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Happy Spring!

And just like that we are heading towards the summer – the evenings will get longer and the days will get warmer – I might get home in the daylight hours again…! And with the warmer weather will come some more family Arthur camping trips! We bought a camping trailer earlier this year and have had some fantastic trips away. We’ve been down to the South Coast and as far North as Kosi Bay – one of the trips was especially memorable as my 12 year old daughter, Evie, came face to face with a Mozambican Spitting Cobra, which was having a lovely time resting underneath a kids’ trampoline at one of the resorts…!

Hubby, Andrew, is keen on another Botswana trip, although I’m not too convinced… I am really hoping to go to the White Mountain Festival this month, which is held in the Central Drakensburg, now that we are eager campers. I’ve never been so it will be another first on our South African bucket list! We have an amazing competition to win tickets to this festival so go to www.mumsmail.com/competitions now to be in with a chance to WIN! We are preparing to launch our first ever Johannesburg East Rand e-newsletter in the coming weeks so if you want to find out what’s happening in the East Rand, go and sign up to our e-newsletter on our website www.mumsmail.com. We will feature recipes, craft ideas for the kids, competitions, interesting articles and much more!

I’d like to say a HUGE ‘Thank You’ again to our advertisers who have supported us to make this FREE magazine possible, without them this would not be possible. We’d love to hear everyone’s comments about our little mag - please email me at editor@mumsmail.com.

Victoria xxx Everyday Life

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Meet our very cute cover star, hear from the editor, enter to win an amazing ComfySak, read about an air freshener with a difference, how to get rid of lice for good, a fun family market, and find out what our readers have to say.

Healthy Life 4

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Find health tips and advice.

Educated Life

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Read about study skills for your child and how to help them master maths

Kids’ Life

Enter to win a Ben 10 Hamper and try out our yummy cake recipe.

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Find out about events, festivals, workshops, meetings and markets happening in your area.

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The Mum’s Mail Team

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Meet the Cover Star Our special cover star this month is Thandolwetho (13 months) – daughter of Portia Mahlangu and Tshepo Maleka. Portia works as a Dental Therapist and Tshepo works as a Dietician. While her parents are at work, Thandolwetho stays with her grandmother.

Thandolwetho is an only child – for now! She’s joyful, energetic and entertaining. She tends to be temperamental and stubborn at times. “She has this crazy laugh she does when she knows she’s being crazy. She is more reserved when she’s around strangers and becomes free when she’s with people she’s familiar with. Ever since she started walking she never sits down!” laughs her mom.

“Thando doesn’t like sweet stuff; I bet she got it from me! She loves taking selfies - she pays so much attention when we take pictures with our phones,” says Portia. As a family they love playing at home with Thandolwetho’s toys and taking her to the park.

“What I love most about being a mother is how I get to love unconditionally, how I am motivated to wake up in the morning even when I don’t want to, knowing that I am doing it for my baby. Being a mother comes with responsibility which is something I never had before - I just lived my life not worrying about anything at all. It’s no longer just about me.”

“What’s tough about being a mother is that you worry about everything; when you’re at work and its cold, you wonder if your baby is warm. Truth is, I can’t be with her 24/7 but I wish that was the case. But I am lucky to have her father; I always draw strength from him,” concludes Portia.

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Everyday Life

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Everyday Life

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Everyday Life

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Everyday Life

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Everyday Life

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Everyday Life

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Healthy Life

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Healthy Life

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Educated Life

Help Your Child Develop Study Strategies Parents and guardians can, and should, help their young children develop good study habits from an early age, to help them achieve academic excellence throughout their school years and beyond.

parents should assist - with varying degrees of involvement – with the actual study process.

“Intrinsically motivated children may need firmness and guidance as to when enough is enough. Avoid allowing children to study into the small hours of the morning only to sit their exams in an exhausted state.

On the other side of the spectrum, many children will need firm encouragement just to get going. These children do well when study schedules are drawn up with the help of parents, with lots of encouragement to get with and stick to the programme.”

“In primary school, learners will start bringing homework assignments from school, and be required to study for tests.

These early years are the best time to guide children and equip them with the strategies and tools to ensure that study discipline comes naturally in later years,” says Clare Pretorius, Senior Deputy Principal at Trinityhouse High Randpark Ridge, a brand of Africa’s largest private education provider, the ADvTECH Group.

Pretorius says study programmes must be realistic and give adequate time to each “Every young person differs when it comes subject. “It must be flexible and make to attention and dedication to studies, allowances for last minute emergencies homework and exam preparation. Some such as power failures or illness. Such parents have intrinsically motivated a programme should be set up well in children, while others need to constantly advance, as that in itself brings a sense of spur them on. Regardless of where a child control to the situation for both parent and falls on the spectrum however, parents child,” she says. can guide and equip them to ensure they are able to grow and develop to ultimately “There are years ahead of our children realise their full potential,” she says. that will be filled with homework, tests and exams. If we can engender a positive It is important for parents and guardians to attitude and a diligence in approach to first establish what a child’s intrinsic learning academic work right from the start, it will style is – auditory, visual, or a combination go a long way to cultivating positive and of the two. “It is possible that the child diligent young adults who realise their learns through doing rather than seeing. potential.”

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It is also vital to ensure that children have a suitable study environment. “This refers to both the physical environment and the atmosphere created for the studying child,” says Pretorius. “Daily routine needs to be established, and this includes when meals are served and when family outings are arranged, as children need little to distract them from the task at hand. Preparation of the environment also includes ensuring that all necessary equipment is available.”

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Educated Life

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The classes began as conventional maths tuition with four learners. Through these classes Rizwana observed that they were aware of the steps involved in mathematics but experienced difficulty with mental maths concepts. To help these learners Rizwana began using brain stimulating exercises to help them make the connection between movements and remembering their mental mathematics. Within a week she saw an immediate improvement and within a month she saw an unbelievable improvement. This amazing achievement sparked an ambition in her to want to share this process with every child. This is what led her to developing the Gymathstics® programme. Rizwana then designed the unique Clip Counter Kit and began with what she calls interval learning,

which is similar to interval training, where students do physical movements to learn and then higher cognitive activities with the Clip Counter Kit. Research has found that learners learn best when they are given a variety of opportunities to learn the same concept in different ways. Over 1 000 learners have experienced the Gymathstics® programme with success and are confident and independent learners in mathematics. They have developed a love for mathematics and are able to understand how mathematics can be used in real-life situations. Gymathstics® was nominated in the top five finalists for Edu Week 2016. Gymathstics® is looking for teachers who are keen to make a difference in the lives of young children and create a love for learning math.

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Kids’ Life

Ben 10: A True Hero Benjamin Tennyson is not your average 10 year old boy. He also moonlights as Ben 10, a superhero with special powers that he discovered at a young age when his signature Omnitrix device miraculously attached itself to his wrist. The Omnitrix gives Ben 10 the power to alter his genetic makeup and transform into 10 alien creatures that help the world and prevent disasters, save people from alien invasions and fight off the bad guys. The streets are always safe when Ben 10 is around.

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Ingredients • 9 eggs • 1 cup caster sugar • 1 cup plain flour • 1 cup self-raising flour • 1/4 cup assorted sprinkles • 1 tablespoon 100’s and 1000’s sprinkles, plus 1 cup extra to decorate Mascarpone Frosting • 2 x 250g tubs mascarpone • 1/2 cup icing sugar mixture • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Now all Ben 10 fans can recreate their own • 600ml thickened cream scenarios with a range of brand new Ben 10 toys and products. The Ben 10 range of toys Method is ideal for boys aged four to nine years of 1. Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-assisted. age.

Grease three 6cm-deep, 20cm (base) round cake pans. Line bases with baking paper.

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2. Place eggs and caster sugar in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat for 8 to 10 minutes or until thick and creamy.

3. Sift flours together three times. Add to egg mixture. Gently fold to combine. Gently fold in sprinkles and 100’s and 1000’s. Divide mixture evenly among prepared pans. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes or until sponges spring back when touched. Line three wire racks with baking paper. Turn sponges out onto wire racks to cool.

4. Make mascarpone frosting. Using an electric mixer, beat mascarpone, icing sugar and vanilla until just smooth. Add cream. Beat until soft peaks form (do not over-beat).

5. Place one cake on a serving plate. Spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with another cake. Spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake. Cover cake with remaining frosting. Lightly press extra 100’s and 1000’s all over cake to cover.

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Diary Dates SEPTEMBER AWARENESS DAYS • 15 Aug – 15 Oct: Bone Marrow Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Months • Albinism Awareness Month • Cervical Cancer Awareness Month • Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month • Eye Care Awareness Month (19 Sept to 16 Oct) • ADHD Awareness Month • Childhood Cancer Awareness Month • National Heart Awareness Month • National Month of Deaf People • National Oral Health Month • 2 – 6: Kidney Awareness Week • 2 – 6: Back Week • 2 – 6: Pharmacy Week • 9: International Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Day • 10: International Gynaecological Health Day • 15: Sunflower Day • 19 – 25: World Retina Week • 21: World Alzheimer’s Day • 24: Heritage Day • 26: World Retina Day • 26: World Environmental Health Day • 28: World Rabies Day • 29: World Heart Day. ARTS & CULTURE • 7 Sept, 5pm – 9pm, (1st Thurs monthly), FIRST THURSDAYS JOHANNESBURG, various art galleries & venues in Rosebank & Braamfontein, www.first-thursdays.co.za/johannesburg/.

• 7 – 10 Sept, FNB JOBURG ART FAIR 2017, Sandton Convention Centre, 161 Maude Street, Sandton, www.fnbjoburgartfair.co.za.

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS • 16 Sept, 8am – 5pm, ADHASA ADULTS ADHD CONFERENCE, Delta Park School, Standard Drive, Blairgowrie, R400 – R550pp, Carol Mewse, 011 – 888 7655, info@ADHASA.co.za, www.adhasa.co.za.

EDUCATION • 16 Sept, 9am – 4pm, ST ANDREW’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS SPRING EXPO, St Andrew’s Ave, Senderwood, Bedfordview, springexpo@standrews.co.za, www.standrews.co.za.

• 16 Sept, 10am, MORNING TEA WITH AMOR VITTONE, Farrarmere Primary School Hall, R200pp, 39 Kwartz Str, Farrarmere, Benoni, 011 – 849 4221 or Nicolette: 074 994 2376.

ENTERTAINMENT • 1 Sept – 8 Oct, BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE, The Barnyard Theatre, Emperors Palace, East Rand, 011 – 928 1108, eastrand1@ barnyardtheatres.co.za, www.barnyardtheatre.co.za.

• 2 Sept, 2pm, PICNIC PARADISO WITH #PIP, The Johannesburg Zoo, Jan Smuts Ave & Upper Park Drive, Parkview, R200 – R250pp, www.quicket. co.za.

• 2 Sept, 2pm, PLUSHY FEST 2017, Rusty Hook, 22 Wilge Street, Honeydew, www.quicket.co.za.

• 16 Sept, SHUT UP & DANCE, The Barnyard Theatre, Emperors Palace, East Rand, 011 – 928 1108, eastrand1@barnyardtheatres.co.za, www. barnyardtheatre.co.za.

• 26 Sept, 8pm, THE PARLOTONES, The Barnyard Theatre Cresta, Cresta Shopping Centre, Weltevreden Road, Cresta, Randburg, R200pp, www. barnyardtheatres.co.za.

• 28 – 30 Sept, STANDARD BANK JOY OF JAZZ 2017, Sandton Convention Centre, 161 Maude Street, Sandton, www.computicket.com, www. joyofjazz.co.za.

• 29 – 30 Sept, THE EAST RAND SPRING FESTIVAL, Carnival City, corner Century Road and Elsburg Road, Brakpan, Boksburg, R40 – R80pp, www. computicket.com, www.suninternational.com.

• 30 Sept, 12pm – 5pm, WINTER ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL, SA GuideDogs Association, 126 Wroxham Road, Sandton, www.guidedog.org.za, • 5 – 7 Oct, OPPIKOPPI 23, Oppikoppi Farm, Northam, Limpopo, www. plankton.mobi.

LEISURE/OUTDOORS • 1 – 3 Sept, THE SA MOTORING EXPERIENCE, Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Kyalami, Midrand, R10 – R950pp, www.safestivalofmotoring.com, www. itickets.co.za.

• 3 Sept, 10am – 4pm, LOVE NORWOOD DAY, Norwood Park, cnr Grant Ave and Ivy Rd, Norwood, brendanlombard@yahoo.com.

• 8 – 10 Sept, HARTIES CRAFT BEER & GIN FESTIVAL, Dragon Pub & Grill, R511, Hartebeespoort, www.q2b.co.za/OnlineTickets/Index/58.

• 9 Sept, 12pm, IT’S PERSONAL PICNIC, Val Bonne Country Estate, Arden Road, Modderfontein, www.facebook.com/TheBeautifulPicnic.

• 9 – 10 Sept, 11am – 5.30pm, GROVES & VINEYARDS SUMMER FESTIVAL, Casalinga Ristorante, 328 Rocky Ridge Road, Rietfontein, Muldersdrift,

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www.casalinga.co.za, www.casalinga.nutickets.co.za/5187.

• 10 Sept, 7am, THE ADRIENNE HERSCH RANDBURG HARRIERS CHALLENGE – DISCOVERY VITALITY RUN SERIES, Randburg Sports Centre, cnr Silver Pine Ave & Republic Rd, www.discovery.co.za/vitality/ runseries.

• 10 Sept, 12pm – 6pm, PORTUGUESE WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL, The Wanderers Club, 21 North Street, Illovo, www.silvasale.co.za.

• 10 Sept, 10am – 4pm, STREET FOOD FESTIVAL, Common Ground, 6 Staib Street, Maboneng, R100pp, www.facebook.com/StreetFoodFestivalZA. • 10 Sept, 10am – 1.30pm, THE COLOUR RUN – SUPERHERO TOUR, Roosevelt High School, 01 Thibault Street, Roosevelt Park, R270pp, www. thecolorrun.co.za.

• 13 Sept, 6.15pm, THE JACKAL RUN, Jackal Creek Golf Estate, Boundary Road, Honeydew, Roodepoort, www.webticket.co.za.

• 16 & 17 Sept, 10am – 5pm, OPEN GARDENS MEANDER, six stunning gardens in Johannesburg, prue@jte.co.za, www. johannesburggardenclub.co.za.

• 17 Sept, ST DUNSTANS COLLEGE MTB FUN RIDE & MTB FAMILY FUN RIDE, Benoni Country Club MTB track, Morris Ave, Benoni, Lauren Lourens: 083 603 1789, Sam Crane: 083 417 4273, www.cycleevents. co.za.

• 5 November, FARRARMERE PRIMARY MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE & TRAIL RUN, Benoni Country Club, www.fpsmtbday.co.za.

MARKETS • 2 Sept, 9am – 4pm, MARKET IN THE PARK SPRING EDITION, Emmarentia Botanical Gardens, 45 Thomas Bowler Street, Emmarentia, R20pp, 079 509 6446, www.facebook.com/thelindenmarket.

• 2 Sept, 11am – 10pm, NEIGH-BOURS MAGICAL MEDIEVAL FAYRE, Inanda Country Base, Goodwood Ave, Midrand, R100pp, 079 515 8699, www.medievalfayre.co.za.

• 2 & 30 Sept (1st & last Sat monthly), 8am – 2pm, FRESH2U FARMERS’ MARKET, Franz Hoenig Haus Gardens, 30 High Street, Modderfontein, Chantelle, 082 338 7818 or fresh2umarket@gmail.com, www. fresh2umarket.wordpress.com/.

• 2 Sept (1st Sat monthly), RIETVLEI BOEREMARK, Rietvlei Farm, Swartkoppies Rd, between Alberton & Mulbarton, 079 199 8641.

• 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Sept (Sat), 8am – 2pm, GREENLYN GOODS MARKET, cnr 11th & Mackenzie Str, Menlo Park, Pretoria.

• 2 Sept (1st Sat monthly), 9am – 2.30pm, BOKKIE PARK CRAFT MARKET, Southdale Rd, Parkdene.

• 3, 10, 17, 24 Sept (Sun), 9am – 3pm, EAST RAND FOOD MARKET, cnr Ridge & Elizabeth Rd (opp El Ridge Shopping Centre), Boksburg, 082 785 6389.

• 9 Sept (2nd Sat monthly), 10am – 3pm, FIELD MARKET, Field & Study Park, corner 14th Street and Louise Avenue, Parkmore, Sandton, www. fieldmarket.co.za, 072 778 8044, thefieldmarket@gmail.com.

• 9 & 30 Sept (2nd & last Sat monthly), 8.30am – 2pm, IRENE AT SMUTS MARKET, Jan Smuts Museum, 23 Jan Smuts Ave, Irene, ireneatsmuts@ gmail.com, 083 234 7541.

• 30 Sept (last Sat monthly), 11am – 6pm, MARKET @ THE SHEDS, 021Central Parking, 216 Sisulu Str, Pretoria.

MEETINGS • 4, 11, 18, 25 Sept (Mon), 7pm, HEALING WINGS SUPPORT GROUP, healing & educating addicted lives, Cross Roads Church, 69 Elizabeth Eybers St, Randhart, Alberton, Graham, 082 448 3351.

• 4, 11, 18, 25 Sept (Mon), 7pm, HEALING WINGS SUPPORT GROUP, healing & educating addicted lives, St Andrews Community Church, Miles Sharp St, Rynfield, Benoni, Graham, 082 448 3351.

• 7, 14, 21, 28 Sept (Thurs), 7pm, HEALING WINGS SUPPORT GROUP, healing & educating addicted lives, New Day Church, 129 12th Ave, Edenvale, Graham, 082 448 3351.

• 7, 14, 21, 28 Sept (Thurs), 7pm, HEALING WINGS SUPPORT GROUP, healing & educating addicted lives, Maranatha Church, Dann Rd, Glen Marais, Graham, 082 448 3351.

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