Want to learn how to support your child’s learning and give him/her a head start at school and in life? Want to learn tested easy-to-use home practice activities? Want to know how to guide your child effectively even when you have only 15 minutes with him/her? And get support from a group of parents as enthusiastic […]
[New Workshop] Home Practice Back to Basics (B2B) Read More »
For years, my children and I have been practising some forms of meditation in a science-based non-religious way. Recent scientific studies are confirming the benefits, something that all parents and teachers must know. Mindfulness vs Meditation To clear things up, this is a brief explanation of mindfulness and meditation, which are different: Mindfulness: an awareness
[Mindfulness & Meditation] What Parents Must Know Read More »
#2 Jae is my first baby with whom I started doing right brain home practice while pregnant. Actually, I was doing home practice with Vee while Jae-the-foetus listened in. After he was born, I diligently showed him simple black / white / red flashcards. After 1-2 months, I started flashing cards at high speed
Jae turns 5 years old Read More »
Yesterday was Ching Ming Festival school holiday, which meant another long and meaningful weekend with the kids. explained the meaning of the festival brought 7yo Vee to watch a piano-and-strings concert for the first time. Richard Clayderman delivered a fabulous performance and has inspired Vee to keep practising. completed Vee’s origami cat bookmark project showed
[Homeschool] Long weekend fun Read More »
El (2y4m) wanted to work with playdough today, so we did some right brain math at the same time. We’ve a small mould that makes spiders. He wanted to use that. I rolled the dough into small balls while he printed them. As he completes a new one, I’d point to the total number of
Right brain math with playdough Read More »
Practice, practice, practice… This is what I remind my kids to do if they wish to get better at something. It’s about developing grit. Kids learn best from our actions (instead of words only), so I’ve been showing them through… Baking muffins! For the past 2 months, I’ve been baking healthy kids’ muffins nearly every
[Grit] Practice makes perfect Read More »
Kept busy the whole day again… – morning: reading and speed reading – lots of new flashcards. 7yo Vee and 4yo Jae wanted to play, so I said, “All right, El, only you are watching flashcards. Let’s go.” Then suddenly all the kids rushed into their favourite seats to watch the cards. These are times
A day of reading, math & music Read More »
Though KL Chinese schools are on one week lunar new year holidays, my kids start homeschool lessons today cos they have a Singaporean mum. (SG only gets 2 days off!) The family’s down with diarrhoea, so we’re doing light activities: – Malay lesson with Cikgu. This week’s play segment (last 15min) is “Five Stones” (Batu
Simple brain-building activities Read More »
Day #4 of school – 2+yo El plays happily by himself at home when the older ones are in school. Guess he’s enjoying the much-needed peace and 1-to-1 mummy attention after 2 years! He was engrossed in building and playing with this “garang guni” truck for 45 minutes. What a joy to observe his concentration
[2016] Day #4 of school Read More »
Super easy to make… What you need: 2 sets of stickers Cardstock cut into poker card size Just stick and make 2 sets of identical game cards. Ready to play senses and memory games during Shichida home practice. Have fun! ~ MieVee MummysHomeschool.com
[Shichida] Easy DIY game cards with stickers Read More »