Remember the days you prayed
Yesterday was an ordinary extraordinary day. We went to Ikea for lunch as a family, as we did many times in the past. Ikea lunches saw our family from when...
The beginning of the end
This morning Samuel woke up at 6am, on his own. He changed into his uniform, washed up and prepared his writing materials by using just a torchlight. When I walked...
FLAiR – Instilling a pre-disposition towards Reading
Besides making Samuel a reader for the past 8 years, I had spent the past two years working as a Pro-FLAiR (Focused Language Assistance in Reading), under AECES (Association for...
Can you read for me?
I love my kids, but I also love to read. One thing which I missed after I became a mother was my days of doing nothing but read. So one...
A House That Cleans Itself
Recently I came across the best Housekeeping book I have ever read – The House That Cleans Itself (HTCI) by Mindy Starns Clark. Mindy wrote it for the “housekeeping impaired”,...
One day they will… because I did not give up
I went out with a girlfriend yesterday morning. We got to know each other about 5 years ago when both of our children were at kindergarten. She has a daughter...
Thank you, Supervisors, for your services rendered ;)
Last night, we held our first “Supervisor Award Ceremony”. We gave out certificates to our “Housework Supervisors”, to appreciate them for their contributions to the home. It was great fun. Prior...
Dyslexia – Cognitive weaknesses for a Dyslexic Child
Samuel learnt to talk very late. Even at age two, he was still speaking in single words, and tends to call me “papa” instead of “ma ma”. I stopped work...
Thank you Elias, for making me a performer
I have a Grade 8 certificate in piano. But I stopped playing the piano after I got married, because I had left the piano back at my mother’s place. When...
Different learning differences
Last Sunday another forum writer responded to the article written by Ms Sandra Davie. His letter “Hot-housing pre-schoolers has its limits” took a different angle from what I wrote here. I...
Test and help dyslexic kids early (full version)
Last Sunday, Ms Sandra Davie wrote an article titled “Master reading, maths early for a good start in life” I wrote a letter in response to it, and my letter...
Singapore Kindness Day 2013
The Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) very kindly gave “A litter at a time” an award on 31 May 2013, at the inaugural Kindness Day SG, in appreciation of our act of...
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