined Her Disability With Her Creativity
Don’t miss the exhibit on until December 14th.
Sesame Street Takes A Giant Step For Autism Awareness
Say hello to Julia the new Muppet at Sesame Street!
TED Talk With 4 Million Views Tells You About THE lesson to Learn from Our Kids
It is the day for childish thinking after all!
A Must Read Open Letter To All Parents On Children’s Day
Maybe it is time to listen to what our kids want?
9. New Moms
New moms are welcomed into our fold daily and we are eager to share everything we have learned through our parenting journey with them. After all only another mom can tell you what works and what doesn’t right? So we endeavour to bring you posts that highlight questions that new moms have and we try and answer them with tried and tested tips, tricks, and parent hacks! Here are some of our top favourites from 2015.
Here Are 5 Things To Remember This Diwali If You Are A New Mom
Make sure baby enjoys Diwali too!
You Are Not Alone: Postpartum Depression Affects 1 in 5 Indian Moms
It isn’t all about the new born baby. Mom needs attention too.
16 Gifts Indian Moms-To-Be Want For Their Baby Shower But Aren’t Telling You
Steer clear of the big teddy bear!
Video Watch: New mom Shruti Seth on a Healthy Pregnancy, Mommy guilt and Planning Finances for a baby in India
In a candid chat with Shruti Seth on Pregnancy, Finances for raising a baby, life after motherhood
4 Breastfeeding Apps Every New Mom Needs to Have to Achieve Her Nursing Goal
Nobody ever said breastfeeding was an easy task. But these apps sure make a huge difference!
Breastfeeding is a Mind Game. Here is How I Won It!
Every mother fat or thin, fair or dark, rich or poor can breastfeed! The 7 commandments of breastfeeding that helped me.