13th Apr 2012

Planting and waiting

Today was an amazing day for three reasons.  Firstly, Samuel and I created our first book.  It is a short story about our trip to the Zoo today.  The story-writing was unplanned but thankfully...

13th Apr 2012

A Day at the Singapore Zoo (by Samuel Choo)

Today is a sunny day. Samuel Choo and his mum went to the Zoo. What animals did Samuel Choo see? He saw the Otters.  He saw the Flamingos. He saw...

16th Mar 2012

It’s ok, let’s play again!

I believe that every parent with more than one child has a secret wish.  He or she wishes that each of their child will be as smart as the smartest,...

不可全抛一片心?

One of the things I do, to teach my sons Chinese, is to teach them 谚语 (Chinese Proverbs).  I like them because they are poetic and often teach very good virtues,...

12th Jan 2012

Samuel is still a genius

Despite the challenges Samuel faces, he has moments of (what I considered) brilliance, which stuns me. On Berries again – they have some simple work which they need to do at...

10th Jan 2012

Love my child – make him strong

Samuel came back from his first Berries class of the year with one sticker. At Berries, the children have to read a chapter of a ‘little book’ and the children receive one...

10th Dec 2011

He is a big boy now, he can drive fast!

I brought the children to my friend’s father’s wake.  I explained to Samuel (5) that my friend’s father died. After asking questions about why, and trying to understand what death...

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