Article based on a friend’s experience
I just wanted to share an experience I just had with my daughters, Yee Ting and Yee Sin.
Yee Ting is three years old this month while Yee Sin is only one-month old. Yee Ting has always been a rather good girl, apart from the occasional tantrum outbursts sprinkling our usual […]

Reading is the most efficient and economical way to help anyone to acquire information, knowledge, skills and improve on one self. And it is most wonderful to help your child to be a great reader as young as possible.
The best way to help a child or any one to learn a skill and be good […]

Those of you that have children know what an excursion to the local mall or supermarket can be like. If you’re not careful, this simple trip can easily become a wallet draining experience.
How often have you heard:
“I want Luchables because EVERYONE eats them at lunch!”
“Come on mom, these cool pants only cost $80.”
“Dad, everyone has […]

Memorizing math facts is a necessary part of elementary school. Flash cards and repetitive chanting have their place, but, for my children, were pure drudgery. Frustrated by their lack of interest in practicing their math facts, I have searched for ways to make memorizing math facts more fun.
Our favorite math web site, Aplusmath is an […]

“I don’t know and I don’t care.”
I’ve heard those words more than a few times in my office. Sometimes I think “I don’t know and I don’t care” is the universal teen tribal motto.
So what to do?
I remember working with one kid who said absolutely nothing in the first session but “I don’t know and […]