Today’s Motherhood

Coping with exam stress has always been a big challenge not only to children, but also to parents as well. As a parent, you can help out a lot by giving your child your fullest support, and help him to pass this period smoothly.

Hence, I have come up with the most effective strategies that highly effective parents use to help their child cope with exam stress.

Before the Exams:

• Find a quiet space for him to study without distractions. Do not place his study area near a TV or dining table. Make sure it is cleared of tops and other distractions.
• Make the study place clean and tidy.
• Find out what he’s studying and how his time-plan is working.
• Help him to create an exam time table.
• Encourage him to have breaks from study. The recommended time is to have a 5 minutes break after every 30 minutes of studies.
• Make sure that his expectations aren’t unrealistic and that he isn’t putting excessive and unnecessary pressure on himself.
• Make sure that the weight of your expectations isn’t what’s causing him excessive stress.
• Help him to find balance. While studying is important, it’s also important that he take regular breaks, engage in some physical activity and eat regular and nutritious meals. Taking care of his health can be the most important thing you can do to help your child during exam periods.
• Encourage him to take some time away from the books for friends.
• Remind your child that you are always there to help. Encourage him to ask for help whenever he needs it.
• Develop some revision techniques with him. If he has problems memorizing, you can teach him how to create his own notes that is easier to memorize.
• It is good to get him involved in some light sports like yoga. At the end of a long study session, it can be really helpful in recharging his brains.

On the Day of Exams:

• Double check the time and place of the exam. This will prevent any last minute panic.
• Make sure your child wakes up early and has more than sufficient time to travel to the exam venue.
• Make sure he has everything he needs to write and provide spares for just-in-case.
• Prepare a good breakfast. Taking exams requires a lot of energy to think. Hence, it is essential your child takes breakfast before his exams.
• Encourage your child to go to the toilet just before the exam starts. A nervous stomach can result in a nervous bladder!
• Remind your child that once in the exam, he should read all the instructions on the paper and all the questions first so he knows exactly what she needs to do.
• Remind him to plan out the allotted time so he has enough time for each question. Tackle the easiest questions first. If there is something that’s hard, leave it and come back to it if there’s time at the end.

After the Exams:

• What is done is done. If your child feels that he did not do well, don’t let him torment himself by thinking of everything he did wrong.
• If your child is obviously not able to do well, or is not working as well as he can, remind yourself that there are other ways to do well in life without passing exams. You don’t necessarily flunk life if you flunk an exam.
• Most important of all, empower him and encourage him for his next paper!

For more empowering parenting strategies and effective revision skills to help your child ACE his/her exams, visit www.studygrandmaster.com

This article was first published in Today’s Motherhood Magazine Sep 2009 issue Page 20

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WELLNESS SEMINAR- Free for you

Learn about the Power of Your MIND!
Learn how Safe and Natural the Process is! And how you can Benefit from it!

Wed, 19 May 2010, 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm

VENUE: 203-A GOLDHILL CENTRE, 51 THOMSON ROAD, NEAR NOVENA MRT

The Reading Loft is organizing a FREE 2hrs workshop on “How to Ignite the Passion of Reading in my Child” for parents with children aged 3 to 7 years.

Date : 7 May 2010
Time : 7 to 9pm
Venue : Goldhill Centre (Near United Square)
To register : Call / SMS 9681 6264
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PowerMoves Rewards the Strongest, Most Flexible Characters in the World – Mums – with Bodies to Match!

Home-grown powerhouse Pilates brand, PowerMoves, is honouring mothers from 3-14 May 2010 with a FREE Pilates-in-the-Park Matwork session. Founder and Managing Director of PowerMoves, Ms Claudel Kuek, herself a mother of two, believes it’s only fitting that women of strong character and flexible attitudes should be equipped with strong, flexible bodies to match.

Pilates itself has emerged as the technique of choice among discerning and sophisticated fitness enthusiasts. Its low-impact, highly effective form of exercise has garnered a growing following, with legions of fans worldwide including Hollywood celebrities, expecting mothers and even agile grandmothers.

A matwork session is an hour-long workout on a padded mat, using nothing more than one’s own body weight and strength, and the laws of gravity. The disarmingly simple mat empowers individuals with variety and grace, and offers a wealth of fitness and wellness benefits including increased strength and enhanced flexibility.

Regular practitioners of Pilates Matwork can expect to enjoy improved coordination, posture and balance, relief from aches and pains, increased bone mass and muscle mass, improved circulation and breathing, and of course the ultimate trophy of a toned and sculpted body. It’s also the perfect low-impact form of pre-natal and post-menopausal exercise, and has been successfully incorporated into rehabilitation programmes after serious injury.

Mothers who wish to hone their bodies to match their characters should call PowerMoves at 6455 2221 and ask for the Mother’s Day Matwork Offer. You’ll be one of no more than eight ladies in the session, and you can take your pick of two beautiful locations at PowerMoves’ parklands studios in Bishan Park 2 and Dempsey Hill

Here’s to Mums – strong and flexible in nature, and, if PowerMoves has its way, soon to be buff, fit and fabulous!

PowerMoves Pilates in the Park is located @Dempsey 6ix and 7even, 6 Dempsey Road, Singapore 249683; and @Aramsa ~ the Garden Spa, Bishan Park 2, Singapore 569931.

Being a mother is an exciting mystery. The joy of knowing that someone lying peaceful in the womb awaiting for the next nine months to pass is incomparable.

For one, someone is already breathing with, listening with you and anticipating a great life ahead with you and your family. Motherhood is something which cannot be compensated by any material thing in this world especially that only the woman is genuinely crafted to fulfill this role.

In reality, pregnancy is a painful journey. One has to prepare herself through proper exercise and the right diet in order to keep up with bodily changes. Here are what to expect with your baby during the progression of your pregnancy timeline:

• First four weeks: Fertilized egg implants itself into the uterus and the baby is then called blastocyst. Chorionic villi forms and the yolk sac sustain the pregnancy until the placenta is fully formed.
• Second month: Fetal development becomes critical. Your baby turns to be an embryo and the heart begins to beat. Baby’s head and bottom are discernable and the upper limb and the lower limb appear. Lungs, stomach, pancreas and liver are evident.
• Third Month: Baby’s bones harden and movement becomes spontaneous. Eyes open and external ears form. This is the beginning of the fetal stage and the tail begins to vanish.
• Fourth Month: Yolk sac gives way for the placenta to give the food for the baby. His heart begins to pump 25 quarts of blood a day. The baby grows to 6.3 inches and three ounces. The gender can be detected through ultrasound.
• Fifth Month: Fingers and toes are forming and finger prints begin to develop. For baby girls, eggs are forming in her ovaries. Our baby is now covered with fine hair.
• Sixth Month: Eyebrows are formed. Your baby’s body temperature is regulated by brown fat which continues until birth.
• Seventh Month: babies begin to turn head down. They can already sense dark and light inside the uterus.
• Eighth Month. Red blood cells continuously occupy the bone marrow. Contraction is obvious as the baby responds to light. Amniotic fluid is still present and the baby is now able to urinate.
• Ninth Month. Organ development continues for finishing touches. Weight gain drastically slows down and babies reach seven and a half pounds.

Monitoring your baby development will guide you to proper lifestyle in order to create a good impact on baby’s health and condition. It pays to seek for doctor’s advice once you feel that something is not occurring to the pregnancy timeline.

Learning Kidz Educampus (New Childcare Centre) Open House at Hougang Green Shopping Mall #02-11/12.

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Learning Kidz is an established an early childhood education service provider specialized in childcare and enrichment programmes for pre-school children. We currently operates five childcare centres located at Ang Mo Kio, Kovan and Serangoon Central, with two newly opened centres at Hougang Green Shopping Mall and Ang Mo Kio Jubilee Entertainment Complex.

Learning Kidz childcare centres provide full-day and half-day childcare services for children from age of 18 months to 6 years and adopt a thematic based pre-school curriculum. Beside the core pre-school curriculum, our childcare centres also incorporate enrichment programmes such as, Phonics, Speech & Drama and Reading as part of our standard Full-day programme. Learning Kidz childcare centres also offer enrichment programmes that are “non-academic”, such as Art enrichment and Music Appreciation Programme. These programmes provide the opportunity for young children to explore and develop other interests and talents.

Learning Kidz also provide enrichment courses at our enrichment centres at AMKHub and Ang Mo Kio Jubilee Entertainment Complex. We provide enrichment courses for young children including toddler and playgroup classes and enrichment programmes such as Chinese, English Literacy Enrichment programmes and Art for children from 18 months to age of 12 years. Holiday programmes are conducted during the June and December school holidays.

At Learning Kidz, we are committed to nurturing our children in Intellectual, Physical, Social and Emotion development and preparing them for the challenges of formal education.

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Learning Kidz Childcare Centres:

• Ang Mo Kio: 10 Ang Mo Kio St 65 #01-04 Techpoint Singapore 569059
  Tel: 6484-1849
• Ang Mo Kio: 61 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 #03-01/02/03 Jubilee Entertainment Complex Singapore 569814
  Tel: 6456 0308
• Hougang Green: 21 Hougang Street 51 Hougang Green Shopping Mall #02-11/12 Singapore 538719
  Tel: 6386-6100
• Kovan: Blk 205 Hougang St 21 #04-00 Heartland Mall Singapore 530205
  
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  Tel: 6456 0308

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You are invited to come and celebrate the Grand Opening of Beauty Space.

Date: 2 May 2010 (Sunday)

Venue: 83 Marine Parade Central #01-574

Time: Opening Ceremony at 2pm Sharp

Just being in Beauty Space, we promise you will be spellbound and relaxed. Epitomising as the finest of spas, we understand the needs of every individual and their passion to seek out the true restorative essence of a therapeutic spa.

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