My Little Ones

WHO WE ARE

Pregnancy can really create wonders. Expectant and new mothers will read up more on how to care for a baby physically, intellectually and emotionally. It is also during this period that mothers will shop for items to buy for their babies. My Little Ones was founded in April 2006 as an on-line store to buy items in bulk and then distribute them to parents. As an on-line store with no physical shopfront, we are able to keep our costs low and supply good-quality products at affordable prices.

WHAT WE DO

Our main focus is on children’s education and starting them early so that they can have a head-start among their peers. Flashcards is an integral part of our business. By flashing cards to children at high speed, this activates the right hemisphere of the brain. High-speed card flashing is also a form of reading for children and this improves their photographic memory as well. Besides the common flashcards, we also supply customized as well as encyclopedic knowledge flashcards.

We have gradually expanded our product range to include educational DVDs, CD-ROMs, accessories for flashcards and activity-based items. BabyPlus – a prenatal education system – is included as part of our product range because we believe that a child’s education begins right from the onset of conception as a foetus in its mother’s womb.

WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE

In today’s very competitive environment, a child’s development is very important as this sets the platform for his/her achievements later in life. We have seen many examples of children around us who have high IQ and score well in their examinations, however they may not have high EQ. Although brilliant academically, these children may not do as well as children with high EQ in their later lives, whether personal or in business.

Our utmost aim is to increase parents’ awareness to start their children’s education early – right from birth if possible – so that parents can catch the windows of opportunity for their children’s learning at different phases of their lives.

WE RECOMMEND

Little Neuro Tree – http://www.littleneurotree.com

Little Neuro Tree is the first neuro-linguistic brain development programme centre in Singapore specially catered for children from age 3 months to 5 years old. It is a unique tri-lingual programme using brain stimulation technologies to build knowledge, confidence and love for learning. This is a skill-based programme which helps your child to learn and trains 15 skill sets:

Parent-Child Bonding
Activation of the Right Brain Circuit
Image Ability Training
Five Senses Training
Motor Skills Training
Auditory Memory Training
Foreign/Multi-Language Stimulation
Cognitive Skills Development
Enhanced Memory Training
Problem Solving Training
Creativity & Imaginative Training
High-Speed Visual Absorption Training
IQ Development
EQ Development
Music Appreciation Training

The Little Neuro Tree programme provides the right environment for children to learn and develop the above-mentioned skill-sets through play. It is also through play that parent-child bonding is enhanced.

CMA Mental Arithmetic – http://www.cma.edu.sg

The CMA (Classical Mental Arithmetic) programme utilizes the dual-hand, four-finger system to stir the beads of the abacus, which is the platform for which mental arithmetic is trained. CMA’s unique and scientifically-proven method has enabled children’s left and right hemispheres of the brains to be developed. This leads to total brain development. CMA adopts a structured curriculum and well-formulated lesson plans which are paced according to the child’s speed and progress of learning. Multimedia is used in the lessons. By adopting all the above-mentioned methods and approaches, CMA aims to improve the child’s mental and physical development, concentration, memory, psychomotor skills and focus.

There are procedures and training methodologies to master abacus use. When children use both hands to move the beads for small and large arithmetic calculations, the quick communication between hands and brain stimulates brain cells, promoting quick, balanced and whole brain development. Abacus and mental arithmetic training also leads to the following benefits:

Fosters a greater sense of numbers
Helps develop an intuitive understanding of numbers through their concrete representation
Fosters one's trust in the process of calculation by enabling one to observe it in action
Manifests the concept of decimal places and the progression of units by tens physically
Instantly accomplishes addition and subtraction when numbers are placed on the abacus
Improves understanding of compounded numbers (through the use of supplementary numbers for 5 and 10)
Helps in developing the beneficial qualities of concentration, patience, and endurance
Fosters one's confidence in calculation
Uses a left to right calculation method, which makes quick estimation and rounding off possible
Works on the decimal rather than fractional system, an easy progression to digital systems
Develops mental calculation, which is the ultimate resource
Develops the right brain tremendously
Leads to greater mental capacity
Expresses large numbers simply and easily
Provides a sense of achievement as one's proficiency improves

Abacus and mental arithmetic education enhances progress in various abilities. Scientific analyses have demonstrated the effectiveness of abacus and mental arithmetic training in improving the following six abilities:

Ability to concentrate (Concentration)
Ability to visualize and to be inspired (Inspiration)
Ability to memorize (Memorization)
Ability to observe attentively (Insight)
Ability to process information (Information processing)
Ability to listen and read quickly (Speed reading and listening)