Every School Holiday, I rejoice cos I get to sleep in just a little bit more! Yet, there’s a struggle to work out stuff for the kids to do to occupy them. It’s hard to take leave day after day to watch over them and even if I do, there’s only so many cookies to…
When I was pregnant with Nicole, I must admit there were grand plans for this little baby. She’s our firstborn, so naturally, we wanted to give her the best possible we can. Other than clothes and toys, we also wanted to give her as much exposure as we could to sports and the arts. We…
If you asked any child on the street, there is a high chance he/she is learning some music instrument. Either he’s still learning, or he has learnt it before and for whatever reasons, gave up. Well, not my kids. While the husband and I have music background (the usual ABRSM piano exams), we decided that…
Recently, we were invited to view a part of the National Library’s Rare Collection. For a second I thought it was Rare books. Then I read on and found out it’s an exhibition with extremely rare, some never-seen-before artefacts that shows Singapore’s history. Woah! that got me! That historian in me was itching to go,…
Do your kids hold their pens/pencils in a really strange way? Don’t get me wrong, the kids can still write neatly but the angle of the pen is wrong, or the fingers are sticking out weirdly, or the placement is just totally not normal. I mean I’ve seen adults who hold their pens differently from…
I was an Arts student who simply had no Math brain. When I was in school, I remember it was a huge struggle to go through Math classes and whenever there was a new concept taught, it took me ages to understand. It was so bad that my year end results for Sec 2 was…
There’re tons of tests around to check your personality type, your ideals of romanticism, your Shakespearean character, your cooking style etc. Alongside these *interesting* tests, there’s the proven tests to find out your learning style. The three broad bands are: Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic learning styles. As parents, we want our children to have lessons…
