It is not a stretch to say that you are your child’s entire world, especially during their formative years. Your child is born with an innate desire to learn about their surroundings and their place in relation to their environment. As their parent, you are not only their caregiver, but also their primary teacher. They...
Many Singaporeans struggle with language proficiency. Especially in Chinese. In our English-speaking country, if you don’t live in a predominantly mother-tongue speaking household or have a mother tongue-speaking relative at home, the children would most certainly face huge challenges in mastering their mother tongue. Even Singapore’s first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, had to overcome...
Chinese was not the first language for Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, but he overcame the difficulties to master it. In the book, Keeping My Mandarin Alive, Lee recalled his experience and gave a first-hand account of how he learnt Mandarin over 50 years and kept it alive. Here are 5 ways to...
Did you know that more than 1 million new neural connections are formed every second during the first few years of a child’s life? That’s right. All around the world, at this very moment, every infant is forming millions of neural connections in their brain, according to research from Harvard University’s Center on the Developing...
You might have been looking forward to this. And it’s finally happening. The year is coming to an end, and the countdown to 2021 is a chance for some family bonding activities that will make precious, lasting memories. As the world continues to try and make sense of 2020, you can still find meaningful and...
Race and racism can be a touchy subject. Often, parents are nervous about broaching the subject because they are not sure how to do so sensitively and thoughtfully. Others think that they should avoid speaking about it, so as not to draw attention to it. However, that approach sends the message to kids that race...
The very first case of COVID-19 in Singapore was detected on 23 January 2020. Since then, the numbers have grown exponentially and to date, Singapore has seen over 20,000 cases of COVID-19. As a result, the government has introduced a series of stringent measures called ‘Circuit Breaker’ to be applied from 7 April to 2...
Children are inquisitive by nature and they learn by “testing” various things out with their senses to discover how they work. This is done by using their senses to touch, taste, smell, see, move and hear, what’s commonly known as sensory play activities. Sensory play activities provide opportunities to children to explore and use scientific...
When young children play, they are actively engaged in looking, listening, touching and interacting with the objects and people in their environment. Play for toddlers provides them with the experience of connecting what they see with what they hear or touch. It helps children to develop sensory connections that provide input to the developing brain,...
Written by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, who are both Senior Fellows at MindChamps and authors of the book Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children For many of us, COVID-19 has completely changed how we work. Moving to remote work might have its advantages for some, but when the...
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