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Name: ShepherdKing
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About Me: Dreams are fragile and visions can dim if you don't hold them in a safe place in your heart..
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Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
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| Flashcards |
Since Huang Bao Bao was 1month old Huang Pa Pa has been showing him black and white flashcards patterns. It is interactive as Bao Bao will smile back when shown a certain pattern he likes.
 S$200 worth of Flashcards purchased by doting Huang Pa Pa. "Shhhh stop disturbing me!" Huang Bao Bao carrying out the flashcard activity himself.
Flashcards is one good way of right brain training. The cards should be flashed to the child as fast as possible (if you can keep it at around 1 second per card, that will be great!). Read aloud the content of the card to the child as the card is being flashed to him.
Some tips when starting your child with flashcards:
1. For baby less then 3months old, start off with black and white patterns. Then graduate to pictures of daily objects in the house. Bright pictures will capture the attention of your child as compared to words.
2. Make the session interesting by incorporating noise. E.g. making cow "Mooing" when showing him a pic of a cow.
3. Choose the correct timing to show the cards to your child. Do not do it just before nap time when he is cranky.
4. Make it a routine everyday. You won't need very long, probably 10-15 minutes a day, for a long term benefit!
5. Start early!
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posted by ShepherdKing @ 11:48 PM  |
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Sunday, January 24, 2010 |
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| Introduction - more than a Homemaker |
Hi readers,
Having been retrenched, I'm taking an "indefinite break" in 6 weeks time (excited and counting down), from being an office lady to be a "full-time" mum to a 10 months old baby.
I'm still learning to embraced the H-word with a sense of irony. I hope I can find a better word that makes it more fashionable, what about the word, "housekeeper"? Or "domestic engineer"? Or "Stay-at-home mum", "work-at-home mum" or a "full-time mummy"?
Who say being a homemaker will be dull and boring? Who say being a homemaker makes a person an old hag? Like the Ah Sohs (Hokkien for dowdy aunties) in floral pyjamas sitting at the void deck?
Life still can be exciting and hip and becoming a stylish mum with a semi-tai tai life. Hence I decided to create this blog to log down my new experiences.
A stay-at-home mum is someone who chose raising kids over getting a job.
Frankly speaking I can’t really find any job description for a Homemaker, therefore I searched Wikipedia to research exactly what’s my new job about:
Job Description:
A homemaker handles household responsibilities as his or her main daily activity. The domestic consumption work of homemakers provide goods and services directly within a household, such as cooking meals, childcare, household repairs, or the manufacture of clothes and gifts. Common tasks include cleaning, cooking, and looking after children.
Then again, the H-word is just a word. And words, while powerful in their own way, are still dependent on the meanings, emotions and attitudes you invest in them. For now, I'll stick to telling people I am a inspiring homemaker, because, deep down inside, I know I am so much more than that. And that's enough.
Okay, hopefully it be interesting... Stay tune for updates and photos! |
| posted by ShepherdKing @ 11:51 PM |
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