Growing with the Tans
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I'm Adeline, and I used to be a teacher. I quit my job to be a SAHM, and I keep sane by chronicling my family's experiences on this blog.
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
It’s been slightly more than a month since we received the second Pattern Thinkers box, and N actually completed the four lessons quite quickly. In fact, he had so much fun with the second lesson that he asked to do the third lesson immediately after he finished the second one! I was really surprised, because ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
N is generally able to grasp basic Mathematical concepts, but when it comes to the higher order questions, he sometimes takes a while to figure things out. Both of us will get frustrated when he cannot “see” the solution, and sometimes, we will agree to skip that question and come back to it again another ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
As with the other two books in the Change Makers series, ‘The Earth Experiment’ dissects a big issue for young readers, helping children to make sense of what is happening in the world around them. Climate Change is a very real problem now, but how many of us (yes, adults included) can really say we ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
We’ve been in our new home for more than half a year now, and I noticed that the rug in our library was looking really grubby. Our helper vacuums it regularly, but since we sit on the rug a lot every day, I guess it was inevitable that stains would appear, and the lovely shade ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
Two weeks ago, Didi complained of stomachache after dinner and had a bit of loose stools, so I gave him some meds and sent him to bed. He woke up around 5+am, and told me that his stomach hurt a lot. He had a few rounds of diarrhoea after that, even after I gave him ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
When we first came back to Singapore after living in Jakarta for 2.5 years, I was really anxious about how N would cope with the education system in Singapore. The international school that he attended in Jakarta provided him with a really different experience, and you can read about how English was taught there in ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
‘Marky Polo in Tokyo’ tells the story of Marky Polo, a young pangolin, travelling overseas for the very first time. When he lands in Narita Airport, his luggage bag is accidentally taken by a Japanese red-crowned crane. Marky Polo and his cousin, Munchie Polo, chase the crane all around Tokyo to retrieve Marky’s bag, and ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
*Scroll to the bottom for the Group Buy Order Form, and a quick summary of this review!* N’s Chinese has always been the main source of stress for us, and now that he is in Primary Three, it seems as though the standard of Chinese has risen quite significantly. He struggles to even read the ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
#17 The twins were given their first ever homework assignment last week, and I was really amused by how enthusiastic they were about it. Meimei finished her lunch quickly, then headed directly to their study room to work on it. When Didi realised that Meimei had started on her homework, he hurriedly finished his lunch ..read more
Growing with the Tans
9M ago
The twins come up with all sorts of funny things, and Meimei, in particular, has been especially sassy! #15 I was going through the pile of worksheets and crafts that the twins brought home from school, and came across Meimei’s colourful illustrations of her four favourite things/activities. I thought it was really lovely, and quickly ..read more