Today’s Motherhood

Enrich your child’s holiday with our various camps, especially crafted for children aged 4 to 12.

At Little Scholars, we believe that social grace and confidence in presenting ourselves are just as important as acquiring knowledge. Thus, it’s never too early to start preparing our children proper decorum and adequate social etiquette. Not to mention the nurturing of their written and speech expressions, to better represent and express themselves!

Join us in our fun-filled Etiquette & Creative Expression camps this Nov/Dec! Enjoy a privileged discount rate of 10% when you register before 9 Nov 2011!! As seats are limited, please enroll early!

Email scholar@littlescholars.com.sg or call 62423403 now!

Visit us in Facebook www.facebook.com/littlescholars.sg

Did you know that your child’s reading ability is one of the most critical skills needed for success in English, Math and Science at school?

MindChamps Reading strongly develops your child’s ABILITY TO READ and UNDERSTAND written text like never before. Your child will develop:

1. Narrative Intelligence
2. Higher Order Thinking Skills
3. Connectivity
4. Attentiveness
5. Language in Comprehension

Learn how you can create a life-long reader in your child! Get a FREE Comprehensive Reading Assessment to know your child’s literacy level worth $80.

To register for the workshop, SMS/call
Jeslyn 9009 0526 / Angie 9839 4231

Or visit jeslyntoh.mymindchamps.com/ to register!

LuvBabies by Kim Sang Medical Hall would like to announce a new branch opening in Sengkang.

Address: 21 Sengkang West Ave #01-10 Singapore 797650 (closed on Monday)

Website: www.luvbabies.kimsang.com.sg

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The Boys’ Brigade Share-a-Gift 2011

What can be more joyful than to light up this coming festive season by showering acts of kindness to those in need?

Join in the Boys’ Brigade (BB) Share-a-Gift project by doing simple acts such as donating a packet of rice or a bottle of cooking oil at the various BBSG box stations all around the island. These donations will be packed into food hampers and gifts by BB and they will be delivered to the homes of more than 28,000 beneficiaries. These little acts of caring will touch the lives of many.

Simple acts of kindness can be done through donation of essential household items such as the following general food and household items (in no particular order):

• Rice
• Milo
• Cooking Oil
• Biscuits
• Beverages (E.g. Coffee/Tea, Milk Powder, etc)
• Condiments/Seasonings (E.g. Soya Sauce, Salt, Sugar, Tomato/Chilli Sauce)
• Halal Canned Food
• Instant Noodles
• Toiletries (E.g. Toothbrush/Toothpaste, Soap, Bath Towels, Detergent, Laundry/Dishwashing, Dettol)

Come down and be a part of this unique project and bring in cheer and relief to Singapore during the Christmas season. Your little acts of caring will touch the lives of many others.

For those who wish to grant a wish to beneficiaries can simply follow the steps below:

1. Pick up a wish tag from a wish tree with the beneficiary’s name and wish item
2. Shop for the gift stated in the wish tag
3. Return to the Wish Tree (by 20th Dec 2011) with the wish tag securely attached to the gift

Have a heart, Share a gift. Go down to the nearest FairPrice and be part of this delightful project!

Date: 23 November to 20 December 2011

Venue: Visit website at www.bbshare.sg for BBSG Boxes locations

Organiser: The Boys’ Brigade

For more information, you may contact BBSG hotline at 1800-2274273 (1800-BBSHARE) or visit the website at http://www.bbshare.sg

The A Cappella Society and Today’s Motherhood are giving away 3 pairs of tickets to A Cappella Christmas: A Vocal Jam to our readers. Each winner will get a pair of tickets to the Children’s Show on 27 Nov 2011, 4pm. Contest ends 4 Nov 2011. See below for contest details.

Christmas is meant to be shared and fun-filled with merry singing, so why not join us this year and go merrily ho-ho-ho-ing away with us! In the third edition of the annual Christmas Vocal Jam, join the Urban Harmony singers as they present Christmas tunes in a highly interactive format to engage you and your kids!

Have your keys jingling, feet moving and sing along with the TAS Youth Voices, Children’s Ensemble and a choir of effervescent kids from the Swiss School in Singapore.

The Urban Harmony Singers is an acappella group that puts together repertoire and showmanship specially for children and kids of all ages, so be prepared for a great time!

Date: 27th November 2011
Time: 4pm
Location: Joyden Hall, Level 7 Iluma
Duration: Approx 75-minutes

Stand a chance to tickets to the win tickets to A Cappella Christmas: A Vocal Jam Children’s Show on 27 Nov 2011, 4pm

We have 3 pairs of tickets to be given away to our lucky readers. Ends 4 Nov 2011. All you have to do is:

1. Be a fan of Today’s Motherhood

2. Answer a simple question and fill in the form below

All you have to do is fill in the form below and answer the simple question below:

The contest has ended

*Winners will be notified by phone. Winners need to collect their tickets on the day of the performance half an hour before the concert at the concert venue. Please bring along your IC for verification purposes.

Log on to their website for more details about The A Cappella Society.

Picture this: A clean and organized classroom where children are immersed in an array of literacy experiences - listening attentively to the teacher during story-telling, singing enthusiastically during sing along sessions, children reading in the library corner, and lively on-going conversations between the teacher and her young learners.

This is a scene of what an exciting and inviting literate classroom and curriculum should sound or look like.

Classrooms make an enormous contribution to the child’s interest and curiosity about learning to read. Children’s works adorned on the classroom walls and shelves, labels in the classroom and books readily available for browsing - these are a few evidence of a classroom that is rich in print and literacy learning. The moment a child sets his foot into the classroom, he is already introduced to a literacy rich environment. A print-rich environment not only offers opportunities for children to make use of print and practice their literacy habits and skills, it emphasizes and reflects the importance of speaking, reading and writing in their learning.

At LEAP Schoolhouse, children are not only engaged through the provision of a stimulating and print-rich environment, they are also guided into basic literacy as the program is catered to developing a child’s listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. Through role-playing, singing, story-telling and creative movement, young learners are actively engaged and participating in meaningful tasks.

In addition, LEAP’s integrated approach to learning allows children to be constantly challenged to ask questions and make inferences as they carry out language tasks in the classrooms. When young children are allowed to see their learning experiences as integrative and inter-woven with their surroundings, a new domain of understanding begins to emerge.

The LEAP Kids Program is eligible for 3 to 6 years old. Children in this programme will be attuned to the teaching of English and Chinese on an alternate day basis. Chinese lessons will also include teaching of 汉语拼音 (Han Yu Ping Ying). Besides Language and Literacy Programme, LEAP also offers an extended enrichment component.

Extended Enrichment Component:
Monday - Sports
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - Speech & Drama (Chinese)
Thursday - Music
Friday - Movement and Dance

Parents who are only interested in the extended programs are welcomed as well. Your child does not have to be under the LEAP Kids Programme to join in the extended enrichment programmes. If you wish to find out more on both programmes, feel free to contact LEAP SchoolHouse at 634 0828 or email them at contact@leapschoolhouse.com.sg

By Michelle Ang

Singapore has just launched a new lifestyle family web connected printer – HP Photosmart 6510 e-All-in-One printer, seeking to enhance and redefine users’ home printing experience.

Some key features of the printer:

- Print lab quality photos right at the comfort of your home. Long gone the days of having to visit the neighborhood’s photo labs to get high quality photos o f your last vacation.

- With HP’s revolutionary ePrint technology, you can print from virtually anywhere. Simply email the documents or photos to your printer and let it do its job.

- With Social ID, you can customize and personalize your ePrint email address to make it easily memorable for instance, jamieyeo@hpeprint.com

- Print with ease with the auto engaging photo tray which eliminates the need to manually change paper when you switch from printing documents to printing photos and vice versa and with its automated two-sided printing, you are saving the earth and your pocket too!

- Access web content without using the PC with the interactive 3.45 inch HP TouchSmart screen.

- Loaded with a wide array of HP print apps where you can print puzzles, coloring books and more that will bring endless hours of fun to you and your family.

- Scheduled Delivery print apps such as Yahoo! Daily Digest allows you to automatically print content on your preferred schedule. For example, you can time the printer to print out Yahoo! News daily at 7am, so that you can pick it up just before you head to work.

Here are some of HP’s family entertainment apps:

Sesame Street Printables - Enjoy Sesame Street coloring pages, educational activities, and books from the Sesame Street eBookstore to make learning fun.



DreamWorks® Animation Printables – Try these fun printables starring your favourite DreamWorks® Animation characters. Start with new printables for “Megamind” and “Shrek Forever After”.



Kids’ Activities by Crayola – Put your crayons to good use with these great colouring pages from Crayola.



HP 6510 Printer is available from October 2011 at the recommended retail price of $307.

The Genius Kids is an online children’s bookstore, carrying books for babies to preschool years.

Our books have been carefully sourced from international publishers, with an emphasis on character development.

We believe the preschool years are most crucial when it comes to inculcating and instilling moral values to your child.

A variety of informative books such as I Wonder Why and Brain Quest series are also offered.

Website: www.thegeniuskids.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thegeniuskids

Infantino will be participating in this year’s Baby Expo 2011. Details as below

Event: Baby Expo 2011 Singapore
Venue : Singapore Expo Hall 5B
Unit : Booth A3-A4
Dates : 21-23 Oct 2011
Time : 11am-9pm
Cost: Public - Free Admission

Munchkin, evenflo, bonbebe, sunshine kids, kidstools & baby craft all at attractive price and attractive package

pediped® and Today’s Motherhood are giving away 10 pairs of Pre-Walker Shoes worth $63.90 each to our lucky readers. Read more for details.

From its inception, pediped® has designed footwear to promote healthy foot development. Our mantra has always been comfort, quality and style, in that order. This is why pediped® shoes were among the first children’s footwear to be awarded the American Podiatric Medical Association Seal of Acceptance for promoting healthy foot development.

You can rest assured that pediped® is a footwear company that cares about the health and well being of your child’s growing feet. The pediped® footwear system has recently been endorsed by researchers associated with Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston.

Children’s feet need to last them a lifetime, so it’s important to start taking care of them from birth. That’s why pediped® designed the pediped® footwear system to protect your child’s feet—all the way from crawling to those first amazing steps and into childhood.

pediped Originals® are the best first shoes your child will ever wear. When children learn to walk, they tend to shuffle, so it is important for their feet to feel the floor. Doctors recommend shoes with soft leather soles because they most closely mimic barefoot walking and do not force children to change their natural stride.

Originals® feature soft, flexible leather soles and a roomy toebox so feet can move, grip, and feel the floor. This way, little feet can grow properly and develop strength, musculature, and the grasping action of the toes. Originals® closely resemble the natural shape of the foot and are so comfortable your child will not want to take them off!

Features and Benefits:

• Durable, slip-resistant leather soles and soft, flexible uppers ensure comfort.
• Signature hand-stitching allows your child’s foot to breathe.
• Sole includes two layers of the highest quality leather plus a soft foam insert so your child’s feet are protected while he or she is on the move.
• Comes with an ankle cushion to protect your child’s ankle and instep from friction.

Giveaway Contest

We have 10 pairs of pediped® Pre-Walker Shoes [Size XS (6 mths) and S (6 to 12 mths)] for both boys and girls worth S$63.90 to be given away to our lucky readers. Ends 15 Nov 2011. All you have to do are

1. Join Today’s Mother Mailing List below (existing members need not sign up again. New members need to check your email after signup to confirm subscription)

2. Be a fan of pediped® Singapore

3. Fill in the forms below

The Contest has ended

Note : This contest is only for mommies with kids below 1 year old

The prizes are sponsored by pediped®

Terms and Conditions Apply.