Hi all, the June holidays are coming soon and I’ve been thinking of sending my girls (age 6 and for a holiday programme to entertain them and also to to enrich their june holiday period. I rather they join some fun and enriching activities and make friends/learn a new skill than stay at home watching TV all day.


Any suggestions? I don’t want a to sign up for a long-term programme as they will get quite busy once the school term starts again, so just during the school holidays is enough.

Thanks!

Thanks for all the information! sounds good will check out the suggestions

My girl is trying out for her school’s bowling cca soon, at RSS primary. She really wants to get in, anyone got any suggestions?

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I think maid woes are inevitable. Mine just returned to Myanmar. She’s capable but the next employer will have to be prepared for manipulation, lies (a lot), damages (a lot a lot) to household stuff and revenge (when she gets corrected or when she doesn’t get her way). The most ridiculous was she pried open my Iphone and denied (unfortunately, she was caught on cctv).


While she was efficient throughout her term with us, there was quite a fair bit of mind games. It was hellish during the period when she insisted on going back.

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Wish all of us luck!

Hi, so you install cctvs in your house? Not sure whether i should, as some people say its an invasion of the maid's privacy...

I’m thinking of hiring a part-time maid as well but I heard one of my friends had an incident where the maid actually duplicated their house key and kept it even after she stopped working for the family. How scary! What do you guys feel? Are such instances common?

Salvation army is always my go-to. Convenient to drop off the clothes/used books as the drop-off point is always open!

Wow sounds cool, can anyone tell me around how much it costs? Thinking of holding a party for my girl.

Bedok reservoir park, really nice for sunrise & sunsets and there are many nice spots for breakfast/dinner nearby too.

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pearbear:

HI,

I have just read your post and it's dated in Dec 2017. I hope I am not too late to respond!

My boy is 26 months old. DH and I are thinking of starting him with a trike. After reading your post, I got to know that balancing bike seems to be better. May I know at what age did you start your son with the balancing bike? Did he ever use the trike before the balancing bike?

My friends are all quite surprised that I don't want to start my boy with the scooter. I don't really want to follow just because it's a trend now. Seeing all those quick and fast e-scooters moving on the pavement with the commuters/ pedestrians, made me think twice of allowing my boy to learn scooting! He is so young and what if he just scoot so fast to the road?

Hope to hear from your reply. Thanks!

Are u referring to my post?

Sorry I can’t remember what age my son started on a balance bike. Probably 3 years old. He had a baby tricycle with handle for adult to push him. But that tricycle did not help his motor skills at all. It just promotes lazy kids who sit there & let the adults do all the work IMO!

My DS has a scooter too, safety comes first of course. Dun let him scoot on the road, start with at the void deck or flat playground surface only. When he is more mature and skillful then u can let him try crossing roads supervised.

But scooting skills and cycling skills are not related!

Cycling is a worthwhile skill to teach your son. After many years on the balance bike, my son progressed to 2-wheeled bike when his legs were strong enough to pedal his own weight plus the kids bike. Roughly age 5-7 they will be ready.

Last year we went on a family trip to San Francisco, we cycled from Fisherman’s Wharf...across the Golden Gate Bridge...to Sausalito (and back!) Extremely memorable for the fantastic views and also we felt a sense of achievement because it’s plenty of tough uphill cycling. Kiddo didn’t have the stamina but he was sitting on a tag-along attachment behind hubby. And helped to pedal a bit. His balancing skills definitely helped!

This is the tag-along kids attachment: https://www.blazingsaddles.com/san-francisco/bikes-and-rates/kids-equipment/tag-long

Gosh, your trip sounds incredible! Truly a one of a kind experience... Where did you rent the bikes in the US?

My girl is p2 and I just started teaching her cycling. Bought an inexpensive and sturdy bike for her and went to the park. I think part of the fun is watching her learn as a family, a lot of excitement involved and its a good family bonding activity. Personally, sending kids to a cycling class seems a bit too serious for me. I think they have enough of those classes (piano, tuition) already, no need to stress them with another one just for this haha.