*The kids and I are on vacation this week so instead of the normal posting schedule I’ll be running a short series which has been requested by our readers who are looking for a better understanding of our
Singapore Schooling System.
Monkey Boy with his gift from his form teacher.
Six months ago I was asked by a reader on how to prepare her son for Primary One. Her son is currently 4 yrs old and would have to register for primary school in two years time. She was interested to know what were the requirements in terms of education level and syllabus which her son had to cover in order to be on par with his peers before he enters primary school.
At that time I hesitated to answer her query. I wanted to give her a more detailed account with my first hand experience with Monkey Boy as he goes through the first semester as a Primary One student.
In this four part series I will be tackling the following issues
In a few days we will be heading for a week long vacation at the Beach. It will be daily trips to the swimming pool and building sandcastles on the beaches.
I’m halfway down my To-Do-List with only the book reviews, short series and kids bake session( I’ll postpone this till when we are back from the holidays) to be done. I have a perfectly good excuse for this as I’m waiting for my new Kenwood Mixer to arrive.
After much consideration I decided to go with the Kenwood KMO030 Timed Mixer as it had all the features which I needed. I can’t wait to try out this cool kitchen gadget with the kids. R generously offered to sponsor one for me as our 10th Wedding Anniversary present. I love him to bits. I’ll certainly put this baby to good use churning out great bakes/ dishes for him and the kids.
1. If you had to choose, how would you prefer to choose to spend money…on landscaping or a pool?
Toa Payoh Park
It would certainly be landscaping. I’m not so into having our own pool . A garden would certainly be nice.
2. (Scott likes to get things stirred up…) Death penalty, yay or nay?
Yay. For certain crimes it’s the only punishment which would fit.
3. What’s the worst thing your kid has gotten into when you turned your back/blogged/showered/blinked?
You see the big bottle of cooking oil in the photo above? Now imagine the same big bottle being spilled on the kitchen floor by a toddler and seeing him literally “Swimming in oil”. That happened once with Doggie boy and from that day onwards I’m never purchased cooking oil is bottles that were greater then 1L and have it well hidden in the kitchen cabinet.
We go to the dentist every six months. I make appointments in advance as I believe in the kids and I taking good oral care. In fact we just went to the dentist this week for a check up.
5. What is your favorite animal (doesn’t have to be a pet-type animal)?
Panda Bear Display
I love bears. However I’m more into the stuff toy version then the actual live one.
My Questions this week
( My diaper bag is busted so I need another replacement)
1) What bag is good to use like a diaper bag that is lightweight, sturdy and lots of compartments and easy to bring about?
2) What bag did you carry when you have to bring all your kids out?
I would like to thank all who gave me all the lovely suggestions on how to cook fish last week. I will try them out with the boys once we are back from our vacations.
