Today’s Motherhood

Nurture Kids will be having an Open House on 13 Mar 2011 (Sun) 0930 to 1200

Parenting Talk I @10:00 to 10:30am
- Understanding your child’s EQ Development

Parenting Talk II @11:00 to 11:30am
- Positive parenting (learn this secret to reduce misbehavior)

Hurry! Limited seats left. To register call +65 6288 4823 or email enquiry@nurturekids.com.sg

Address : Blk 211 Hougang Street 21 #01-297 Singapore 530211

For more information, visit www.nurturekids.com.sg

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At LEAP SchoolHouse, we strive to engage young learners through the provision of a stimulating and print-rich environment. As an enrichment centre, our school caters to children from 8 months through to 6 years of age.

Young children are guided into basic literacy as we cater to their language development in the four skill domains of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Activities such as role-playing, singing, creative movement and reading to children allow for young learners to always be actively engaged and participating in meaningful tasks.

Programmes at LEAP SchoolHouse

Ants on the Apple
Phonics programme
(Age: 3 to 4 years)

BEC™/WHIZ™ Programmes
Weekday / Weekend (Parent assisted)
(Age: 8 to 36 months)

LEAP Kids™ Programme

Weekday half-day programme
(Age: 3 to 6 years)

LEAP Tots™ Programme
2.5 hour drop off programme
(Age: 24 to 36 months)

Literacy through Stories
English Reading programme
(Age: 4 to 6 years)

Speech & Drama
English / Chinese
(Age: 3 to 6 years)

学拼音 Xue Pin Yin
Han Yu Pin Yin class
(Age: 5 to 6 years)

阅读乐 Yue Du Le
Chinese Reading Appreciation programme
(Age: 4 to 6 years）

Holiday Programme
English / Chinese
(Age: 4 to 6 years)

Contact Leap SchoolHouse

Address: 180 Kitchener Road, #09-09/10, City Square Mall, Singapore 208539
Telephone: +65 6634 0828
Email: contact@leapschoolhouse.com.sg
Website: www.leapschoolhouse.com.sg
Facebook: www.facebook.com/leapschoolhouse


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Updated 17 May 11
The names of the winners have been uploaded onto our merchant’s page, please click this link Baby Angel Model Search results

Participate in Baby Angel Model Search brought to you by Kids Cover Looks and stand to win attractive prizes

Top Prize:
Cash S$200
Family Photo / Kids portfolio session worth $350
1 year free comm card posting on model gallery

To take part, simply call for an advance booking and present this page for your kid’s photo session at Kids Cover Looks.

Baby Contestant entitled to

• 1 Angel Costume Change by Kids Cover Looks
• 1 own outfit change
• 15 shots for selection
• 1 x 4R Designed Photo Print
• 3 Shots in Baby Model Comm Card x 2 copies

Nominal fee $38 and receive:
Contest only valid for baby girls aged 3 and below
Closing Date for entry: 10 March 2011

Advance booking is required
*Terms and Conditions apply.

Kids Cover Looks
Address : 545 Orchard Road #05-13 Far East Shopping Centre Singapore 238882
Tel : +65-6235 4993



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Kooshi Moving Out Sale @Parkway Parade Singapore

ALL Must Go.  Last day 28 Feb 2011. Sale Items starting @$5

Any 2 pcs @ 30% Off
Any 5 pcs @ 50% Off

Terms and coonditions apply
- Sale and promotion are exclusive to Parkway Parade store only
- Applicable only to all in-stock Kooshi items (excluding vouchers) at Parkway Parade store only
- Not applicable with other promotions nor vouchers
- Promotion from now till 28 Feb 2011 (Monday)
- Phone Enquries (65) 6440 9597 / (65) 6732 1303

Are you looking for guidance how to set up a successful online store to sell your inventory? We are happy to announce our collaboration with Websprout Consulting to bring you the first eCommerce Online Store Workshop in Singapore that focuses not only on setting up of the store but also help you to market your products!

Workshop Highlights

With this special collaboration, we are able to share with you practical tips how you can have a great start for your online business especially if you are targeting the parents market. Join this workshop to learn:

1. How to create your online store within 10 minutes (you don’t even need to learn how to install any software).
2. Configure your online store easily to suit your needs (all these without learning HTML!). Close to 100 professional designs to choose from!
3. How to optimize your online store for Google so that your customers can find you! (personally conducted by KC Tan, the Search Engine Optimizer).
4. How to market your online store with the help of the popular Today’s Motherhood Portal!
5. How to leverage social media like facebook and bring in targeted traffic to buy your products!

This workshop includes phone, email and forum support for your online store relating to any technical challenges you might have. The trainers will also be supporting you through email, forum and regular meet-ups (for 6 months) relating to the business / marketing aspects for your online store.

Outline & Topic

This workshop is made up of two evening sessions:

- 23 & 30 Mar 2010 (from 7 to 10pm).

The list of topics can be found at Websprout Consulting website

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is specially designed for Stay At Home Mums (SAHM) who wants to create an online store to sell things for a profit. If you are in a business where your target market are the parents, this workshop is also for you.

Workshop Details

Day 1: 23 Mar 2011 (Wed), 7pm to 10pm
Day 2: 30 Mar 2011 (Wed), 7pm to 10pm

Venue: Block 261 Waterloo Street, #02-27 Waterloo Center Singapore 180261

Workshop Investment: S$599*

*The workshop fee does not includes the online store hosting fee of US$25 (Monthly) and one-time setup fee of US$50. You can pay the hosting and set-up fee using Credit Card during the workshop.

How To Register?

This workshop is only available for 12 participants who register via Websprout Consulting website

Motherhood is a major life transition and the adjustment period feels less overwhelming when doulas are available to answer questions or concerns. We have an interview with Pamela Lim, Postpartum Doula and the founder of The Birthshop in Singapore. Read more into the interview to understand how a Postpartum Doula can be a great assistance to new mummies and their families.

1. What is a Postpartum Doula?

A postpartum doula is a non-judgmental woman with a quiet presence in your home. The main focus is in helping the new mother after the birth of the baby. Each family’s needs are different, thus the services provided by your doula will vary to accommodate your family in the best possible manner.

A postpartum doula provides loving support so that the new mother feels well nourished, well rested, with her household in good order so that she can focus her energy on her new baby. Mothers and Fathers appreciate the support of other women. In today’s society, our extended family members are not always available to help, and even if they are, some of them do not have the breastfeeding experience to support a new breastfeeding mom.

Postpartum Doulas work is between 2-6 hours per day, several days a week or 5 days a week meeting the unique needs of each family.

Potentially every woman, whether trained or not, can support another woman during the postnatal period. How well she does this depends on her personal maturity, knowledge and her unique view of pregnancy, birth and motherhood. The main tool a Doula has is herself! Before, during and after the birth it is first and foremost a Doula’s presence that should make the new mother feel safe. Whilst we recognise that to be a Doula, it may be easier for those who have the experience of giving birth, breastfeeding and bring up children.

2. How do you support the family during the Postpartum Doulas work period?

The doula role, we believe, is a way of “being” not “doing“. A “training” implies completion and it is not useful to believe that a woman can attend a two or three day workshop or training course and believe that she is a Doula. Doulas are learners, they are explorers, they are guides, friends, sharers, it goes on and on. Without an open approach to self development and human growth it is impossible to be available to enable others. Within a Doula’s education there must be a deep concentration and focus on self awareness and any woman entering the profession is required to spend a lot of time reflecting.

The Doula’s role has often been described as “mothering the mother“. The doula is employed primarily by the woman to listen, support and respond to her needs. The Doula is not there to replace or exclude the father, partner or other family members or to intrude on these relationships. The Doula’s actions are never driven by her ego but by sensitivity and unconditional love.

Doulas do not give any medical advice but they should have a good understanding of the physiology of birth and the postnatal period so can provide support to help the woman find solutions when she needs guidance. This distinction between advice and support is important.

As a certified professional, I aim to empower, connect and advocate for families in the childbearing years.

My aim is to:

• Encourage bonding and establish realistic expectations for parents.
• Provide all parents with information about their options during pregnancy, labour & birth, and the postpartum period.
• Encourage and support breastfeeding, but recognize that it is an individual decision.

As a Certified Postpartum Doula, Breastfeeding Counsellor and Professional Family Life Counselor, I pride myself on my flexibility in the various scope of work which I administer with each family:

• Nutritional knowledge
• Grocery shopping
• Light household duty
• Running errands
• Breastfeeding Support
• Evidence based knowledge on Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing
• General newborn care including baby bath
• Care of siblings (if applicable)
• Baby Bonding with a sling
• Professional counseling and resources for new family
• Postpartum body care for mom
• Support mom through emotional vulnerability
• Support dad through the transition to his new role
• Grief counseling

Studies has shown that when the mother is cared for by someone after the birth of her child, for a few days or weeks, and has the concern to only nurture herself and the baby, she is more self-confident, can better adjust to the newborn, and she tends to be more successful in breastfeeding.

There were times when parents of newborns could count on their own parents and family members to assist them during the transitioning period after the birth. However, nowadays with the fast pace of our society it is almost impossible for the new parents to find the help within their family and friends.

A postpartum doula is a trained professional who will provide emotional, physical and educational support while assisting parents to care for the new born on their own.

Some of the services Postpartum doulas offer are:

• Routine newborn care and education in bathing, cord care, diapering, calming techniques, and newborn nutrition and development.
• Breastfeeding assistance. during the Postpartum Doulas work period

3. What is your philosophy on breast-feeding and how do you help with breast feeding concerns/problems?

Supporting moms who want to breastfeed is an essential part of postpartum support. It is essential for new moms to know how to get started with breastfeeding, no matter what birth experience she had. My role as a counselor is to have the knowledge to support breastfeeding. If there was a breastfeeding problem (something which need more than just support and advise), I would usually refer my clients to a IBCLC-lactation consultant.

4. How do you manage your online business The Birthshop and your role as a postpartum doula?

Both works out pretty well. It’s just that the day and night gets longer! I do most of my postpartum doula home visits during the weekdays,coming home during mid-day and evenings to cook dinner and settle my 3 kids at home. I will start working on the online biz and admin work during the night when the kids are all asleep!

5. What are some of the advice you can give to our mom-to-be or new mothers?

Be mentally prepared for what comes after the birth of your baby. Sometimes, no amount of reading and knowledge can prepare a new mother for the experience of a new baby and it can be quite overwhelming but having a postpartum doula support can be really helpful and reassuring to a new mom.

Social Communication Group for School-Aged Children @ The Children’s Therapy Centre

What?

Social Communication Group for school-aged children who have difficulty

* With conversational skills
* Understanding and using nonverbal communication skills (e.g. body posture, eye contact)
* Participating in peer group activities
* Making and maintaining friendship
* Behaving appropriately in social situations

Group sessions are run by Speech Language Therapists.

Who?

For children between the ages of 9 – 12
Group will be formed based upon communication ability level.
Participants in the group must be able to follow group directions independently.

Where?

The Children’s Therapy Centre at Kovan Centre

9 Yio Chu Kang Road #02-01 Kovan Centre Singapore 545523

When?

Date: 7 Saturdays, 9 April – 21 May, 2011
Time: 9:00am-10:30am
Fee: $420 for 7 sessions
$50 for 30-minute initial assessment

(can be scheduled on 12, 19, 26 March 2011)

An assessment is required prior to joining the group.

Questions?

Please contact us for more information.
Phone: 6488 1271
Email: mth@thkms.org.sg
Website: www.moraltherapyservices.org.sg

The different Enrichment programs have always been the talk among parents. Such as what is the best choice among so many enrichment courses? Which programs provide more exposure and meaningful learning for the children? And the list goes on.

What if your child could learn, and love learning, independently, be creative and logical in thinking, know/feel how to lead peers and respect family, and communicate fluently and impressively? At FasTracKids, they want to protect that gift by building the right knowledge, habits, attitudes and skills for a lifetime.

Genius Learning Hub is a unique neuro-linguistic brain development program and is constantly on the look-out for the latest cutting edge education and child development programs to increase its offerings to parents around Singapore who wants the best for their child. It is currently offering two programs, namely FasTracKids, Neurostar Academy and Victoria Carlton’s All Kids Can Read And Write.

Let us take a closer look at how FasTracKids‘ programs offer meaningful learning for children aged 1 to 8.

FasTracKids started in the US with 12 years of history, making marks in 6 other countries including Singapore. It offers interactive programs with ever-changing subjects for children. FasTracKids is not about rote learning and dull worksheets. At FasTracKids, children learn through hands-on experiences through interaction with other children, meaningful engagements and discussions, the use of technology like interactive whiteboard and different fun experiments to sustain your child’s interests and heighten their awareness and learning to the next level. Even the content and subjects covered are so fun and appealing! No doubt that FasTracKids helps to prepare children for school and for life!

Currently, FasTracKids is offering FasTrack Tots with “ABC Music & Me” for children aged 2 to 4 years old and FasTrack Core for children aged 4 to 8 years old.

FasTrack Core

The session begins with the educator screening short clips pertaining to the subject* on the interactive whiteboard. These short clips contain visual images that not only capture the children’s attention but deliver different facts, information and concepts for the comprehension of the children. What is amazing is the educator’s constant effort to prompt questions to develop children’s verbal communication skills, their cognitive thinking ability and their confident and capability to express their thoughts and thinking.

Learning is not restricted to the table and the chair. The children get to interact and engage in hands-on learning during their group activity or experiment that promotes their problem-solving ability and their social skills. At the end of the activity, the children get to stand in front of their peers and give a presentation of the relevant content done during the activity. Children get the freedom to reflect and express their individualism.

At the end of the class, the educator provides updates to parents on the content delivered during the session via verbal communication and through a newsletter. The newsletter contains information that parents can reinforce on at home.

*Each subject runs for 8 weeks. There are a variety of subjects such as Astronomy, Biology, Creative Literature, Creativity, Earth Science, Natural Science, Speech, Drama & Art, Technology and Economics.

FasTrack Tots with “ABC Music & Me”

FasTrack Tots program runs like the content delivered in FasTrack Core except that the content is more age-appropriate for the younger age group to heighten their learning and arouse their curiosity. However, the last 45 minutes of the program is slightly different from that of the FasTrack Core. The children get to engage in the music program “ABC Music & Me” where they move, sing, pretend and share their love for music with their peers. Furthermore, they explore different instruments that increase auditory discrimination and build the foundation for future musical interests.

These lessons provide a solid foundation for music education and a lifelong appreciation of music and movement.

FasTracKids heighten children’s lifelong love for learning and equipped them with skills that will prepare them beyond school! Don’t wait, check out FasTracKids now!

For more information, please contact:
Website: www.geniuslearninghub.com
Tel: +65 6255 7790
Address: Blk 190, Toa Payoh Lorong 6 #03-512, Singapore 310190

Updated 17 May 11
The names of the winners have been uploaded onto our merchant’s page, please click this link Disney Princess Model Search results

Updated 15 Apr 11
The photos have been uploaded into Kids Cover Looks Page, please click this link www.facebook.com

Participate in Disney Princess Model Search 2011 brought to you by Kids Cover Looks and stand to win attractive prizes

Top Prize:
Cash S$200
Family Photo / Kids portfolio session worth $350
Supreme Princess Snow White Dress worth $59.90

To take part, simply call for an advance booking and present this page for your kid’s photo session at Kids Cover Looks.

Special Notes For Disney Princess Snow White Model Search 2011

Nominal fee $ 48 and receive:

• A Disney Princess Costume worth $ 29.90 ( subjected by sizes available)
• 15 Shots for Selection
• 1 x 4R Photo Print
• 2 Copies of a Personalized Calendar 2011 (Postcard Size)
• Entry into the Disney Princess Snow White Model Search 2011

Contest only valid for girls aged 4 – 7 years
Closing Date for entry: 31 March 2011

Advance booking is required
*Terms and Conditions apply.

Kids Cover Looks
Address : 545 Orchard Road #05-13 Far East Shopping Centre Singapore 238882
Tel : +65-6235 4993

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Shopping for kids partywares can be such a headache, going from places to places and lugging things along with you. Fret not now! With a growing number of online shops that provide these kids themed partywares, you no longer have to search high and low at brick-and-mortar shop. Here are five suggestions:

The Party Stuff

The first online party shop we are going to introduced is The Party Stuff. The Party Stuff provide one of the widest online selection of partyware, decorations, party bags/boxes and party bag stuffers in Singapore! Their products are high quality and licensed items imported from the USA. Orders are usually despatched out within 48 hours of receiving your orders and payment. Simply add to cart and cart out when you are ready!

Kidzpartystore

Kidzpartystore is another good resource for party supplies and balloons for party decorations. They offer an unrivalled selection of kids birthday party supplies, baby shower party supplies and party balloons from popular party themes — like Mickey Clubhouse, Winnie the Pooh, Disney Princess and more. Personalized birthday and baby shower banners are also available to make it a truly special party for your child. Shop freely with their user-friendly portal =)

The Party Haus

A one-stop site created to provide ease for consumer. From party supplies, sweets, piñatas, balloon decoration and even entertainers, The Party Haus has them all. They work with Zephyhdom to provide clown, face painting artist and mime. With a team of fun, bubbly entertainers, your party will be interactive and exciting, keeping the children happy while you can talk to the other parents and relax! They also have a concrete store at Millenia Walk #01-102, 9 Raffles Boulevard Singapore 039596, Tel: 6338 4929.

Party With Us

With a concrete store at Centrepoint #05-01 and Valley Point #0110, Party With Us’s online portal allows you to have a quick overview of what is available in store. A wide and exciting variety of partyware ensembles, balloons, decorations, costumes, gifts and more for consumers to choose from. They even provide a checklist to ensure that you have everything checked =)

Bug’s Party

Bug’s Party Shop has one of Bug’s Party shop is designed to provide them a hassle free party supplies shopping experience. Full range of balloon, party favors, goodie bags, birthday gifts, candles, banners, confetti, games, piñata, party masks, hats, party costumes are easily available at finger tips. In Bug’s Party Online store, there are also useful information about party planning, party games, party ideas, to help consumers in organizing a great party the largest online collections of party supplies, birthday party decorations and balloons. Bug’s Party is a Malaysia-based shop but provides shipping to Singapore.

Article is written by Qiaoyi