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Music with mama: Trial classes at MYC and Seimpi
Recently, B attended trial classes at Music For Young Children (Orchard) and Seimpi School of Music (Funan). Both programs are parent accompanied, utilise a whole brain approach and go beyond generic...
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Our first sticker ch(art)
We introduced B’s first sticker reward chart last month and it’s become an ongoing work of art and lesson in self-control for all of us. The sticker chart tackled two areas that I felt were within B’s...
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Boys like to cook too!
We went down to the National Museum in the opening week of the annual Children’s Season. There were many toddler-friendly play areas and activities – all free – for this year’s exhibit on Masak Masak:...
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Singapore’s new Sports Hub
We stopped by Kallang this weekend and checked out the brand new sports hub which opened in June. The hub includes the national stadium, library, recreation room, museum, water playground and retail...
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Public transport too crowded? Make your own!
My boy is crazy about transportation and the people and activities around them. Which boy isn’t at this age? If given the choice, he’d always want to take the public bus or MRT. He can even say...
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Immersing in some Malay culture this Hari Raya
One thing I cherish growing up in Malaysia is how we embraced and celebrated being in a multi-racial community. Every major festival, we’d go from house to house, visiting friends and their families,...
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The Magic Three
My darling B: You are now 33 months. Just 3 months to go before you turn 3 years old! Everyone warned me about the terrible twos, but the year turned out to be pretty terrific instead. Hopefully I...
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Fun For Free SG: Gardens By The Bay Children’s Garden
Singapore is blessed with many clean and safe public parks, and we usually frequent the green connectors linking the exercise and playground areas near school and home. When we heard about the latest...
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Favourite things for our favourite teachers
I first learned this poem by Usman Awang as a young student in Malaysia. As it turns out, the school’s Parent Support Group asked me to add a video message in Malay to our teachers tribute this year,...
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Hole in the bottom of the sea
B and his classmates have been busy preparing for their Term 3 musical showcase – based on Jessica Law’s adaptation of “Hole in the Bottom of the Sea,” with a bit of Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Aquarium”...
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Advent-uring together
Where has the time gone? As a full time working mom again, I find that I have more focus as my daytime schedule, work and family priorities are very straightforward (sick days and school closure days...
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Christmas in Bali and advent-ures at home
This past advent celebration and annual family holiday was especially fun and meaningful. B retains and expresses so much more now PLUS the grandparents joined us throughout, resulting in lots of...
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Time is precious, waste it wisely
This month, I have 3 weeks of no business travel. Hooray! His teachers and my parents tell me that he’s thriving – at nursery and at home, even when I’m away. But when I’m back, B has definitely...
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Keeping cool when it’s hot
This June, we’ve had recurring mid-day thunderstorms, warm nights, and above average temperatures of 34 degrees Celcius. What to do on hotter summer days? Get wet, of course! In the past, we’d...
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Special Review and Offer: Sparkanauts Leyun 乐云 Chinese program
Does your kid find it hard to sit still in class? Do you want to do more together, but have no idea where to start? Do you wish your kid had better exposure to Chinese than you did? We do. Before B...
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Joy. Peace. Hope. Love.
My annual leave starts this week. I look forward to disconnect (as much as I can!) from the day-to-day hecticness, and reconnect with who and what matters the most to me. “LOVE makes our friends a...
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A family that runs together….
Last year, B took part in his first race at the Cold Storage Kids Run 2015. It was quite an experience for both of us – especially as mama didn’t realize the race was actually 800m till the day of!...
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How many ways can you play-doh?
Which kid doesn’t love science? It satisfies their natural curiosity, especially at the age when they don’t stop asking “why” and also devour anything they can read (or be read to). It’s also – simply...
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Traveling without kids
I’ve been travelling a lot for work this year, with a particularly intense past few months. The person most interested in my trips is B, who peppers me with questions – besides just “When are you...
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