March 2013
features
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A SPARK OF CREATIVITY
Unleash your children’s creativity and
watch them grow in confidence.
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MESSING ABOUT
Messy play fosters the big three
childhood C’s in our kids: curiosity,
creativity and concentration.
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trytUNES
How do you nurture your child’s musical
ability?
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ON YOUR TOES
There is more to ballet than tutus and
tights.
A MIDSUMMER
DREAM
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REFINED
STYLE
ON YOUR
TOES
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IS YOUR CHILD GIFTED?
While you can’t teach giftedness, you
can notice and nurture it.
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TAKE A NUMBER
What, if anything, does birth order
reveal about your personality?
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DIFFERENT STROKES
How different is it to teach Mandarin,
rather than a second European
language, to a Westerner?
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TRAVEL-WRITING CONTEST FINALIST:
BIG ROAD TRIPPING IN TEXAS
If you want a holiday that is big on
adventure, fun and food, Texas has it all.
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REFINED STYLE
Peek inside one Hong Kong family’s
home.
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A MIDSUMMER DREAM
Deep in the forest, the fairies are
stirring, and they’re wearing dreamy,
magical clothes from the real world.
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LAST WORD
Creativity doesn’t just help you
at
work,
it helps you
avoid
work, writes father of
three Nury Vittachi.
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