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Teaching Kids to Write

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My twins started the "big school' this year as Pre-Kinders and I was a little worried when I found out that the school (or level) they are in practices free hand writing. When I was little, I remember starting with short straight lines, slanted, horizontal and vertical and shapes that included circles, half circles, triangles, rectangles, wavy and zigzag dotted lines. But this time when my girls went home with their homework, it said "Sound and copy the letters 3x." without guides or dotted lines. We helped the girls write by holding their hands and showing them how to write them. I would though prefer them writing on their own, practicing the strokes without us having to hold their writing hands. So on to the world wide web I go, searching for templates and found thousands on Google and Pinterest. And I have here my favorites, straight and wavy lines and the letters of the alphabet. I printed these and they practice three times a week. Apart from these, t...

IVF in the Philippines

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IVF BABY NUMBER 3 and 4? I'm nearing 40 years of age and I still have frozen eggs in Singapore. Part of me wants to go ahead and have a couple more babies. But it's just so expensive. I wish to have a baby boy for the next round. Will my body be able to handle it? My biological clock is ticking but I know it is still do-able. But I need to check our finances first. IVF is expensive and raising children too. My twins are the product of science. And I love how it succeeded at the first try. It was an awesome experience, not for the weak of heart. I'm happy how my husband was very supportive throughout the... "assembly" process (haha!). In the Philippines, years back I only knew two centres that does In Vitro Fertilisation. But now when I checked online there's already a handful in Manila. The most popular is the one in St. Luke's Hospital, they call it CARMI or Centre for Advanced Reproductive Medicine and Infertility. But I went to CARE in Singa...