So I spoke too soon. My sassy little girl, who is now three-half, has gone all girly-feminine on me. Just like that, she’s suddenly taking a liking to pink things again and all things princessy. She now insists on wearing a dress whenever we…
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At Home with bilingualism! [Read With Me Mommy’s “My Home (我的家)” Book Review]
I’m always searching for bilingual books with local content so my children can learn the vocabulary that’s associated with their daily lives. I mean, how many books can you find in the market that can effectively teach preschoolers names of items and places found in a…
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The epic Lego Movie experience (warning: contains spoilers!)
When he found out that we were going to catch the movie premiere of The Lego Movie, Ben couldn’t contain his excitement for days. He loves, loves, loves Lego and everything he can create with them (although it is still more of Duplo for…
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A tale of three camps
These kids do play well together on good days. These days the house is nicely split into two camps: the Domesticated Camp and the Grunting zoom-vroom-bsssh-cheebaaaboooom! Camp, helmed by Becks and Ben respectively. Of course, Nat has pledged allegiance to both sides, and is…
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Learning from insects! I Theatre’s The Ant and the Grasshopper Giveaway
One of the first few Bible verses I learned – and remembered – as a child was from Proverbs 6:6: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!” I remember my teacher sharing the verse during devotion in kindergarten that…
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Learning the Eye Level way: Math Programme Review
Ben is enrolled in Eye Level‘s Math Programme and has been attending their once-a-week Math lesson for two months now. At each lesson he attends, he’s basically exposed to two things: Basic Thinking Math and Critical Thinking Math. For about an hour or so,…
I went to the warehouse sale at The Learning Store last year and returned with quite a few great finds. These posters are two of them: I’ve placed them on the walls of our learning corners and incorporated a daily routine for the kids:…
Ben turns 5 this month and I am wrecking my brains to find ways to get him to read. He loves to be read to, and still wants to imagine stories with picture books, most of time ignoring the words on the pages. When…
Well, hello Stallion! It’s Chinese New Year and the year of the horse is here. Oooh, happy feelings all stirruped, cos’ it’s my favouritest animal in the whole wide world, and we all can’t wait to gallop into the new year to feast and…
January has been a month of nonsense, noise and a whole bull-load of no-no-nos. Almost every day, I live to fight a thousand and one fires. No kidding. I’m sure if I counted them, they would add up to a thousand and one more…