Things You Find In a Supermarket

Do you know something? When you become a mom, even grocery shopping becomes a luxury! How true! : )

This set of flash cards contain 21 pieces ($6.30). Pls contact me at 91453782 or email to summerkang@gmail.com for more details : )

Creepy Crawlies

Do you know that cockroaches have walked the Earth for hundreds of millions of years? If you could travel back to the Jurassic Period and walk among the dinosaurs, you would easily recognize the cockroaches crawling under logs and stones in prehistoric forests.

This set of flash cards contain 31 slides, $9.30.

Fighter planes!

This set of flash cards contain 21 pieces ($6.30)

Contact us at 91453782 (Summer) or 91699306 (Roy)

Email : summerkang@gmail.com

Parts of a computer

Under the sea, Under the sea ...

We got a special request to customize this set for a really sweet little girl by the name of Arielle : ) We hope she loves this set as much as we do! This comes in a set of 21 pieces : )

Vegetables That Grow Underground

When you think of fresh garden vegetables, you probably think of green, leafy salads topped with slices of juicy red tomatoes, diced peppers and crisp young cucumbers. Although these above-ground vegetables supply fruit brimming with flavor and bursting with color, many less showy vegetables grow beneath the ground and add variety and texture to your meals. Some examples are carrots and lotus root, just to name a few : )

A set of 21 pieces : )

Welcome to Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children.

I really like this set personally because of the captivating graphics and it definitely catches my attention when Roy showed this to me (he did all this set all by himself).

This comes in a set of 21 pieces : )

Things You Use Everyday

Can you think of 18 things you use everyday?

This comes in a set of 37 pieces : )

Announcing the arrival of .....

Hello everyone,

For the month of April and May, we'll only be providing free delivery if the order is $200 and above.

The reason is ....

Thank you for your kind understanding and support so far and keep your orders coming : )

World Famous City Icons

World famous city icons, how many do you know? : ) A lovely set of 21 pieces : )

Latest Collection - Sharp Objects & Things That Can Roll

Safety reminder: Keep sharp objects out of reach from your little ones.

Sorry for the long hiatus, we are back with more topics! We have been inactive because our printer is down but it is now up and running, so we are back to printing more flashcards! : )

Stay with us, because we will be sharing more topics in the next few posts : )

Heavy & Light Objects

Size DOES matter.

Extinct Animals

Extinction is forever.

World Famous Monuments

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine

Roy secretly did this topic without me knowing and I thought it was thoughtfully and beautifully done! Two thumbs up! Comes in a set of 21 pieces : )
 

How well do you know your body parts?

Do you know that:

You use 200 muscles to take one step.

Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three

A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands

A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball

The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades

The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica

It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach

The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds

There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.

The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.

Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.

When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.

Your thumb is the same length as your nose.

And now I bet that if you read this you put your thumb to you nose - just to check

This comes in a set of 27 pieces.

We will be doing internal organs for our next topic, so stay with us!

Happy Valentines' Day! 

Activites of Daily Life

This topic was inspired by Roy when he was bathing my little girl.

"MOMMY! I got an idea, we can do activities of daily life, like the things we do everyday on a daily basis!" He said excitedly while bathing my little girl.

And TADAH, ask and you shall have. This comes in a set of 25 : )

Winnie the Pooh Characters

"We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.
Even longer,' Pooh answered.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

My daughter recognizes winnie the pooh from reading the winnie the pooh storybooks, so I did this today for her today! When I ask her, "what does pooh bear like to eat?", she will pause and reply "HONEY!" I am sure she will squeal with joy when she sees us flashing this set tomorrow : ) This comes in a set of 17 : )

Samples - Musical Instruments & Flags of Asian Countries

 
Are you a music lover?

We were printing some orders and we would like to share some of the more interesting topics here. We have a few mommies asking for this set and this is a sample of the musical instrument set.

We have quite a few topic on the flags of countries (flags of asian countries, flags of countries beginning with A..) and this is how it looks like : ) Very useful to let your little ones recognize the the flags of the different countries.

Ok, back to printing : )

Are you a foodie?

Then this set is made just for you! : ) We just printed (and flashed) this set today and I think my daughter is captivated by all the yummy japanese food!

Just an update, our paper is here! and we are very busy printing all our orders (over 5000 pieces), do contact us at 9145 3782 (Summer) and 91699306 (Roy) if you wish to place an order : )

Cheers! : )

Housekeeping - How are we storing our flashcards?

We have a few mommies asking us how we are storing our flashcards : ) If you have a lot of flashcards, you will really need to have a good and organized way of keeping and storing your flashcards.

It's no big secret, we use these transparent boxes to store our flashcards. The best thing about these boxes is this - you can stack them up so they wont take up a lot of space! This is really important if you don't want to clutter up your house : ) We also label the box (Box A, Box B, Box C, Box D...) and we rotate the box for different days (we flash one box every day)! : ) We have about 5-6 boxes of these flashcards and we will rotate the flashcards everyday so that our daughter wont get bored of the same topics : )

One of the mommy suggested that we package the box into our flashcards so that mommies can have the option to purchase the boxes to store their flashcards too! We thought it's an awesome idea and so we are implementing it! : )

We will be selling these storage boxes for $6.50 per box for any flashcards order : ) Just an estimate, one box can store about 20-30 topics (just a rough gauge as different topics have different thickness).

We will be really busy printing flashcards and creating new topics for the month of February, so keep your orders coming, we will be happy to serve you! : )

Wishing everyone a prosperous neigh year! : )

Growing Up

Sometimes I think children really grow up too fast! In a flash, my sweetie is already 19 months. 19 months, she is going to be 2 years old in 5 more months! Now, I am busy researching and settling her pre-school registration, my sweetie is going to school in 2015! I will really miss having her around the house, all the impromtu field trips, the countless zoo visits, botanic garden picnic...

After realizing that our sweetie has a thing for songs, we did quite a few sets of song flashcards and she can now sing-along with us! We will intentionally pause at some words and she will be able to say the words! We try to make learning as fun for her as possible and flashcards is one of the tool we use. We also read to her on a daily basis, about 5-10 books a day and she really enjoys reading the same old books again and again. Currently, she likes The Prince & the Pauper, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The little Red Riding Hood...

Learning is definitely not limited to flashcards, it is just one of the tools we use. We will be creating more categories of flashcards for our sweetie as she grows older. We have so many topics in mind but we are waiting for the right time to introduce it to her so that she will be able to relate to it, so stay with us! We will be updating regularly with our new topics : )

Things in the kitchen

If you think a woman's place is in the kitchen ... think again? ... that's where the knives are kept!

This is by far our most popular topic, almost every customer bought this set so we thought of sharing a sample of it. A set of 45 pieces. Related topics includes, things in the living room, things in the bedroom : )

Please contact Summer (91453782) or Roy (91699306) for more details : )

恭喜恭喜。。。

Even the God of Fortune needs to withdraw money at the ATM ... but don't worry this picture is not part of our Chinese New Year Flashcards : )

Chinese New Year is just round the corner and we have many people suggesting to us to make this set of CNY flashcards for the occasion so viola, here it is! A set of 23 pieces : )

Let us usher in the Year of the Horse with a gallop! : )

How does a lion like his meat?

ANS: ROAR

Animals in the zoo, one of our favorite topics and definitely one of my daughter's all time favorite because she simply loves going to the zoo, almost like a weekly affair. Anything just to see her smile, the things parents do for their little ones : )

A set of 31 pieces : )

Customized Flashcards - Things You Find In School

"Education ... is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

 

We customized this set of flashcards for a mommy whose little one is going to childcare soon. How timely! It's really thoughtful of the mommy to think of doing this topic for her little one : )

We are saving this lovely set (21 pieces) for our daughter too! Although she will only be going to school next year... but it's never too early to start right? : )

Printing in Progress ...

 We have just received an order today for our almost entire collection of flashcards. YES, almost all our entire collection! And so we have been busy printing, printing and printing. If you are wondering, it's more than 2000+ flashcards, it's tedious but we are enjoying every bit of it knowing that someone out there appreciates our flashcards. 

We made all our flashcards from scratch and we take pride in our work so when someone appreciates our hard work, it makes us really happy : )

Okie, back to printing! : ) Will be back soon!

 

Your Starter's Kit - Your Tool To Get Started!

We have (finally!) sorted out our Starter's Kit details and here goes:

Starter's Kit Includes (These are some of the topics we started with):

1) Different types of fruits (51 pieces)
2) Different types of vegetables (41 pieces)
3) Things in the living room (23 pieces)
4) Basic colours (21 pieces)
5) Alphabets A to Z (27 pieces)
6) Animals (31 pieces)

We started with these topics because we feel that these are the things the little ones can relate to and it will be more age appropriate for them. Now our daughter can identity most of the things from the list above and even numbers and alphabets too! : )

Please contact Summer (91453782) or Roy (91699306) to place an order or if you have any queries : )

Have a blessed 2014 : )

Happy 2014 everyone! : )

We will be back soon with more posts, we are currently swamped with work and with printing new flashcard orders. We have done a few more customized sets and we will be sharing them in the next few posts.

Stay with us, we will be introducing a beginner's package (as we have received numerous questions on what topics to start for parents who want to start flashing to their little ones), details and price will be out soon! : )

Have a blessed 2014! : )

Why Did the Skeleton Go To The Party Alone? (Answer at the end of the post)

We attended a X'mas party today and thereafter, we thought it will be good to do up a set of flashcards depicting all the things she sees at the party! It's the season to be jolly! Put on all your party hats and party! : )

Merry X'mas : )

(Ans: He had No Body to go with him!)

Special Request!

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” -  Leonardo Da Vinci

One of our customer came to us again, this time with a special request for some customized titles. This is one of the titles she wanted and we had so much fun brainstorming about the contents! We love how it turns out in the end and I must say that these are very interesting topics! : ) If you have any special request, do contact us and we will try our utmost best to customize it for you : )

A lovely set of 23, we are definitely saving a set for our daughter : )

Don't Squeak Like A Chicken, Soar Like An Eagle ...

... often, the eagle preys on the chicken.

Today's topic is on the eagle species! How apt! If I were an animal, I would be an eagle. The eagle has no fear of adversity : )

Do you know that birds of prey are called raptors and eagle is a bird of prey? This set comprises of 23 cards and please feel free to DIY this topic yourself, it's pretty interesting and you will awed by the eagles! : )

We are also selling this set, do contact us to find out more : )

Another set to our collection!

Daddy and I did 5 different topics today and this is one of the topic I came up with! : ) We really have to put on our thinking hat when we think of new topics to do because we have already covered most of the basic topics. As for the tougher topics, we hope to introduce it at a more appropriate time (more age-appropriate) so that our little girl will be able to relate to it better.

Our little girl is now a little chatterbox, she will point to each and every thing she knows or recognizes anywhere, anytime. Like now, she is in love with the STOP sign. Yes, the STOP sign. She saw it on one of the storybooks when we were reading to her and she recognizes it! When she sees it on the road, she will say "Mommy, STOP" and she will want to kiss/hug/high 5 the sign. Now, she can say the S, O and P of the word STOP, one more T to make it complete : ) I guess that is what makes learning fun, it should be fun and spontaneous! : ) Maybe I should consider making a set of flashcards with the STOP sign, that shall be tomorrow's topic! : )

Some Common Questions ...

(Daddy did this set of flash cards today and he super loves it! I hope our little girl loves it as much as Daddy does!)

Today's post will be on some of the common questions/queries we have received, here goes:

1. Where is the place of collection?

You can self collect the flash cards at our place (in Sengkang) or you can also opt for postage/registered mail. Postage will be borne by the seller.

2. Any discount if I buy in bulk?

There is a 10% discount for orders above $100

OR

Free delivery for any orders above $100.

3. Are the words printed on the back of the cards?

Yes, the words are printed on the left hand side of each and every card.

4. Can I buy the soft copy of your materials?

Yes, we also provide the soft copy of our materials, you can contact us directly for more details.

For any special requests, you can contact Summer (91453782) or Roy (91699306), we will be most willing to assist : )

Get creative with your flashcards!

We just printed this set of flashcards for our home practice tomorrow because our little girl just realized that apples have seeds, so it gave us an idea to do these topic for her - fruits with many seeds and fruits with 1 seed. I had a lot of fun doing up these flashcards, sometimes you really have to be creative in your topics : ) Our flashcards topics are mostly inspired by our little one, we will try to do the topics which interest her so that learning is fun for her : )

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star & 3 Blind Mice

Today, I was just randomly singing to my daughter and halfway through I said, "Twinkle Twinkle Little ....", purposely leaving out the word star. And to my amazement, she actually said "STAR!" I thought I was dreaming so I tried again. I said, "Three blind ...." and she said "MICE!" loud and clear.

These are the 2 songs that we flashed just a week ago. Flashcards can be fun too, and it can be incorporated into a song for the little one. Now I am more motivated to do more songs flashcards : )

How to flash?

How to do home practice effectively? (in my humble opinion)

1. Create a FUN setting! A child learns best when he or she is having fun! So do not make the session stressful for the child, because the child can feel it and that will impede the learning process.

2. Practise, Practise, Practise before you start flashing to your child. My husband and I spent many nights practising on the speed before we started flashing to our daughter. More haste less speed. To achieve the purpose of flashcards, we will have to flash each card in less than 1 second.

3. For a start, begin with 50-100 cards and gradually increase the number of cards when you think your child is ready for more. You can flash in 2 sessions a day, but we are currently flashing 300 cards in 1 session.

4. Include flashcards in your child's daily routine. Choose a time most suitable to do flashcards and include it in your child's routine so that it becomes part of it. For us (without fail), we will do flashcards after our daughter's nap and lunch (to ensure that she is well rested and full!) and she knows because it is part of her routine now. Each session only lasts 10-15 minutes : )

5. Have a cosy little corner to do flashcards. It really helps when there's no distraction so that the child and the parent can focus during the 10-15 minutes so a nice little cosy corner with no distraction will be ideal : )

6. Do not repeat the same topic twice a day. Have new topics constantly to arouse their interest, so we did about 100 topics in a month (about 2-3 new topics a day)

Lastly, the core of learning and education is LOVE. Flashcards can only do this much : )

Why Flashcards? : )

Why and how are flashcards useful for a child's learning?

Firstly, flashcards stimulate a child's brain, specifically the right brain when it is being flashed at a high speed. It also increases the processing speed of the brain and trains photographic memory.

Secondly, it helps to build up the child's vocabulary and gradually enables the child to learn how to read independently.

We have seen these benefits in our 18-month old toddler girl after we started flashcards a month ago.  We have not looked back since! We are just so glad we started her on flashcards and not procrastinate because of the hassle of doing flashcards. It is never too late to start, and education for your little one is priceless : )

We started with 3 topics (100 cards) and now we are flashing 30 topics (about 300 cards) on a daily basis. We have done close to 100 topics for her and we are still adding new (and more creative) flashcards to the addition!

And lately, we have received requests to print and share some of the flashcards, and so we have decided to sell our flashcards collection : ) We can also help to customize the topics of your choice if you have a topic in mind that is not in our list!

Cheers! : )

Flashcards Sample

We have attached 2 of our flashcards sample. The flashcards are printed on 250gsm A5 paper : )