In today’s post, you’ll get a free printable of our homeschool classroom calendar — in English, Chinese & a bit of Bahasa Malaysia. For a long time, I’ve been wanting to do up my own classroom calendar, to display the different date formats in our two main languages. This is a sample of how it looks […]
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Finally, I’m back! As promised, here’s a tutorial on how to make your own audio files for Shichida speed reading and listening home practice. Though this may seem a little techie at first, once you get the hang of it, it’s really very simple. Then you can easily create audio files for speed reading /
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Here’s an easy way to increase playback speed of audio files for your Shichida speed reading home practice: First of all, get ready some audio books or educational music files. For Windows Media Player If your computer has Windows Media Player, it can do up to 4x playback. Play a file, and then switch to Now Playing mode
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Vee has turned 4 years 4 months old, and here’s his overdue learning progress update… Right Brain Education Vee enjoyed the first half of Shichida’s 4-year old class, which covered right brain activities — mainly imaging, HSP and memory games. But he was often uncooperative during the second half of the lesson. This covered left
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To answer many Mummies’ enquiries on “How to Make Shichida Flashcards”, here’s a detailed tutorial with tips. Basic steps? Think of a topic (that either you or your child finds interesting) Find a relevant list online or compile one. Wikipedia is a good resource. Find a suitable image for each item on the list Create
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There’s a new Resources page at Mummy’s Homeschool with these sub-pages and more: Shichida Home Practice Materials Montessori Printables They’re all FREE for now, though I may put up some for purchase in future. You’d be updated as more files are uploaded. Do check it out here: Resources Have a great day!
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Moving into 18 months old, Jae has settled a lot into various Shichida and Montessori homeschooling activities. Since he wants to do whatever Vee is doing, I just have to simplify most of Vee’s activities for him. For instance: Shichida games: Vee works with 4 and more images / objects; Jae works with 2 to
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This October, we’re expecting baby #3 to join in our homeschool. After sleeping through most of the past few months, I’m finally 15 weeks pregnant and back to homeschooling Vee and Jae. During the most tiring phase, all I did was let the boys play (or fight!) when they were awake while I lie on
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Here’s the list of kids education and book fairs in Singapore for Year 2013. It’ll be updated as more information streams in. 1. SmartKids Asia 2013 Dates: 15 to 17 March 2013 Time: (Fri & Sat) 11a.m. to 9p.m., (Sun) 11a.m. to 8p.m. Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 5 Organiser: Expomal International Sdn Bhd Website: SmartKids Asia homepage here 2. The Kidz
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Vee just turned 4 years old! Here’s his learning progress update… Right Brain Education He’s now in Shichida’s 4-year old class, which covers more advanced activities. We’ve adapted our home practice accordingly. Image play: He tends to peek when covering his eyes with his hands, so now he wears an eye mask. Followed by relaxing on
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