Card specs: 300gsm, A5, double-sided
Price: S$18.80
Friday, September 25, 2009
Japanese- Hiragana
This set consists of 47 cards including title cover.
Card specs: 300gsm, A5, double-sided
Price: S$18.80
Card specs: 300gsm, A5, double-sided
Price: S$18.80
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Flags of Asia
Zhirui was totally intrigued by this set becos of its bright, colourful pictures.
This set consists of 52 cards including title cover.
This set consists of 52 cards including title cover.
Card specs: 300gsm, A5 size, double-sided
Price: S$33.80
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Beans Flash Cards for Download
To share. Beans Download
Dear parents, do kindly drop your comments on this set of flash cards..
Please note that for this shared version, the quality has been reduced to keep the file size manageable. There is also a very small faint watermark to prevent commercial copying. For normal printing, it should be near invisible at a distance of 0.5m.
Printed hard copies from us do not bear this watermark.
Thanks!
Dear parents, do kindly drop your comments on this set of flash cards..
Please note that for this shared version, the quality has been reduced to keep the file size manageable. There is also a very small faint watermark to prevent commercial copying. For normal printing, it should be near invisible at a distance of 0.5m.
Printed hard copies from us do not bear this watermark.
Thanks!
三字经 (严教篇)- The Three-Character Classic
Yet another ancient wisodm.. This chinese classic orginated from the Southern-Song dynasty and has been around for 700 over years. It is endorsed by UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as one of the Children Literature for Moral Values.
The first book- 严教篇 teaches the importance of education and traditional values on filial piety and brotherhood.
I've been reading this classic to Zhirui when she's still in my tummy. Now, i hope to further instill in her proper conduct plus recognition of chinese characters through flashing these cards.
This set consists of 45 cards (including title cover).
Specs: 300 gsm, A5 size, double-sided (with han yu pin yin at the back)
Price: Saturday, September 19, 2009
Ancient Wisdom
Ya Tou finally recovers from the stomach flu. Thank God..
Her fever roller coaster (going up to a max of 40.4) kept us sleepless... There was one night the fever went up really high. Worse, she refuses water and no matter how we sponge her, the fever stayed above 38.5.
It all started when we took her temperature in the middle of the night as realise that it was 39.9. We quickly sponge her with water mixed with a couple of cubes of ice. (we din wanted to use ice water as we were afraid she might catch a cold and makes things worse). After many rounds of sponging, her temp lowered to about 38.8.
Water was given to her, but she simply refuses it. She still looks active and playful despite her fever and was blabbering lots of things. I wonder if she got "high" on her fever or what.
We had to resort to sweeten water to encourage her to drink, luckily, she finally accepted the diluted Gripe water, taking up to about 5 oz. After she drank, daddy somehow decided to wrap her up in towel. In the next 10mins, things turned. She started to perspire and her temp begin to fall. Within the 30mins, her temp fell to about 37.3. We continued to wrap her up in blanket and carry on feeding her water. Soon she fell asleep. By the next morning. Her temp was normal.
Can't help but start to appreciate the days when our grandparents / parents tells us, if you are sick, drink lots of water and cover well with blanket. With the advancement of western medicine, these old sayings are somehow slowly lost. Yet during the most critical times in life, it seems to work like charm.
Well I have to conculde that Western Sponging and Eastern Blanket-ing is really 鸡寒上树，鸭寒入水。Somehow, ancient wisdom seems to be slightly superior, as it
1. eliminates the inner heat (root cause).
2. uses that heated body temp to facilitate persparation.
3. minimise the risk of catching another cold
Subsequently nights, we encourage her to drink by cooking Green Apple water. It can be easily concoted by boiling cut green apples in water until the apple turns soft. Somehow she likes it alot. Probably becos of the slightly sour taste that excits her (probably) numb taste buds and the slight sweetness of it.
Her fever roller coaster (going up to a max of 40.4) kept us sleepless... There was one night the fever went up really high. Worse, she refuses water and no matter how we sponge her, the fever stayed above 38.5.
It all started when we took her temperature in the middle of the night as realise that it was 39.9. We quickly sponge her with water mixed with a couple of cubes of ice. (we din wanted to use ice water as we were afraid she might catch a cold and makes things worse). After many rounds of sponging, her temp lowered to about 38.8.
Water was given to her, but she simply refuses it. She still looks active and playful despite her fever and was blabbering lots of things. I wonder if she got "high" on her fever or what.
We had to resort to sweeten water to encourage her to drink, luckily, she finally accepted the diluted Gripe water, taking up to about 5 oz. After she drank, daddy somehow decided to wrap her up in towel. In the next 10mins, things turned. She started to perspire and her temp begin to fall. Within the 30mins, her temp fell to about 37.3. We continued to wrap her up in blanket and carry on feeding her water. Soon she fell asleep. By the next morning. Her temp was normal.
Can't help but start to appreciate the days when our grandparents / parents tells us, if you are sick, drink lots of water and cover well with blanket. With the advancement of western medicine, these old sayings are somehow slowly lost. Yet during the most critical times in life, it seems to work like charm.
Well I have to conculde that Western Sponging and Eastern Blanket-ing is really 鸡寒上树，鸭寒入水。Somehow, ancient wisdom seems to be slightly superior, as it
1. eliminates the inner heat (root cause).
2. uses that heated body temp to facilitate persparation.
3. minimise the risk of catching another cold
Subsequently nights, we encourage her to drink by cooking Green Apple water. It can be easily concoted by boiling cut green apples in water until the apple turns soft. Somehow she likes it alot. Probably becos of the slightly sour taste that excits her (probably) numb taste buds and the slight sweetness of it.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Zhirui, where is...
Ya tou is down with diarrhoea and fever these few days.. Dr Roy's diagnosis was gastric flu, which he said was on the high recently. Sb and I were up in the wee hours to make sure her fever does not escalate to dangerous levels. Ways to do it: hydrating her constantly, sponging her, feeding green bean soup (known to dissipate heat & toxins in TCM terms), fever medication.
Her little buttocks are burning red like those of a baboon due to nappy rashes.. Poor girl.. She cries in pain whenever we clean them.. :(
Amidst her poor health, Ya tou displayed something very amazing one afternoon! Read on..
Was reading the papers yesterday with Zhirui playing around. Then casually, showing her the Classified page, I asked, "Zhirui, where is the car?" She scanned the page for a moment and pointed to me the small picture of a car at a corner. OMG! (All along, we were pointing to her real cars on the road. Never did I know she was able to recognise this object on 2-D too!)
Riding on excitement, I quickly flipped to another car ad and asked, "Zhirui, where is the car?".. And she did it again!
"Zhirui, let Mummy test you again, where is the flower.. bicycle.. banana.. ball.. tiger.. camera.. shoes..?" I could hardly stop.. :)
Seems like the inputting part stressed in right brain training is effectively taking place all this while. Well done Ya tou!
Her little buttocks are burning red like those of a baboon due to nappy rashes.. Poor girl.. She cries in pain whenever we clean them.. :(
Amidst her poor health, Ya tou displayed something very amazing one afternoon! Read on..
Was reading the papers yesterday with Zhirui playing around. Then casually, showing her the Classified page, I asked, "Zhirui, where is the car?" She scanned the page for a moment and pointed to me the small picture of a car at a corner. OMG! (All along, we were pointing to her real cars on the road. Never did I know she was able to recognise this object on 2-D too!)
Riding on excitement, I quickly flipped to another car ad and asked, "Zhirui, where is the car?".. And she did it again!
"Zhirui, let Mummy test you again, where is the flower.. bicycle.. banana.. ball.. tiger.. camera.. shoes..?" I could hardly stop.. :)
Seems like the inputting part stressed in right brain training is effectively taking place all this while. Well done Ya tou!
End of my milking days..
More than a year ago, my husband and I made a firm decision to have our to-be-born ya tou exclusively breastfed. We were very determined to make it a success that we went all out-- studiously attended classes in BMSG, reading up everything on the topic and refrained stocking milk formula in our house. I remembered most of our relatives/friends who are mothers did not breastfeed, therefore there wasn't really a model for us to look up to.
Lucky for me, with a supportive husband and a cooperative baby, my breastfeeding journey started with few hurdles. I must never forget to give credit to my good old breast pump, Medela PIS. It became one of the cannot-live-without thing in my life.
During those struggling days when my supply could barely meet Zhirui's demand, I wonder how far can I carry on with this mission. My husband and I set a 3 months goal when Zhirui was just a month old. When she turned 3 months, we stretched it to 6 months. Soon, I realized that I could not give up breastfeeding! It's so natural and every latching moment felt so wonderful and loving. When she was younger, I would sing our favourite song "Home on the range" or read classics to her. She was most attentive when I recite the 'Heart sutra'. :)
It was a blessing in disguise when Zhirui contracted HFMD at 11 months, becos she learnt to sleep through the night during the episode. It was also then I started to reduce feeding direct to Zhirui. Soon after her first birthday, I decide to wean her off breastmilk by cutting the number of pumps. In 4 weeks' time, my supply dwindled to a pathetic 2oz a day.
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Alas, I can officially close shop.. albeit a little 舍不得...
Lucky for me, with a supportive husband and a cooperative baby, my breastfeeding journey started with few hurdles. I must never forget to give credit to my good old breast pump, Medela PIS. It became one of the cannot-live-without thing in my life.
During those struggling days when my supply could barely meet Zhirui's demand, I wonder how far can I carry on with this mission. My husband and I set a 3 months goal when Zhirui was just a month old. When she turned 3 months, we stretched it to 6 months. Soon, I realized that I could not give up breastfeeding! It's so natural and every latching moment felt so wonderful and loving. When she was younger, I would sing our favourite song "Home on the range" or read classics to her. She was most attentive when I recite the 'Heart sutra'. :)
It was a blessing in disguise when Zhirui contracted HFMD at 11 months, becos she learnt to sleep through the night during the episode. It was also then I started to reduce feeding direct to Zhirui. Soon after her first birthday, I decide to wean her off breastmilk by cutting the number of pumps. In 4 weeks' time, my supply dwindled to a pathetic 2oz a day.
Now, ya tou refused to latch, showing me her 'dispproving' face (小猪脸).
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Insects
I'm glad to be blessed with customer-mums who generously offer me feedbacks to improve my cards.Just recently, Adriel enlightened me to a very fundamental fact that I was never consciously aware of-- flash cards with bright & colourful pics are likely to attract (and retain the attention of) our little ones!
I'm really grateful to receive her comments as it spurs us to make better flash cards that can best benefit our children. :)
I'm glad to present this title on Insects, splashing with rainbow colours. :)
-Consists of 20 cards (including title cover).
-Cards specs: A5 size, 300 gsm, double-sided
-Price: S$13.00
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
A Life-saver at Birth
I got a call from SCBB (Singapore Cord Blood Bank) sometime during Zhirui's first birthday. It was an annual follow-up call on cord blood donors on their health and well-being. Was glad to reply all her questionaires with 'peaceful' answers.. indicating that Ya tou is very healthy!
This brought me to lock this post on a donation we initiated (on behalf of Ya tou) a year ago. It is the donation of Zhirui's cord blood to the SCBB (a public bank).
I remember that time when we made the decision, we had to also ask our gynae if he is willing to conduct the operation of extracting the cord blood. To our disappointment (and much disgust too), he told us that he'll be charging $200 (if i'm not wrong) for the surgery. We asked the staff of SCBB if they could reimburse that fee. Unfortunately, they can't and have to depend on the doctor's goodwill to facilitate the donation.
My husband and I struggled sometime on whether to abort the idea. Then during the next check-up, we raise the matter to gynae again, asking if he could waive the fee. He tot for a moment.. and said 'ok', with a thin smile. We were so happy and thank him profusely.
Hopefully he would continue to listen to his heart when responding to similar requests from his patients. Coz a kind act goes a million miles.. and since the world is round, it can come back to benefit you. :)
This brought me to lock this post on a donation we initiated (on behalf of Ya tou) a year ago. It is the donation of Zhirui's cord blood to the SCBB (a public bank).
I remember that time when we made the decision, we had to also ask our gynae if he is willing to conduct the operation of extracting the cord blood. To our disappointment (and much disgust too), he told us that he'll be charging $200 (if i'm not wrong) for the surgery. We asked the staff of SCBB if they could reimburse that fee. Unfortunately, they can't and have to depend on the doctor's goodwill to facilitate the donation.
My husband and I struggled sometime on whether to abort the idea. Then during the next check-up, we raise the matter to gynae again, asking if he could waive the fee. He tot for a moment.. and said 'ok', with a thin smile. We were so happy and thank him profusely.
Hopefully he would continue to listen to his heart when responding to similar requests from his patients. Coz a kind act goes a million miles.. and since the world is round, it can come back to benefit you. :)
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