Today’s Motherhood

Infantino will be having a Bonbebe Fair on

Date : 29 Oct to 14 Nov 2010

Exclusive at Kiddy Palace HDB Hub Only

Bonbebe Rocio 4 IN 1 Baby Cot @S$399 plus freebies
Bonbebe Vermont 4 IN 1 Cot @S$399 plus freebies
Bonbebe FREESTAR Stroller @S$249 plus freebies
Bonbebe Hoppa Stroller @S$129 plus freebies
Bonbebe Boxter Stroller @S$169 plus freebies

NiMe Shop would like to say thank you for your support during our sales event on 17 October 2010. Due to the overwhelming response, we are having another COACH & KATE SPADE Sales Event on Saturday 6 Nov 2010 at SUNTEC CONVENTION CENTRE.

There are many new arrivals which includes the LATEST COLLECTIONS and some collections which are not featured in the previous event.

This sale is up to 70% off.

More New ARRIVALS which are not listed on the website as well..

DO make yourself free on next Saturday and visit us for this great deal.. Come early to avoid disappointment !!

Event: COACH & KATE SPADE SALE
Date: 6 November 2010
Venue: Suntec Convention Centre Level 2 Room 208/209
Time: 11am - 5pm

Note:
*Nets and Cash Payment
*Only Small Purse are allowed in the event (Bag Deposit available at the Entrance)
*While Stock Last

Looking forward to see you at the SALE…

Luvbabies is an online store offering great deals on Baby Milk Powder, Diapers, Groceries and Household Toiletries.

All Milk Powder are supplied from Authorised Local Distributors

We will dispatch order within 3 days of receiving full payment

FREE DELIVERY for each order above $200.00

Send orders and enquiries to our email: luvbabies@ymail.com

Website: www.luvbabies.kimsang.com.sg

EdVenture Books will be having our Year End Sale (affectionately known as YES!) next week!

Details:

Members’ Pre-sale: 1 Nov 2010 (Mon), 10am to 6pm.

Date: 2 (Tue) - 13 Nov 2010 (Sat) Closed on Sunday

Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 10am - 6pm.

Open on Deepavali.

Venue: Showroom 61 Kaki Bukit Ave 1 #06-10 Shun Li Industrial Park Singapore 417943

Discounts:

Enjoy fantastic discounts of up to 50%, card members get to enjoy up to FURTHER 13% discount.

Highlights:

Rigby Literacy : from 10-40% discount (Members get FURTHER 13% discount)

Sunshine Phonics : from 10-30% discount (Members get FURTHER 10-13% discount)

Rhymes, Songs & Plays : 40% discount (Members get FURTHER 13% discount)

Sunshine Non-fiction : 40% discount (Members get FURTHER 13% discount)

National Geographic Windows on Literacy : from 10-15% discount (Members get FURTHER 13% discount)

JOY Readers : 50% discount

…and the list goes on!

New Product – Sunshine Classics:

Sunshine has just released their new Sunshine Classics. Immerse in a new reading experience with the interactive software and real books- giving your child the ability to read, adapt and compose his/her own version of award-winning children’s author, Joy Cowley’s classic stories. There are fun pac-man style phonics games which allow the parent/teacher to customise!

Click here for a demo

Payment

Books can be purchased from the showroom or ordered through phone/email. Delivery fee is S$10/trip, waived if purchased amount is S$200 or above. We accept cash or NETs. ATMs conveniently located at the building.

Enquries:

For any enquiries, please give us a call at 6345 2324 or my mobile at 9773 8680. Alternatively you can email andywong@edventurebooks.com

Careermums is the first job portal in Singapore catering to flexible or part time employment. We strive to provide a platform for professional working mothers to register their interest in non-traditional working hours.

In Careermums, we encourage professional working mothers to register with us, upload their resumes and indicate the type of flexible or part time work arrangements they prefer. The information stored in our database are open to companies for candidate search whenever they have professional flexible and part time job openings. (The search function will be made available at a later stage.)

That being said, Careermums provides companies direct access to the untapped market segment of exceptional talent – professional working mothers who have opted out of the traditional workplace.

Careermums is committed to be THE most helpful job board website in Singapore to both jobseekers and employers.

Website : www.careermums.com.sg

Tel : +65 6528 6774

Email : info@careermums.com.sg

The last time I exerted myself was more than a month ago, and all I did was go for a short walk at a nearby park. As you can see, I don’t like to exercise – no aching muscles, no panting, no pain, thank you very much. But I feel no trepidation as I head for my first pilates courses in Singapore - Pilates Fundamentals class at PowerMoves, a boutique Pilates studio in Bishan Park Singapore. How hard could it be? Though I don’t know much about this fitness technique, I’ve heard that it involves stretching and muscle control, which I think I’m perfectly capable of handling.

Besides, the studio sits adjacent to Aramsa ~ The Garden Spa, and resembles a cosy beach bungalow with resort-like wood decor and lush green landscaping. Seems more like a walk in the park than a workout.

Before the class, I had a short chat with PowerMoves director Claudel Kuek, a lithe and graceful 45-year-old who is also one of the studio’s eight Pilates instructors. She explained the benefits of Pilates, which is a series of continuous exercises based on the six principles of
breathing, concentration, control, centering, precision and flow.

Besides improving coordination and flexibility, Pilates also tones and tightens typical problem areas like the abdominals, arms and thighs. Due to its emphasis on the quality of its movements rather than the number of repetitions, you are supposed to leave feeling invigorated rather than exhausted.

An accomplished ballerina, Claudel tells me it was only after she became a mother in her 30s that she discovered Pilates and was won over by its elegant and fluid dance-like movements, which made her so much fitter and stronger.

Ah, I am feeling more confident already. That is, until I step into the studio and spot a series of complicated-looking bench-like machines called Reformers. Sensing my apprehension, Claudel assures me that beginners start off on floor mats and, if they choose to, can then progress to the Reformers after a few sessions.

For this evening’s hour-long session, there is just me and another woman, led by our Filipino instructor Eric Samonte, who boasts a lean, mean machine of a body. Pilates classes here are kept small, with a maximum of six students to an instructor, so students are closely supervised to minimise the risk of injury.

We start off with basic stretches to loosen up. As each step is introduced, we perform a few repetitions before moving on to the next. Our individual body movements are then combined to form a flowing sequence resembling a choreographed dance.

So far, so good. I get plenty of attention from Eric, who hovers over us to ensure each position is executed correctly. I also like that the poses can be adjusted to a person’s comfort zone or to accommodate those recovering from an injury. It’s been a long day at work, but right now, I feel as if I’m exercising in my very own private villa in a secluded resort, thanks to the personalised attention, soothing ambient music, and the view of a lush tropical garden outside the floor-to-ceiling glass wall.

Soon, I’m perspiring in the cool air-conditioned comfort – I’m breathing harder and my heart is pumping faster too. Deep in restful concentration, I lose count of the number of poses we are put through. As the class progresses, the movements become more challenging and ache-inducing – from bending over to touch our toes, we are made to lift our shoulders and legs from a lying position.

Some of the moves employ the Magic Circle, a steering wheel-like exercise aid that measures 35cm in diameter, and which provides added resistance to strengthen and tone specific parts of the body, depending on whether it’s pressed between the palms, the ankles or the thighs. Squeeze, release, squeeze, release… Using the wheel, I find, also helps to regulate my breathing, which I tend to neglect.

As someone who has always deemed exercise a necessary pain, I am pleasantly surprised at the fun I am having while getting a good workout, although I must admit that bending and stretching my stiff body wasn’t as easy as I thought. My abdominal and calf muscles are starting to protest, and my joints are creaking a little.

But it sure feels good. I catch my reflection in the studio mirror – I look much calmer; nothing like a harried journalist with a backlog of deadlines. As I swing out of the studio doors after the session, my steps feel lighter and my posture is more upright, just like a dancer’s. The feel-good effects lasted for the next few days – and there was no trace of muscle pain or exhaustion.

Am I game for a few more sessions? Intuitively, my body tells me that Pilates will now be my perfect respite from daily chores and routine; the best stress relief answer to work and what-knots. Much like the perfect walk in the park.

By Cindy Wee
for Mrs Claudel Kuek
PowerMoves Pilates Studios at Bishan Park & Dempsey Hill

This article was first published in Today’s Motherhood Magazine Aug Sep 10 issue Page 36

Mathematics can be an intimidating subject for kids. If you are trying to teach mathematics to your kids, you may encounter some difficulties. While teaching math to your children, focus both on conceptual as well as analytical ability.

When you sit and discuss the problems of your children in mathematics, ask them about what they tried to do and what they could not do. At which step they have faced problems, is an important thing to know. Make sure that you interact freely with your children and remove any element of fear when you are teaching children mathematics.

You must remember that most concepts in mathematics are spiraled, that is they can be understood only after a period of time, as their application becomes clearer. Basically, you can move from one topic to another, when your child knows both how and why about it.

Few ways in which it will be easy for you to explain mathematical concepts to your children are:

1. Teaching numbers: When you start teaching numbers to your kids, begin by naming the numbers and then move on to counting. The idea is that your children should know numbers and they can practice by rhymes, like one two three buckle my shoe. Make it fun for your kid to name all numbers they know.
2. Counting things: Practice with your children counting by using simple day to day things like chips, pets, candy etc. You should praise them for right counts and encourage them to move up to group counting from one by one counting. You will have to tell your children that counting in groups is faster and more beneficial. At times, they fail to see how better it is to count in groups. Counting will later form the basis of addition subtraction, so this concept should be very clear.
3. Jumping numbers: Children have difficulty with ones place and tens place, so if they are reciting count loudly, they may jump from one to other. This should be watched out for. Kids may jump from fifty six to sixty seven, due to confusion. You must ensure that they keep the count sequential.
4. Application of mathematics: Children respond very well when they are shown how they can apply concepts taught to them in regular daily life. You can encourage them to use concepts learned in mathematics, to be applied in their daily life. When children relate mathematics to their daily lives, they learn faster and become more interested in taking the learning ahead.
5. Tools based teaching: Tools like boards, books, manipulative are handy in teaching mathematics to children. You can use drawings, papers, charts to instill formulas etc. Geometric and other measuring tools also form a good set of tools to teach measurements to younger children.

Teaching children mathematics will require good concentration, focus & planning. You should concentrate not only on learning concepts but on the fact that they can apply these concepts also To avoid making it a boring exercise, involve lot of practical activities for your kids.

Libella Bedwear will be having 2 fairs in November 2010.

THE FAIR

Dates:
Tuesday, 02 November 2010 (10am – 7pm)
Wednesday, 03 November 2010 (10am – 5pm)

Venue: Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Road Windsor Ballroom (2nd Floor)

A CHRISTMAS AFFAIR FANCY FAIRE

Dates:
Tuesday, 09 November 2010 (10am – 7pm)
Wednesday, 10 November 2010 (930am – 5pm)

Venue: Orchard Hotel Singapore The Ballroom & Lavender Room (3rd Floor)

As Christmas is barely 2 months away…why not come do your Christmas shopping with us. Libella Bedwear has a wide range of pyjamas/sleepwear that’s suitable for each and every one in the family.

We have matching adults’ and kids’ collection that’s great for family bonding. Our girls’ nightdresses are so pretty that your child can even wear it out! Besides these, we have our signature classic pyjamas, kids’ bermuda sets, ladies’ sleepshirts, dressing gowns, kimonos, pants, capris and more…

We are giving discounts ranging from 10% for new arrivals to 50% for our past collections. You can also visit our website www.libellabedwear.com and look out for our monthly ‘Special Buys’ items. There is no delivery charge for local orders.

It’s not just about sleep…it’s about beautiful dreams!

NotInTheMalls will be having an End of the Year Clearance Sales

Enjoy up to 80% Off

Date : 18 Nov 2010 (Thu)

Time : 9am to 5pm

Venue : ni night 9 Margate Road

For enquires, please email info@notinthemalls.com or visit www.notinthemalls.com

Wink To Learn has launched 2 new products Speak And Read Japanese and Speak And Read Korean.

There are 4 DVDs to each set and they are designed to input more than 600 words using 48 topical lessons of fast moving flashcards. They help your child recognise words effectively by using proven flashcard-based techniques pioneered in USA and Japan.

Captivate your child through 6 levels of learning fun with:

• 1,200 vivid images
• Real-Life videos
• Fun music

Wink To Learn helps your child to:

• Develop a positive interest in Japanese / Korean
• Recognise words
• Speak Japanese / Korean accurately
• Form proper Japanese / Korean phrases and sentences

Visit www.winktolearn.com for our free video lessons and printables

The profiles of the Japanese and Korean Language Teachers

Ms Ayako Ishiyama

Japanese Language Teacher

Ms. Ishiyama is a native Japanese from Tokyo and had graduated from Sophia University (one of the leading Japanese universities) with a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language and Literature. Ms Ishiyama continued to pursue her Japanese Teacher’s Certificate for High School students and her Diploma in Montessori Early Childhood Education.

Ms Yeon Hyeon

Korean Language Teacher

Ms. Yeon is a highly experienced Korean language teacher from Seoul (South Korea). Graduated from Kyung Hee University with a Bachelor of Arts in Korean Language & Culture, Ms Yeon continued to obtained her Korean Language Teacher’s Certification (Level 2) from Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Republic of Korea). She has helped many students to excel in their TOPIK Exams (Test of Proficiency in Korean) organised by Ministry of Education in South Korea)