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JAN 2015 Issue 158 $4.50 (Incl. GST)
• Proven ways to motivate children • Tricks & tips for spelling and show-and-tell
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Back To Cool Gear up for the new school year with these stylish supplies!
2015 weekly cute small diary, $31.90, kikki.K
Mews ditsy padded zip purse, $42, Cath Kidston
Kayleigh unicorn and Love hearts keyrings, $10.90 & $7.90 respectively, both from Accessorize
Ardium strap card case, $29, The Wallet Shop
Star multi highlighter, $9.90, Accessorize
Love London calculator, $16.90, Accessorize
Geek chic dome backpack, $79.90, Accessorize
Elephant bottle, $23.90, Artbox
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London pencil case, $16.90, Accessorize
Heelys Race shoes, $169, selected STARTHREESIXTY stores
snips & snaps
Tea Party Fancy a cup or two of oriental tea? Usher in the Lunar New Year with The 1872 Clipper Tea Co.’s Spring Tea collection ($15 each, Tangs Orchard & Robinsons The Heeren). Coming in three rich flavours – Imperial Goji, Secrets of the Orient and Scarlet Rose, these teas are sure to please both you and your guests. 1. Imperial Goji - A delectable blend of black tea infused with aromatic goji berries, succulent orange with a subtle citrus twist, and lush yellow rosebuds and safflower. 2. Secrets of the Orient – Sweet tropical mango and lychee is balanced with goji berries, floral safflower and rose petals in perfectly harmony.
It’s A Date! Yum yum yummy! Nestlé CERELAC’s ($5.50, leading stores) latest Wheat, Honey and Dates flavour is absolutely delicious. Highly nutritious and non-allergenic, it does not only cater to taste buds, but also fulfils the daily recommended intake for an eightmonth-old child.
3. Scarlet Rose – This revered tea is blended to marry its smooth mellow taste with the alluring fragrance of rosebuds and chamomile, further accentuated with sweet mango and apple.
Glow On Make every moment glow with Cadbury GLOW ($9.90-$14.90, major supermarkets). Leveraging its global expertise in chocolate research and breakthrough innovation capabilities, the established chocolatier is proud to present its premium chocolate category. Filled with little details that are symbolic to the care that went into creating it, the luxurious chocolate praline is crafted in Europe and has an indulgent chocolate-y filling!
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SC loves this! Snack Attack Looking for a healthy snack for the kiddos? Charles and Alice’s Fruit Friends Squeezable Fruit ($9.45, selected Cold Storage) purees might just be it. Made from fresh fruits, these sugar- and dairy-free fruit purees brim with natural goodness. The four delicious flavours include apple, apple strawberry, apple mango and apple berry banana.
Prep At Its Best
Back to school may bring a bit of blues, but one need not be a square to appreciate the joys of being preppy. And when it comes to fashion, preppy style is always in season. We zoom in on some of the classic looks, mini-style mode.
Photography JUSTIN LOH
Art Direction Geraldine Tan
Fashion assistant shaistah Munawar
Fashion Stylist Raja Jumira
Makeup & Hairstyling Venice Ng, using Make Up For Ever
Model Liam Glass & Scarlett Natasha Lay
Venue Time After Time & Mondays Off, along Haji Lane
(From left to right) On Liam: Green bomber jacket, $450, Striped shirt (layered underneath), $150, Tie, $140 & Khaki pants, $110, all from Ralph Lauren Childrenswear On Scarlett: Navy dress, $370 & Skirt, $100, both from Ralph Lauren Childrenswear; Hairband, $12.90 for two & Silver bracelet and ring, $13.90 per set, all from Monsoon Children/ Accessorize; White socks, stylist’s own
Brows 101 Find the perfect eyebrow based on your face shape!
Erabelle Long Lasting Brow Pencil ($34.24, Erabelle outlets)
High
Browed
Catrice Eyebrow Lifter in Lift Me Up, Scotty! ($6.90, selected Watsons)
Get your strong brow game on with these beauties.
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f the eyes are the window to the soul, then the eyebrows are the window frame. Having great brows can seriously pull together any look you’re going for. But, do you know the correct way for you to fill them in? Here are our three foolproof tips. 1. Hold a pencil right next to your nose and extend the line up to your brows for a visual aid. The inner edge of each brow should line up with the side of your nostril.
Kate Eyebrow Colour ($14.50, selected Watsons)
Clinique Superfine Brow Pencil ($26, Clinique stores)
PHOTO Erabelle
2. The high point of your arch should align with the outer rim of your iris. 3. Tilt the pencil so it runs from your nostril to the outer corner of your eye and beyond. That’s where your eyebrow should end. Having an OMG brow moment and need quick fixing? These days, there are so many brow boosters available, from gels to pomades, pens, pencils and powders. Here are our top picks.
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COLLECTION Work the Eyebrow Kit ($16.90, selected Watsons)
RMK W Eyebrow Powder & Pencil ($25, RMK outlets)
Bobbi Brown Dark Brown Brow Kit ($80, Bobbi Brown stores)
beauty fix
Beauty
Must-Haves Want to know what REALLY works? We asked our influential beauty staffers what their favourite beauty product is and why they love it!
Shaistah Munawar, Writer, Singapore’s Child Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Eye Pencil in Perversion Probably the blackest black in the market, this creamy matte eye liner is truly heaven sent. For someone who uses eye liner every day, I love how the product does not budge, smear or smudge after it sets. LOVE IT!
Johanna Teo, Writer, Teenage Eyeko London Brow Gel Want to keep your unruly brows in place? This is the product to go for! The gel has a slight tint, which works for almost all skin tones and is also infused with growth-enhancing serum. Even on days when you’ve no time to fill in your brows, use this to nicely shape and groom your brows.
Jumira, Deputy Editor, Singapore’s Child My go-to duo every morning is an undereye dab of Chanel Lift Lumière Smoothing and Rejuvenating Eye Contour Concealer in 10 Beige and a sweep of justshimmery-enough Estée Lauder Pure Color Blush in Alluring Rose!
Arissa Ha, Deputy Editor, Teenage Every woman needs a red lipstick to feel glamourous! The creamy texture of the NARS Audacious Lipstick in Carmen gives a beautiful and intense colour with just one swipe.
Kelen Koh, Associate Publisher, Singapore’s Child Kiehl’s Creme de Corps This is the only body moisturiser you’ll ever need! It’s extremely hydrating and doubles up as a nurturing body treatment as well. Look at that gorgeous limited edition packaging too – it’s hard not to love it!
grow
How to Raise a
Cooperative Child Carol Tuttle, author of “The Child Whisperer”, shares how you can discipline less in five simple steps.
Start where the kids stump you There’s a hidden message in your child’s behaviour.
Identify your child’s true nature The Fun-Loving Child
The Sensitive Child
The Determined Child
The More Serious Child
Primary Connection to the World Social
Primary Connection to the World Emotional
Primary Connection to the World Physical
Primary Connection to the World Intellectual
Primary Movement Bouncy and random
Primary Movement Subtle and thoughtful
Primary Movement Active and determined
Primary Movement Straightforward and exact
Primary Need To have fun, happy parents
Primary Need To have their feelings heard, connected family
Primary Need New experiences, with parents’ support
Primary Need To give and receive respect
Described As Friendly, bright and light-hearted
Described As Gentle, tender and mindful
Described As Busy, persistent and energetic
Described As Efficient, analytical and thorough
Judged As Flighty, hyperactive and unreliable
Judged As Shy, wimpy and hyper-sensitive
Judged As Pushy, demanding and loud
Judged As Critical and know-it-all
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Interpret the tantrum (or fight or rebellion or anger) Your child is telling you something, even if they do not know how to say it.
Ask yourself… The Fun-Loving Child
The Sensitive Child
The Determined Child
The More Serious Child
• Does my child feel overly controlled?
• Does my child feel unheard or dismissed?
• Does my child lack enough physical outlets?
• Does my child need to feel more respected?
• Has my child had too much alone time?
• Have my child’s plans been ignored?
• Has my child been told “No” too often lately?
• Does my child need some time to reflect and focus?
• Is something in my child’s life too serious?
• Is something in my child’s life too intense?
• Is something in my child’s life too stifling?
• Is something in my child’s life embarrassing?
Be intuitive, not reactive The Fun-Loving Child
The Sensitive Child
The Determined Child
The More Serious Child
• Surprise your child • Facilitate the friendship • Have fun with them
• Reassure your child • Give time to relax • Connect with them
• Encourage your child • Let them move fast • Allow adventure
• Respect their authority • Support structure • Focus when listening
Enjoy the joy!
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family
Do You Need
Extra Space? A survey by Extra Space reveals the real truth about space constraints felt by the average household in Singapore.
67%
store items, which they’ve not used for more than three years, at home
79%
aged 40 years and above admitted to still holding onto old school assignments
85%
know clutter at home affects immediate family members
56%
describe their living space as cramped
Men aged 55 to 65 years old find it the hardest to let go of their belongings
88%
are bothered by clutter at home and 45% of them admit to it actually causing stress
68%
2 out of 5 use their bedroom for storage
spend up to a day looking for ‘lost’ items at home
*Respondents representative of the Singapore population aged 25 to 65 years old **Research conducted on behalf of Extra Space Self Storage
Be More
With Less
T
Check out these top five tips to achieve storage harmony and de-clutter your life.
he mind is a terrible thing to clutter. But when you have a cluttered home, it’s hard to de-stress and decompress. Think about it. When you get up in the morning, if you have clutter right there in your face, it starts your day off on the wrong foot. When you have to start your day by looking for your keys or your phone or your toothbrush, it makes you anxious and you haven’t even left the house yet! Leading Asian self-storage company Extra Space has revealed that while more than half of homeowners in Singapore (56%) describe their living space as cramped, 69% actually store items at home that are of limited or no use, such as broken or out dated electrical items. Furthermore, two-thirds (68%) of those questioned admitted to spending up to a day regularly looking for misplaced items. The survey of over 1,000 people was designed to better understand the space constraints felt by the average household and demystify how space is being used by people living in Singapore. “In a market where residential unit sizes are shrinking and the cost of property is rising, a staggering 74% of people surveyed admitted to having a ‘junk room’, which stores items that haven’t been used for months or even years. Our findings suggest that people living in Singapore could potentially be harbouring up to the equivalent of a spare room in their homes without knowing it”, commented Kenneth Worsdale, CEO at Extra Space Self Storage Asia. So, before you de-clutter any space, prepare! You need bags or boxes for four purposes: • Things you will donate to charity • Things you want to sell at a garage sale, or on Carousell, or Ebay • Things that belong in another room • Things headed for the trash Now you’re ready to de-clutter any room!
Here are some helpful self-storage tips and tricks!
Dust test
If it’s dusty, chances are you aren’t really using your belongings as frequently as you think! Know it or throw it
If you can’t name the majority of the items stored, chances are you are wasting space.
#OneADayGiveAway
Give something away every day that you no longer use.
Picture that
After you’ve cleared a space, capture the moment to keep yourself motivated and your home in a less cluttered state.
Track it
Stick a post-it note on the items you use less frequently in your home and mark each use over three months. Consider self-storage for the items you want to keep but clearly seldom use.
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Z o n D I e K KID
& B S 12 ELO W
JANUARY 2015 ISSUE 158
re An adventu in Egypt
Learn about animals '
diet
A study on rocks and minerals
Ways to play this January!
ANIMAL PLANET
d All animals need food an ey drink to live. But what th w ho d consume, how much an often, can vary wildly.
t e i D ' s l a Anim & Eating Habits
1. Grass 2.
The broken down body fertilises the ground and helps produce grass.
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Here’s how it can work. 4. H
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BROKEN DOWN
The food chain is a continuous process. At any moment, something is being eaten, dies, breaks down, and is being eaten again. It can never have less than three stages.
Sp ar row
Here is a look at what some of nature’s most interesting beasties have on their menu, and how to tell a plant-eating herbivore from a meat-eating carnivore.
Food Chain
6. Dir t
What an animal eats determines where it sits in the food chain, with predators at the top and their prey beneath them.
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TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN When it dies, its body is broken down by bacteria.
PREDATORS • Bats • Dolphins • Frogs • Penguins
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APEX PREDATORS • Bears • Black mambas • Panthers • Phythons
An apex predator is at the top of the food chain with no predator of its own.
Fun facts about the amazing versatility of animal tongues.
e d i W n e p O Tongue Twister The tube-lipped nectar bat has the longest tongue (5cm) of any known mammal, compared to its body length.
Big Mouth A hippo can extend its mouth to 180 degrees.
Tongue-Tied The giraffe can extend its tongue till 45cm.
Sense of Direction The snake’s forked tongue acts as a directional detector that can find other animals in their local environment.
Lickety Spit A chameleon’s tongue travels at 400m per second, which is about 41 G-force. A space shuttle only develops about three G-force when it takes off.
Two-Tonne Tongue A blue whale’s tongue weighs around 2.7 tonnes.
Did you
know? A blue whale may consume up to seven or eight tonnes of food per day during the summer feeding season (January to April). That’s 3,628kg of krill per day! For the other eight months of the year, it apparently doesn’t eat anything at all, living off stored fat.
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IDEAS
Build an indoor obstacle course with pillows, chairs, sofa cushions, laundry baskets and other household items.
How many words can you think of, which rhyme with “rain�? Make up silly rhymes together with your family members.
Make a weather chart and track the daily rain, wind and sunshine.
Set up a drink stand for pretend play. Make menus, signs and price tags. Serve real drinks (iced Milo, maybe?) and count your coins!
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Ways Play JANUA Happy
Make sparkly snow paint with ½ cup each of flour, salt and water. Apply to a piece of heavy paper or cardboard with a spoon, craft stick or squeeze bottle. It will sparkle as it dries!
to This ARY!
Collect rain in a jar. Measure your collection throughout the month.
Playing!
Create a scavenger hunt. Draw out a simple checklist with items for your family or friends to find – around the house, or even at the playground.
Tape a large piece of paper under a table and place some crayons for upside-down drawing.
Voca
Pow b er
obstacle – a situation or an event that makes it difficult for you to do or achieve something track – to have information about what is happening or where somebody/something is sparkle – to shine brightly with small flashes of light scavenger hunt – a game in which players have to find various objects
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QUIZ
Are you a
Science Whizz? Science is a well-loved subject but how well do you know your facts? Take this fun test to find out!
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What is the main function of the respiratory system? a) to supply the blood with oxygen b) to break down food c) to circulate the blood
What is the biggest planet in our solar system? a) Jupiter b) Mars c) Saturn
Which of the following would reflect most light? a) mirror b) wood table c) ceramic cup
The pathway for the flow of electricity is called…? a) circuit b) wire c) tunnel
If an animal is a carnivore, what does it eat? a) meat b) plants c) meat and plants
How do people contribute to land pollution? a) littering b) recycling c) conserving
Matter is made up of very small units called…? a) atoms b) balls c) grains
How many adult teeth do we all have in a completed set? a) 32 b) 22 c) 12
How many planets have rings around them? a) 4 b) 2 c) 1
Which of the following is NOT one of your senses? a) laughing b) sight c) touch
Which of the following travels the fastest? a) light b) sound c) aeroplane
An instrument to measure temperature is called? a) thermometer b) hydrometer c) gyrometer
The process by which green plants manufacture their food is known as…? a) photosynthesis b) respiration c) digestion
C02 refers to? a) carbon dioxide b) methane c) carbon monoxide
Mostly A’s
Mostly B’s
Mostly C’s
Wow! You are most definitely a science whizz! Besides Science being your favourite subject, we’re pretty sure that you conduct experiments on your own too. Who knows, you may just be the next Einstein!
Not too bad! You do have the basic understanding on most topics and are easily confused with some of the facts, but that’s okay! Practice makes perfect, so don’t give up.
Yikes… Science seems to be your least favourite subject. But fret not, at least you know the areas you need to improve on. With constant revision, you’ll get there!
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PUZZLES
Back to School
Word Search Y C P L A Y G R O U N D
H R U M T F K S E D T T
M A D Z O B R F W A R N
S Y R R J O L I B A E I
K O A C A U R L E A A A
O N O T W O E S B N D P
A-Maze-Ing
Fun!
Help the children find their way through the maze to the school bus.
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O S B W E Z B S S L D K
B I K R C A Y E I A R S
S Y C I M O C C T D L X
O F A T T L N H P I Y C
T E L E G E L X E C H R
F K B F P E K A K R G W
BLACKBOARD FRIENDS TABLE BOOKS PAINT TEACHER CLASSROOM PENCIL TOYS CRAYONS PLAYGROUND WHITEBOARD DESK READ WRITE
Crossword Puzzle ACROSS: 4. Do you need to sharpen yours? 5. Write or draw on this. 8. You write on this with a chalk. 10. Please _________ your name on your work.
2 3 4 5 6 7
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DOWN: 1. Draw straight lines with this. 2. It has a keyboard and a screen. 3. Where you go to play during break time. 6. Read these at home or school. 7. They help you learn new things. 9. The teacher sits here.
2. computer 3. playground 7. teacher 9. desk
ANSWERS: Across: 4.pencil 5. paper
8. chalkboard
10. write
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Down: 1. ruler 6. books
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e h t o t s d r o w e Match th
correct picture.
pencil lunchbox books backpack eraser
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