Today’s Motherhood

Of all the things a new mother can do after the birth of your baby, post-natal massage is one of the most valuable in both physical and emotional benefits.

Jamu Postnatal Massage Promotion By Traditional & Holistic Postnatal Centre.

Exclusive for mummies-to-be from Today’s Motherhood. EDD from 1 June 2010 - 31st January 2011.

Special Discount for all our Postnatal Package & Products. Advance payment booking of $200 should be made from 15 June 2010 - 31st August 2010 to entitle for the promotion package. Packages include:

5 Days Package
Usual Price : $448.00 Promotion Price $428.00

• Massage ( Inclusives of applications of jamu herbs & ginger slimming cream)
• Telon oil for baby & baby massage sequence.
• Binder( specially design as we encourage mummies to continue with the binding at least for 2 months after the sessions complete for tummy to look more firmer & slimmer.
• Skin Renewal Cream & 2 baby massage oil( worth $30.00)
• specially for treatment for discolouration of armpits and tummy after the delivery.

7 Days Package
Usual Price $598.00 Promotion Price $568.00

• Massage ( Inclusives of applications of jamu herbs & ginger slimming cream)
• Telon oil for baby & baby massage sequence.
• Binder( specially design as we encourage mummies to continue with the binding atleast fo 2 months after the sessions complete for tummy to look more firmer & slimmer.
• Skin Renewal Cream & Citra Body Lotion & 2 baby telon oil (worth $35.00)

10 Days Package
Usual Price $788.00 Promotion $758.00

• Massage ( Inclusives of applications of jamu herbs & ginger slimming cream)
• Telon oil for baby & baby massage sequence.
• Binder( specially design as we encourage mummies to continue with the binding atleast fo 2 months after the sessions complete for tummy to look more firmer & slimmer.
• Skin Renewal Cream & Ginger Body Scrub ( worth $49.00)

Visit our website at www.jamumassage.com for more information of our service or email us at rrwelnes@singnet.com.sg your quires with no obligations.

You may also visit our shop at Kovan Centre #02-32 ( By appt only) or call our admin person Mdm Eda at 81770605. Wish all moms to be could have an easy delivery and take good care always during your confinement.

Congratulations to the winners of Today’s Motherhood Kids Colouring Contest May 10.

1st Prize : $30 Stabilo product hamper (1 winner)

Consolation Prizes : $20 Stabilo product hamper (2 winners)

All 3 winning entries will be featured in Aug issue of Today’s Motherhood Magazine.

1st Prize Winner
Lakshyaa Sreekumar 7 years old (Parent’s Name - Saraswathi)

Consolation Prize Winners
Kang Chin Seck Cherish 5 years old (Parent’s Name - Jane Neo)

Akshithaa Arunraj 6 years old (Parent’s Name - Geetha Arunraj)

**Winners will be notified individually.

** Terms and Conditions apply

Prizes are sponsored by:

Proceeds from exhibition to benefit children from Make-A-Wish Foundation

This June, more than 300 children, aged two to six years old, from Odyssey The Global Preschool are putting their hands together to create little masterpieces to raise funds for Make-A-Wish Foundation (Singapore). The children’s handiworks are truly from the heart, made with lots of love and enthusiasm.

We invite you to the launch of Colours of Odyssey, ART from the Heart at Odyssey Fourth Avenue, on 26 June at 10am. You will be joined by children, parents and teachers from Odyssey’s other preschool campuses at Wilkinson and Alexandra as well as members of the public. The exhibition will remain at Odyssey Fourth Avenue till June 29. It will then move to Odyssey at Wilkinson before its final stop at the Alexandra campus.

The public is invited to come to the exhibition and purchase these works of art to do their part for charity. However, children’s parents do get first priority to purchase their own child’s art work. Proceeds from exhibition sale will be donated to Make-A-Wish Foundation Singapore, we hope that you will support this annual community initiative by helping to publicise the event. Last year, through their collective efforts, the children at Odyssey raised $3,000 for the Singapore Children’s Society.

The theme for this year’s exhibition is nature. It will showcase the rich, vibrant and colourful experiences that the children have with nature. No doubt these works of art reflect the relationship the children have with nature, as felt and seen through their eyes.

Make-A-Wish Foundation will be putting up three art pieces for public bidding. These artworks have been lovingly created by children from the Foundation.

Launch celebrations: Colours of Odyssey, ART from the Heart

- Date: 26 June
- Time: 10 am – 4 pm
- Venue: 20 Fourth Avenue

Exhibition

- Time: 10 am – 4 pm

Venue & Date

- Odyssey at 20 Fourth Avenue 26-29 June
- Odyssey at 101 Wilkinson Road 3-6 July
- Odyssey at 110 Alexandra Road 10-13 July

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Classical Mental Arithmetic (CMA) International is an educational centre that specialises in two-hand abacus mental arithmetic. It was established since 1984 by Master Tai Chiang Ching from Taiwan. CMA focuses on offering a credible teaching system that emphasises on total brain development that has been tested and proven for more than two decades. Their goal is to unleash and heighten individual child’s capability and potential in mental arithmetic.

Over the years, numerous of CMA students have excelled academically and clinched top honours in major abacus competitions. Today, CMA has reached out internationally to different countries namely Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Egypt, and Sudan, and they are continuing to expand to other countries.

On 30th May 2010, CMA entered Singapore Books of Record! They hosted the largest abacus mental arithmetic competition in Singapore Expo.

540 students from as young as 5-year-old participated in this competition to compete for the honour.

The competition consists of:

1. Mental Arithmetic Competition: There are a total of three papers. For each paper, students have to complete as many mathematic sums as possible, within the given time frame of 1-minute.

2. Abacus Arithmetic Competition: There are a total of three papers. For the first two papers, students have to complete as many mathematic sums as possible, within the given time frame of 3-minutes. The final paper, students have to complete as many mathematic sums as possible, within the given time frame of only 30-seconds.

As competitive as it seemed, these students remained confident and calm throughout the competition. This phenomenon probably highlighted how prepared these children were!

Mr Tay Shy Ching & Master Tai Chiang Ching

The confident students are all ready for the competition

Mr Tay Shy Ching presenting certificate to Singapore’s 6-year-old Mental Arithmetic Genius Cherlyn Lee

CMA Student, Cherlyn Lee is only in kindergarten, but she holds the record for the fastest ten-digit addition (5mins 17sec) in Singapore.

For more information, please contact CMA at:

Website: http://www.cma-sg.com/

Email: cma@cma.edu.sg

Tel: [65] 6257 0028

Preparing Our Children to Succeed In Tomorrow’s World

Post Event Write-up:

The National Child Education Exhibition and Conference (NCE EXCO) 2010

organized by the Pinnacle Group was successfully held at Singapore EXPO from 30th May to 1st June 2010.

This event consists of a two-day conference where internationally renowned early childhood experts like Richard Gerver, Prof Allan Snyder, Howard Gardner and Dr. Larry Scripp shared a wide range of issues and topics evolving around our children in the 21st century.

These insights that was shared were significant and helpful for participants especially early childhood educators, parents and entrepreneurs in the early childhood industry to understand more about these global issues, learning issues and early childhood trends, and how we as worthy adults can develop the right mindset, knowledge, skills and attitude to lead our children toward success.

Running alongside the conference was a two-day exhibition where different exhibitors such as National Geographic, Learning Stone, Growing Fun, Genius Minds, Adam Khoo Learning Technologies, and MindChamps held a booth there to showcase their different areas of expertise in the Early Childhood sector. Besides, different offers and discounts were specially offered by the different exhibitors for the participants at this event.

Furthermore, the largest child Abacus Mental Arithmetic competition in Singapore was also held at EXPO on the 30th May by Pinnacle Group and CMA Mental Arithmetic Olympia, where over 500 children as young as 5 years old competes for the different awards. Check out our post on CMA Mental Arithmetic Olympia to get more information. You will be truly amazed at the sight of these future mathematics prodigies!

For more information, please contact:

Pinnacle Group International

Tel: +65 6846 2711

Website: www.tpgi.org

Today’s Motherhood is proud to be an official media partner for this event.

Ministry of Education (MOE) and Association for Early Childhood Educators (Singapore) AECES, has organized a few awards to recognize and commend Kindergartens for their excellence in providing quality care and education to our children.

The different awards include:

Outstanding Kindergarten Teacher Award

This award gives recognition to kindergarten teachers who have demonstrated passion in teaching and learning and displayed commendable personal and teaching qualities.

Best Practice Award for Learning Centres

This award gives recognition to kindergartens which have enhanced children’s learning experiences through effective use of learning centres and skillful facilitation by teachers.

Kindergarten Innovation Award

This award gives recognition to kindergartens which have implemented impactful, innovative projects and enhanced children’s learning.

Nomination forms are available here

The closing dates for nomination are 2 July 2010 for the Outstanding Kindergarten Teacher Award and Best Practice for Learning Centres. The deadline for the Kindergarten Innovation Award is 20 September 2010.

Schools and especially educators, play an important role in heightening children’s holistic development. Take this chance to nominate* and show your appreciation for the love, dedication and hard work rendered by the kindergartens and educators.

For more information:

Tel: [65] 6838 7332

Email: moe_psseb@moe.gov.sg

* Members of the public, Kindergarten leaders, teachers, students and parents are invited to submit nominations.

For some parents, they could view play as often unhygienic, dangerous and detrimental to the health of the child as it exposes them to environmental hazards and unpredictable risks.

However, these parents should know that play has been incorporated to be an important part of the list for helpful activities in the development of a child. Parents should understand that play is always a part of life which is inherent from birth to adulthood.

If you think your child does not deserve a moment under the rain or a time with friends running under Mr. Sun, then think again! Below is a list of reasons why children need to play and engage in playful activities:

• Play lets children discover new skills. When in a situation with playmates, the play alone could initiate the use of the sense and the physical attributes in order to get through a situation. Hide and seek for instance, would enhance the child’s ability to critically think of a hiding place that could not be easily thought of by the others.
• The child developments negotiation skills during a playful engagement with others.
• Physical development is boosted when a child gets into play. The act of running, walking and jumping is already a form of exercise that strengthens the muscles and the bones.
• Play enhances appreciation of the world around. You child will be exposed to the beauty of nature as he runs through the green grass or feel the tickling raindrops unto his face.
• A child’s play could permeate the imitation of roles which instills sense of responsibility. The child can act as a teacher, a fireman or a doctor. This vividly indicates the understanding of the child of the importance of other people around him.
• A child’s play is a time to laugh with the others and laughter has always been considered the best medicine.
• Play could instill experimentation and resourcefulness. Children could make use of the things around them and development their other functions aside from what these things have been intended to perform.
• Peer-relationship is developed as children learn to respect others’ needs and wants.
• Play enhances the child’s ability to face new challenges and skills. Chasing the butterflies or just picking out the best flower in the garden could help in boosting the ability of your child to deal with the world around him.

Allowing children to play is allowing their growth beyond your homes and the four walls of the classroom. It does not matter if your child goes home with a stained shirt sometimes. What matters is that the stain could be worth a life lesson and thousand meaningful learning experiences. So now that you have understood why children need to play, let them have some fun now.

This article was first published in Today’s Motherhood Magazine Apr/May 2010 issue Page 22

EdVenture Books is well known their range of high quality and systematic early literacy materials like Rigby, Sunshine Books and National Geographic Windows on Literacy. All of them are selected by premier local preschools to be integrated into their early literacy curriculum.

EdVenture Books is also growing in popularity amongst parents after they began to see how their children have grown to be confident readers and lovers of books. Due to the “bite-sized” and progressive nature of the books, every story can be read in its entirety within one sitting, allowing the child to focus better and attempt to read by himself.

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