Almost every movement in our body (from birth to old age) involve our spines. However sad to say, some of our children’s spines are being affected by poor posture as well as by carrying heavy school bags. One of the important things I discovered as a parent of a school going child is never to overlook the importance of a good school bag. After all the fussing about getting into a 'good' school, labelling the text books, folders, stationeries etc…where do they all go into? Yes…the school bag. … [Read more...]
Primary One Prep…From a Laissez-faire P1 Mom
Picture Credit Just when I thought we had survived the worst of all nightmares a P1-to-be parent might face (i.e. the balloting), I realised how naive it was of me to think that we could breeze through the start of P1 with our eyes shut. Part procrastination and part reluctance on my part to see our 6-year old start formal schooling system so soon, I practically did zero preparation for 'D-day'. All we did was to turn up for the Primary One Orientation in November, ordered her textbooks … [Read more...]