Thank you for sharing.

mincy,Thanks for the website J2mum:Hi mummies,when come to tang shi. Did u explain the meaning? Sometime I find it hard to explain to the kids. My ger is only 5 this yr.I try my best to explain the meaning to them. I have a nice tang shi book from Popular. Every poem has a picture that describes the meaning of the poem. A picture tells a thousand words. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b324/tamarind/jingyesi.jpg\">The child may not totally understand the meaning of the poem, but at least she knows what the poem is describing. When she grows older, she will be able to relate to it.

great idea! i’ve heard of the freerice online project from BBC World Service, but didn’t have the chance or motivation to surf. Now, with the maths P2 paper coming up, great way to get my kid to practice. Thanks for the link!

I recently took my 6-year old along on a cruise with Royal Caribbean and he had such a good time! The ship docked at Phuket, so we went to the beach, just to relax and play. It wasn't very crowded, so we had quite a lot of fun there.When the ship was cruising, there was an Adventure Ocean thing on the cruise, which is like an activities center for the children, and they have experienced staff to look after the kids and keep them occupied. My son kept wanting to go back! Aside from that, there're other activities you can do with your kids like mini golf, indoor/outdoor jacuzzi/swimming pool, and of course the food! They also put really cute towel animals in your room after housekeeping, i think the kids will enjoy that. my boy was very excited to return to the room everyday to see what animals were visiting!What's more, Royal Caribbean's having a promotion now where kids can cruise for free, it's a really great deal!

SKP and daiso are value for $$

Thought I'll share this blog about playgrounds under this Forum thread:http://www.roomfulloffun.blogspot.comMany tips for parents wanting to \"maximise learning\" at playgrounds!

My son draws well. I have fully encourage him in that. He has a special tutor for that

the matter blow so big its even on Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_International_University_CollegePersonally, I feel that if you have a good business model and practice ethical business dealings, PHDs take second place. People involve should stop their masquerade and express remorse so that the business can move on, especially when they have innocent franchises whom could be affected because of their lack of ethics.

My ds (just turned 3) will never get bored over iPhone, he explores everything on it: games, calling all his favourite uncles and aunties from the ‘favourites’, taking pictures, viewing pictures and video clips, watch mxtubes (YouTube)'s Richard Scarry & hi-5 videos( I dl and stored on phone). Latest development is he’s learning to search for apps he wants to play, so fun to watch him struggling to find the letters from the keyboard.Back to topic, his freeplays are:1) park all his toy cars in different ways, place his face on the floor to admire them2) building blocks3) cooking4) open mac donald’s and get customers to buy from him5) open book shop6) pillow fight and play construction machines with dad on bed7) watch disney playhouse on cable watch ‘cars’ from netbook using headphone9) read books10) be a teacher and read to us11) ride his electric bike downstairs 12) playgrounds13) play fighting/running about with his 2 cousins ( boys 3&5)14) help me wash veg and rice when he sees me cooking15) receptionist - answering phone calls, run to greet my next door neighbour when he hear door opening sound,…and the list goes on……which clearly shows that I hardly ‘enrich’ him, except reading books to him sometimes 

Hmm, heard from news that there will be more afterquake