Education, Managing the Household

Save Your Money.Save The Earth

I must confess I was not someone who cared about our environment. When I was young, stuff like recycling or reusing was virtually rather unheard of. When I started my own family, although we were on one income,  we had no problems paying our utility bills. However, as I am now a mom of 3… Continue reading Save Your Money.Save The Earth

Education

Homeschooling My Children

I stayed home right after I delivered John in April 2000. With Rebecca arriving only in 2003, I had 3 good years with John. We did a lot of things together - we talked, sang, read, played, did craft work, cleaned the bathroom, went out to parks, libraries, museums etc. I also taught him to… Continue reading Homeschooling My Children

Education, Therapies

What an Encouragement!

Li-Ann went for her usual once-a-month therapies at NUH - PT (Physiotherapy) and OT (Occupational Therapy) on Monday. We have noticed an interesting pattern - whoever takes LA for therapy first will have to get her warmed up. Hence, the next therapist will benefit more from LA's willing co-operation. The good thing is that every… Continue reading What an Encouragement!

Education

Learning to Read

I have been teaching Li-Ann to read. When she was younger, I tried a little of Glenn Doman. I wasn't very successful. Maybe I didn't do it properly or I took too long per try. I shelved that for a while. This year, I tried to get Li-Ann to recognise her own names and also… Continue reading Learning to Read