One reader wrote to me to ask about out daily homeschool routine, sometime back in February. However, when I tried to reply to his email, it bounced back. Maybe he had keyed in his email address wrongly. So I thought I would just post this up on the blog in case he was really looking for […] Read more…
Book Binding and Calligraphy Workshop at NLB
You could call it serendipity. Ever since I have made a deliberate attempt to stop mindlessly surfing Facebook, I have missed out many posts and status updates by friends and people I follow. But some three weeks ago, I chanced upon my friend, Pat, posting about several workshops Temasek Polytechnic was planning to run in […] Read more…
A free parenting webinar
Katie Kimball of Kitchen Stewardship is running a free one hour webinar with Saren Loosli of Power of Moms on Thursday, 17th March (today!) US time, that most of us would probably be interested in. Yes, I know you do not want to stay up late just to listen to the webinar (neither do I!) But after you sign up for it, […] Read more…
Is there a need to show so much skin while breastfeeding?!
So there was some publicity on breastfeeding over the local media : Woman breastfeeds baby at Raffles Place to take stand against workplace discrimination The topic is a noble one to take up for sure but because of the provocative styling of the photos, it is only expected that there will be supporters and detractors to […] Read more…
Crochet and knit craftwork by the girls
As a follow up to the Project Knit 2015 post, allow this proud mama to showcase some of the projects my 2 girls have created all by themselves. Crocheted Projects by 10 year old Ruth Knitted and crocheted projects by 12 year old Esther And yes, we are able to take orders if any one […] Read more…
Project Knit 2015
Sometime back in September 2014, Esther, then 11 years old, asked to learn how to knit. Since I have no idea how to do so, I asked her to go check out YouTube tutorials and within a few weeks, she had mastered it and was even teaching her siblings how to do it! Then she went […] Read more…
Yet another low key Chinese New Year
There was no spring cleaning, no buying of new clothes and shoes, or of bed linen and towels… We almost never open our house up and we almost never do the endless rounds of visiting of friends’ and relatives’ homes that are common to most Chinese families…. We must be the most boring and un-Chinese family around. Read more…
Homeschool Update #1
This update will come in 2 parts : the PSLE and P4 exams update and the post highschool update (aka the we are not really sure what we are doing update!) So today, the PSLE and Primary 4 exam update. Compulsory Education act requirements When we first started homeschooling, the Ministry of Education (MOE) required […] Read more…
Exploring Homeschooling Parent Session
Are you considering homeschooling? Is it too daunting a thought? Yen Siow, founder of Discovering Without Borders, a social enterprise, has gotten 3 homeschooling moms (including yours truly) to share our experiences. Do *not* contact or email me for details. Instead, email : contact@d-w-b.org for more information. Otherwise, just register by clicking HERE. ********************************************************************************* “Hi […] Read more…
ASEAN PARA Games 2015
This year’s ASEAN PARA Games (APG) 2015 held in Singapore from 3rd to 9th December 2015 will hold a special significance for Aaron. Sometime in November, a homeschool mother announced that she was organizing an outing for homeschoolers to join an APG tour hosted by Active SG, on Monday, December 7, 2015, 2-6pm, the fifth […] Read more…