Homeschool Shanghai

My, my… to think that all of my classmates (and I) have been mispronouncing the name of our national flower – Vanda Miss Joaquim, for a long, long time. Vanda Miss Joaquim is an exquisite orchid hybrid cultivated by Miss Agnes Joaquim. For many years, my teachers have taught us to pronounce the name as [...]

In the evening, I realised that there was no bread in the house. I decided to bake muffins/ cake today with the children. Paul wanted muffins and John agreed, so we went on the internet to search for receipe since I did not have any. Paul saw a receipe on banana muffins and it just [...]

There is another reason why I would not want to send my kids to elementary school, even in Singapore, should one day I return. The spoken English in schools is just terrible. I really thank God that I’m here in Shanghai, where I have a better control over my children’s education. Although Singapore has very [...]

Are you stressed out trying to manage the household, teach the children, cook, shop and clean up? Are you feeling the stress? I do. But I’m slowly learning to let go a bit at a time. A friend sent me 36 Stress Reducers that I find rather useful and encouraging – how to manage life [...]

I think this is real funny… is your kid one of them? Have a good laugh… enjoy… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7 reasons not to argue with children A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a [...]

When I received this email, I remembered the time when one of our mothers, KP, taught the kids about the food pyramid and on healthy eating. Take a look at the food below. Hopefully you’ll get into healthy eating habits if you have not already. It’s a good way to remind kids to eat healthily [...]

It’s good to laugh over wholesome jokes… enjoy… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3-year-old Reese: ‘Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen.’ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A little boy was overheard praying: ‘Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I’m having a real good time like I am.’ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After the [...]

Some of our mothers are experiencing challenges from their teenagers. The burden is not light when it comes to handle those who are not children but yet not old enough to be adult. Below is an interview of Dr. Kevin Leman with Dr. Jim Burn. I hope it gives some light into the matter of [...]

This was a post written by a pastor… may it remind us of the consequences of compromising… After you read this you will have a better understanding of what it means to compromise. Some years ago when I was a pastor, I walked into my church office after a Sunday morning service to find a [...]

It’s really good to have godly friends who encourages me now and then, over the emails (thank God for technology!) even though we haven’t met up for a long, long time… I’m thinking of making this into poster for my kids… If you sleep on it…..make it up If you wear it………hang it up If [...]