re: safety 1st exersaucer
its available at robinson... AND i saw it at isetan tampines (tampines mall)
soh1dful,
I bought my blank cards from hiap moh... the supplier... Becos I always buy in bulk myself.. so i dun normally participate or do bulk purchase... cos I am able to meet the numbers myself... I have many different sizes of cards... use it for different purpose... I generally print direct onto the cards for words... for picture I may print on paper before pasting on the cards for best result
I do not flash twice a day. Sometime I flash 3 times, sometime once...
Its all about whether they have the mood, we have the time, and enjoyment. Last time for 1 year with my son, I used to flash twice a day.... but these days, I use a counter sheet... each time I flash, I note it down in my sheet to record... once I flash 15 times for words, I retire entire set.... 30 times for pictures. Actually no hard and fast rule as u go... cos it all depends on your child's mood, receptivitiy... sometimes when they seemed bored with a set.. i will retire it... cos they prob already know the stuff without reaching 15 times... plus, even if they dunno, I wanna show them new things to stimulate their brain.... learning to read or recognise words is just a bonus to me....
I do not just do GD... also shichida... phonics, story books, signing, etc... I believe children has the capacity and ability to learn like a sponge.... thus I believe in input in all areas including physical..
Generally I do not test for output... cos output should come in 3rd year onwards ... so before that are input years...
my mum was so amazed last week when i dunked joelle thrice in front of her
she is also very concerned abt bringing them swimming so young or even pouring water over their faces... but she is generally very supportive of me and respect my decision whenever I decided that it should be done...
i look forward to bringing them swimming again this weekend...
wish i can bring them daily but well... we all gotta work around our working mummy constraints