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This PR4 blog is a mini parenting resource on its own. It is a cyber filing cabinet of parenting articles and links. A place to find links to children's favourite sites, online games, craft ideas plus a place of discussion on childcare and other parenting

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  • The Power to Choose your own Credit Card Terms

    Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 18:28 in others, useful links

    In these trying times, we want banks to offer us choices to help us stretch our ringgit and I believe that Alliance Bank has thoughtfully done so with its innovative You:nique Credit Card.It is Malaysia's first personalised picture credit card that n...

  • Talking to your Child About School

    Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 18:56 in education, parenting, useful links, about the kids

    I found these great articles about how to talk to your child about school that I'd like to share here.From PBS Parents : Talking with Kids about School. This one doesn't have all the text in one page which I prefer, so you'd have to scroll patiently ...

  • Di Zi Gui (弟子规)

    Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 20:09 in education, parenting, useful links, kids sites, about the kids

    Earlier this week my girl brought home a book on Di Zi Gui (弟子规) and said "My teacher read from the book but I didn't understand what she was saying. I couldn't follow and didn't know which page she was at. Can you tell me what this book is abo...

  • Creating Wealth for our Children

    Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 20:09 in education, useful links

    One of the most important things we can do as a parent is to teach our children about money and wealth. Most of us teach our children ABCs and 123s. We try to teach our children the difference between right and wrong and how to be responsible adults...

  • A search engine for online shopping

    Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 18:26 in others, useful links

    I'm into online shopping recently. Its very exciting. lol. Its so easy to shop online but of course you have to be very careful when shopping online but I won't go into that now. I started shopping online because I have a Paypal account and I wanted ...

  • Vote for a Cause

    Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 00:39 in health, others, useful links

    Sometimes we go through life thinking .... this will not happen to me. And we only care or start to care about things when we are caught in the situation, whether its health, or other circumstances in life.However, you can make a difference. You can ...

  • Online Chinese New Year Game for Kids

    Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 19:35 in useful links, kids activities, about the kids

    I like to let my kids play themed games to help them remind them about an oncoming festival as well as to create excitement for them about the coming event. So since Chinese New Year is just around the corner, I let them play with Chinese New Year th...

  • Christmas Craft: Making Pop-Up Christmas Cards

    Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 at 22:45 in kids crafts, useful links, kids activities, kids sites, about the kids

    Today the kids made pop-up Christmas cards for their aunts. Just for the aunts and none for the uncles as somehow ladies seem to appreciate these things more than the men.We made two types of cards. The first is a pop-up origami tree card. The second...

  • Online Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

    Posted on Monday December 15th, 2008 at 20:24 in education, About Me, useful links, kids sites

    My daughter and I are now learning the final 800 words from my daughter's Preschool Chinese Reading Series from Odonata Publishing that was recommended by other bloggers.I become frustrated at the difficulty in searching for words in our printed Chin...

  • Clad Your Lad in Style

    Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 02:10 in others, useful links

    I have a boy and a girl but right from the beginning, I have found that gender differences happen not only in their temperaments but also in the clothing I can find for them.I remember, soon after delivering my girl and I was home recuperating, my hu...

  • Get your Maternity Clothing Online

    Posted on Tuesday November 25th, 2008 at 21:03 in parenting, others, useful links

    Ladies, do you ever get that longing...........longing for those days when you used to wear Maternity Clothing? Well, I do. Its really crazy but I get this longing whenever I walk past a Maternity Fashion Store. Even though at the time I felt big and...

  • A trilingual picture dictionary - Malay - English - Chinese

    Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 19:47 in education, parenting, About Me, useful links, kids activities, kids sites, about the kids

    I wanted to get one of those electronic talking chinese dictionary to help me and my girl in learning Chinese Mandarin. However, those are rather expensive so I decided to wait and see. In the meantime, I was delighted to find this trilingual picture...

  • Online Videos For Toddlers and Preschoolers

    Posted on Wednesday June 25th, 2008 at 03:33 in useful links, kids activities, kids sites

    My kids are born in the multimedia and internet age. So its not surprising that they are navigating the web at a very young age. They like to navigate YouTube for short videos, cartoon clips and songs. They like to watch old Thomas the Engine series...