Based on your needs and requirements, we organize fitness programmes that are designed and planned to suit your busy schedule and lifestyle.

Exercises can be done at your own convenient time and preferred location. We offer customized individual private sessions to suit individual goals and fitness levels and various affordable group dance and fitness classes suitable for all age groups.

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Event : BabyCare Fair 2010
Date : September 2 - 5, 2010
Time : 11am to 9pm daily

Discounts and Offers unavailable anywhere else.

Below are the names of the winners:

1. Oh Meiling (The Littlest Dinosaur and The Naughty Rock)
2. Jenny Tham (Baby Animals At Play)
3. Sherry Lim (From Sunrise to Sunset in Tinga Tinga)
4. Surayahani Bte Osman (Whose Bottom?)
5. Yvette Lim (Dogs Don’t Do Ballet)

**Winners will be notified by email individually.

** Terms and Conditions apply

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Communication is therefore very important for teachers to understand more about the child at home and also for parents to know about the child’s day in school. Here are some tips to communicate effectively with your child’s teachers!

#1 Develop a positive attitude

Some parents have bad experiences with teachers when they were in school while other parents may have bad experiences with their children’s teachers in the past.

Because of these past experiences, they may communicate with the school in a defensive attitude. This hinders communication between teachers and parents and may lead to a hostile relationship between the adults.

It is important to believe that the school and teachers care about your child and start your partnership on a positive note. Avoid making criticizing remarks by using respectful words such as “Can you help to…” to help teachers feel appreciated.

#2 Initiate the first step

Communication should be the responsibility of both teachers and parents and as parents; you should not feel hesitant about making the first contact with your child’s teacher. Some teachers may have bad experiences communicating with parents, causing them to be more apprehensive when approaching parents.

By taking the first step, you will help to ease the tension and may be surprise by how far your relationship with the teacher may lead to. Most of the childcare centres provide communication books for parents and teachers to exchange ideas. Do make use of them but also approach the teachers if you prefer other means of communication.

#3 Communicate often

There are many different ways to communicate but usually teachers only make use of the communication book and occasional phone calls to pass messages to parents.

You may want to explore different ways of communicating, such as face-to-face exchange, short notes, phone calls, emails and even SMS, to ensure regular frequency of communication.

Work together with the teacher to decide on the easiest and useful method. Weekly feedback would be sufficient to allow adults (both yourself and the teachers) to provide support for your child’s learning and development.

#4 Establishing partnership

Be a partner in support your child’s development by asking the teachers what can be done to help your child at home. When your child receives consistent instructions and feedback from adults, unnecessary confusion will be prevented.

Follow up with the teacher regarding the particular issue that you are working on. You can also offer to volunteer if there is something you can help in the school; your child would love to see you being part of the school.

Don’t Forget:

Do send a note of appreciation to the teacher when something goes well in the class or with your child

Objective

The objective of the How To Multiply Your Baby’s Intelligence Course is to teach parents about brain growth and development from birth to age six. Parents learn how to evaluate and enrich the early development of their child right after birth.

What you will learn?

Parents learn how to teach their children to read, how to learn a foreign language, indeed how to learn anything and everything including: Mathematics, and music appreciation.

Topics Covered

Day 1

• The objectives of The Institutes
• Heredity and environment
• Kids: The myth versus the reality
• Why to teach your baby to read
• A reading demonstration by mothers and children
• How to teach your baby to read

Day 2

• How the brain grows
• What is intelligence?
• Potential intelligence
• How to create intelligence
• What is encyclopedic knowledge?
• How to give your child encyclopedic knowledge

Day 3

• Why mothers are the best teachers
• Myths about genius
• Teaching the facts versus the laws
• Kids and instant mathematics
• A math demonstration by mothers and children

Should You Attend The HTM Course?

Yes, the course is designed for parents who is;
… Planning ahead during your pregnancy?
… Looking at parenting as an important job?
… Seeking infant stimulation for your newborn?
… Interested in your baby’s brain growth?
… Curious about early education, early learning, or early reading?
… Aware that child development can be enhanced?
… Think that homeschooling or “unschooling” is a viable alternative for your child?
… A parent or about to be a parent?
… A grandparent or about to be a grandparent?

What Do I Need To Prepare for this Course?

The best thing to do is to read the How To Teach Your Baby To Read Book, How To Teach Your Baby Math Book, How To Give Your Baby Encyclopedic Book and How To Multiply Your Baby’s Intelligence Book.

Course Rates

Full Payment
1 Parent – S$1565
1 Couple – S$2515

*Instalments are only for credit cards applied from banks in Singapore.

Instalments for 1 parent
6 months – S$273.90 / month
12 months – S$130.50 / month

Instalments for 1 couple
6 months – S$419.20 / month
12 months – S$209.60 / month

Servicing banks : DBS and OCBC.

Contact Information

Singapore

Glenn Doman Baby’s Programs PTE. LTD.
95A Soo Chow Walk Singapore 575382

Personnel : Lawrence, Katherine or Daryl

Tel : +65 6456 3526
Email : gdbabyprogram@gmail.com

• How important is handwriting?
• What should parents know before putting a pencil or crayon into their little one’s hand?
• How young can a child be expected to write?
• How hold is a child expected to produce ‘good’ and ‘legible’ handwriting?

Get your answers at: Necessary Skills to Develop Your Child’s Potential seminar
Log on to www.lyra-groove.com and sign up today!

Date : 25 Sep 2010
Venue : Grassroots Club @ Yio Chu Kang
Time : 2 to 5 pm
Charge : S$30 per person (includes goodie bag worth S$80 and refreshments)

Empower Your Child to succeed socially (both at home and school) today by signing up the seminar at http://www.lyra-groove.com now!

Ever since I started teaching career, I realized that I have surprises every day from the children. That is the drive that makes me enjoy so much being with them.

Recently I have two new young children transferred to my class. I am stressed up coping with new and old children at the same time. I need to spend more time with the new children in order for them to catch up with the curriculum. However, I can’t ignore the old children to push them up to a new level. The transition period is really stressed and challenging. Despite curriculum, I am also challenged to normalize the new children in the area as soon as possible.

When we put in what we have for the children, we can see tremendous progress of development within the children themselves. They also learn to be responsible not only to themselves but also to the people around them. The most touching moments in my teaching would be seeing how the children show their care towards their teacher as well.

Do you agree that children are sensitive towards their surrounding?

I guess my expression showed that I am stressed or this little girl felt my tense, she came to sit beside me that day. I was guiding a child in her reading. Suddenly I felt someone hitting my shoulders and back softly. I turned to see who that was. She stopped as she was afraid that I might not like it. She quickly said, “I massage my mommy like this at home too!” I was so touched and grateful that she tried to give me a massage to help me feel good.

The intention is so heartwarming. Her action is so thoughtful.

The act might be little and simple but it is definitely powerful. Her little act has left footprint in my heart that many of us has forgotten to be nice to others due to our busy lifestyles. She reminds us that we need to be nice to the people around us. Be generous with our good intention and good act to bring joy to others. If every one of us is doing a little bit extra to each other, this world will be a better place to live. I am thankful to be able to spend time with children.

This article was first published in Today’s Motherhood Magazine Sep 09 issue Page 12

First aid skills are life skills. Bring your family, kids and friends along for this free-admission event!

Event: World First Aid Day | First Aid Begins @ Home
Venue: National Library (Foyer)
Date: 11 September (Saturday)
Time: 11am to 4pm

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

For Juniors: Puppet Show on First Aid for Children

For Parents, Elders and Domestic Helpers: Useful Talks “Making Our Home Safe - Common Childhood Injuries”, “Treating Common Childhood Illnesses” & First Aid Demonstrations (CPR, Bandaging, Treatment for Choking)

For all in the Family: Carnival Games, First Aid Exhibits and Family First Aid Treasure Hunt

Free Family First Aid Kits (first-come-first-served!)

10% Rebate for on-the-spot registrations of certified First Aid Courses held at the Red Cross House

Visit www.redcross.org.sg for details like speaker line-up and timings closer to event date.

7 Sep 2010 (Tue) 10am to 7pm
8 Sep 2010 (Wed) 10am to 5pm

Enjoy 15% Off All Items For PRE-ORDERS from The Birthshop.

For details, please visit our online store www.thebirthshop.com.sg

Young children in Singapore do not eat vegetables readily. I am beginning to feel that it might be a cultural issue in among Asians. Because of the way we cook and present the greens, it does not look as attractive as the yummy deep fried chicken wings, meat patties or steak.

Eating healthily is nevertheless very important. We know the goodness of eating vegetables but always face the problem of getting our own children to understand that. My son used to dislike vegetables and his eyes are so sharp that he can pick out the tiniest piece that he can find on his plate.

Hence, I began exploring different ways to get him to eat his greens. Here are some tips that worked for me getting kids to eat vegetables:

1. The bright, attractive colours of the vegetables turn unsightly when they are overcooked. DO NOT overcook the vegetables. If you do not cook it right, you might turn a nice piece of green vegetables into a yellowish dry-looking one. It does not look appetizing.
2. Disguise the vegetables. Be CREATIVE with your dish. Grate them and add them to pasta sauces or even stuff them into his favorite chicken fillet. In this way, the vegetables can be devoured without your child realizing it!
3. Make eating vegetables fun! Rather than forcing them and screaming at them to eat the vegetables, inject fun into the activity by introducing a game. You can use vegetables to create a smiley face on the plate. Use broccoli for hair, olive for eyes, corn kennels for other things within the plate.
4. Reward them. Reward them with some activities that they like or some of their favorite snack if they eat vegetables for dinner.
5. Eat lots of vegetables yourself. Your children look up to you as their role model. If you do not eat the greens, how can you expect him to eat them? Start by eating vegetables yourself. They will gradually be influenced.
6. Be Patient. Be patient and try different methods to get them to eat the vegetables. Forcing or coercing your child to eat his greens make lead to prolonged rejection.
7. Be Positive! Kids change very fast, sometimes even before we know it. The dislike for vegetables might be just a passing stage. The key is to keep encouraging them and do not give up!

Hope these tips can be of help to you getting kids to eat vegetables.

This article was first published in Today’s Motherhood Magazine Jul 09 issue Page 20