When parents ask me about the “best” toys to get for their little children, I recommend blocks and other constructions toys, for endless possibilities of play. Construction toys may help children develop: motor skills and hand-eye coordination, spatial skills, a capacity for creative, divergent thinking, social skills, and language skills. (Source: Parenting Science) Recently, a mummy needed ideas …
Q: What do you think of e-flashcards? Or should I stick to hard copy flashcards? To answer this question, we need to first explore the primary objectives of flashing cards to our children. To me, the primary purpose of flash cards is to activate the right brain (let the child love learning voluminously, read fast, …
For a successful “right brain” and Montessori learning session, it’s important to prepare a conducive environment. This post (Part 1) shall share how our learning area was designed. Part 2 (when ready) shall cover an alternative arrangement. Background: In our previous home, we used a bedroom as our learning room. Being an old house, the room was …
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Recently, the younger kids love it when I sing “Ten Green Bottles”. So I was inspired to make a set of materials on this topic. The materials cover math quantity, numerals and senses / memory games cards. 1. Flashcards I drew one green bottle and replicated it. These are printed on A4 (or you may …
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Heard all the benefits of early right brain education and want to know how to practise it at home? Want to know how to flash cards, how to play memory games, and most importantly, How to have your child run excitedly to you to do home practice? Wish to meet a group of mums enthusiastic about home …
Vee has been able to understand time rather well quite some time back, maybe at 4-5 years old. And I realised it’s a very useful skill for a child. Here’s what we do to learn about time: 1. Flash cards To teach time, it’s important to use the analog clock instead of digital clock. This …
Heard all the benefits of early right brain education and want to know how to practise it at home? Want to know how to flash cards, how to play memory games, and most importantly, How to have your child run excitedly to you to do home practice? Wish to meet a group of mums enthusiastic about home …
OK, the Home Practice Intensive Workshops are here — the 3-hour session will show you EXACTLY how to carry out right brain home practice for babies to 6 years old. Crazily, enrolment from Singapore’s September session overflowed to this session, so there’s only a few seats left by this time. If you’re in Singapore: >>> CLICK HERE: Home Practice Intensive …
I often get enquiries on how to teach toddlers and preschoolers math. So here’s more sharing on what we do in an easy and fun way… Usually, we do “right brain” math over breakfast. For instance, yesterday, I rolled 10 bread bits, showed them to El and said, “This is 10.” When doing “right brain” math, there …
[Update] Please refer to the latest printer and paper recommendation at this post:[Flashcards] What Printer & Paper to Choose I’ve found a way to print flashcards and materials while saving LOTSA time and money. This is a common question that mummies at the recent home practice intensive workshops* asked, so here’re the details for all …
[Flashcards] Which printer saves LOTSA time & money? Read More »