Our HEARTFELT appreciation for ABC Kick-off & Brain and Baby Seminar

We thank everyone who has made the ABC Kick off successful. There were more than 50 people at the Brain and Baby Seminar. Many of you were willing to volunteer to do creative things for our children.

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Kami berterima kasih kepada semua orang yang telah menjayakan ABC Kick-Off. Lebih daripada 50 orang telah menyertai Seminar Minda dan Bayi. Banyak peserta telah menawarkan diri untuk melakukan sesuatu yang kreatif bagi anak-anak kita.

ABC Kick-off & Brain & Baby Seminar is oversubscribed

The ABC Seminar is oversubscribed now.

We thank you for your encouraging response. If you have emailed to us and the ABC Secretariat has responded to your email, then your name will be registered as participants.

For those whom cant make it, the only reason is the limited number of seats (and space)...the food we can still share. Indeed, everyone can still participate in future ABC programs and certainly in the ABC blog discussions and knowledge-exchange are on 24/7, all year long.

You can always contact us for future programs at CPTAG office (ext 2907) or email to us at cptagusm@gmail.com

ABC Secretariat
"Helping children realize the APEX of their potentials"

Multiple Intelligences & Whole Brain Learning: How to develop your babies to their full potential

Like flowers in the garden, one of the main aims of ABC is to create an environment to encourage flowering of the minds. It plans to help empower parents, caretakers and interested individuals with knowledge and skills of developing babies and children based on multiple intelligence (MI) and whole-brain learning. We want to help our babies/children increase their intelligences and capabilities and reach the APEX of their potentials.

So, let us start a discussion on this topic.

Here are some links for us to start understanding what MI is...and what whole-brain learning is:

1. Raising Smarter Children: http://www.kaganonline.com/KaganClub/FreeArticles/RaiseSmarterChildren1.html

2. Teaching Reading Using Different Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence: http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/whatresearch8.asp

3. Increasing Your Baby's Intelligence: http://www.aboutintelligence.co.uk/increasing-your-babys-intelligence.html

4. Building Baby's Brain: Ten Myths: http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/current/FACS01-2.html

5. YouTube- Baby Brain Workout Flashcards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4blI2FMSUQ

6. Reading at 17 month : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnvDC6HiaBk&feature=related

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Seperti bunga yang tumbuh dalam taman, salah satu matlamat utama ABC ialah untuk mewujudkan suatu persekitaran yang menggalakkan pemekaran minda. Ia bertujuan untuk memperkasakan ibubapa, penjaga dan individu yang berminat dengan pengetahuan dan kemahiran bagi membesarkan dan mendidik bayi dan kanak-kanak berdasarkan multiple intelligence dan pembelajaran seluruh minda. Kami ingin membantu anak-anak kita meningkatkan kecerdasan mental dan kebolehan mereka dan seterusnya mencapai potensi APEX.

Oleh itu, marilah kita berbincang tentang topik ini.

Berikut terdapat beberapa pautan yang boleh membantu anda memahami apa itu multiple intelligence ... dan apa itu pembelajaran seluruh minda:

1. Raising Smarter Children: http://www.kaganonline.com/KaganClub/FreeArticles/RaiseSmarterChildren1.html

2. Teaching Reading Using Different Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence: http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/whatresearch8.asp

3. Increasing Your Baby's Intelligence: http://www.aboutintelligence.co.uk/increasing-your-babys-intelligence.html

4. Building Baby's Brain: Ten Myths: http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/current/FACS01-2.html

5. YouTube- Baby Brain Workout Flashcards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4blI2FMSUQ

6. Reading at 17 month : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnvDC6HiaBk&feature=related

Breastfeeding / Formula Milk: Myths, Challenges & Solutions

One of the main challenges of raising a baby is feeding him/her. Breastfeeding may not come 'naturally' to many mothers. Some have attempted it many times but eventually decided to turn to formula milk, or at least having formula milk as a partial solution. Should mothers go 100% breastfeeding? What are the issues? We invite comments from you to share your own experiences or what you have heard/learned from others, your views and perhaps your solutions or methods in feeding your babies.

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Salah satu cabaran utama untuk membesarkan bayi ialah menyusukan mereka. Penyusuan susu ibu biasanya tidak datang secara semulajadi bagi kebanyakan ibu. Sesetengah ibu telah beberapa kali cuba menyusukan anak mereka sendiri, tetapi akhirnya beralih kepada susu formula, atau sekurang-kurangnya menggunakan susu formula pada waktu tertentu. Adakah penyusuan susu ibu patut diamalkan 100%? Apakah isu-isu yang timbul? Kami ingin menjemput anda untuk berkongsi pengalaman anda sendiri atau orang lain yang pernah anda dengar/pelajari, pendapat anda dan mungkin juga penyelesaian anda atau cara anda menyusukan anak-anak anda.

ABC Kick-off and Brain & Babies Seminar June 4th 2009

In conjunction with the first Apex Baby Circle (ABC) Kick-off , USM's CPTAG and Healthy Campus, together with the support of IBM Volunteers (Sabra Mott from IBM-Canada, JT O'Neill from IBM-US, Pallavi Singh IBM-India), are organizing a special event:

www.brandeis.edu/.../EnvEd/EE_resource.html

BrAin & BAbies Seminar: How YOU can inculcate Multiple Intelligence for YOUR children

Speaker: The highly-energetic and multi-talented Associate Professor Dr Zainal Ariffin Ahmad

Venue: Interactive Room C06, School of Social Sciences, USM (below Social Science main office)

Date & Time: Thursday, June 4th 2009: 1030-1200 (LUNCH will be provided)

Although this initiative begins within USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia) community, in this Kick off, the ABC network invites ALL parents, would-be parents, grandparents, researchers and individuals who are interested in babies and early-years development / early childhood education to join ABC USM . Since space is limited (20-30 persons), please RSVP to the contact persons via email or phone to register your name and confirm your seats.

In addition to the seminar, the aim of this Kick off is to form a group of USMers (and friends of USMers and beyond) to help develop Apex Babies as well as to share knowledge and to carry out knowledge/ skill-based workshops on

…....multiple intelligence, whole-brain learning, children’s health and happiness (e.g. CPR), work-life balance, parenting issues and strategies….and many and many more as you, the stakeholders’ see as necessary and important.

Contact persons:
Reevany & Ellisha
CPTAG (CSR & Philanthropy Transdisciplinary Action Group, USM)
cptagusm@gmail.com, reevany@usm.my, ellisha@usm.my
6-04-653-2907

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Selaras dengan penubuhan Apex Baby Circle (ABC), CPTAG USM dan Kampus Sejahtera dengan sokongan sukarelawan IBM akan menganjurkan satu aktiviti khas.

Seminar Minda dan Bayi: Bagaimana mencungkil muliple intelligence anak kita

Penceramah: Professor Madya Dr. Zainal Ariffin yang cergas dan mempunyai kepelbagaian bakat

Tempat: Bilik Interaktif C06, Pusat Pengajian Sains Kemasyarakatan, USM (di bawah pejabat am Sains Kemasyarakatan/ tempat TERHAD, sila daftar untuk menghadiri seminar ini)

Tarikh & Masa: Khamis, 4 Jun 2009: 1030-1200 (Makan tengah hari disediakan)

Sungguhpun usaha ini diinisiatifkan dalam kalangan komuniti USM, bagi permulaan ini, jaringan ABC ingin menjemput semua ibu bapa, bakal ibu bapa, datuk nenek, penyelidik, individu yang berminat tentang bayi dan perkembangan awal bayi / pendidikan awal kanak-kanak untuk menyertai ABC USM. Memandangkan tempat adalah terhad (20-30 orang), sila hubungi kami secepat mungkin untuk mendaftar. Di samping itu, kami juga berhasrat untuk membentuk sekumpulan warga USM (dan kawan-kawan warga USM dan komuniti luar) bagi membantu pembentukan Apex Babies di samping berkongsi ilmu dan mengajurkan bengkel berteraskan ilmu/kemahiran tentang ....

....multiple intelligence, pembelajaran seluruh minda, kesihatan dan kesejahteraan kanak-kanak (contohnya CPR), keseimbangan hidup-kerja, isu dan strategi keibubapaan.... dan banyak-banyak lagi yang anda berpendapat ia adalah perlu dan penting.

Hubungi:
Reevany & Ellisha
CPTAG (CSR & Philanthropy Transdisciplinary Action Group, USM)
cptagusm@gmail.com, reevany@usm.my, ellisha@usm.my
6-04-653-2907

Introducing Apex Baby Circle

Hello! How are you?

Have you ever thought that the world can be a better place for our children? We are here to help parents, would-be parents, grandparents, researchers and other interested individuals to nurture Apex Babies.... babies/children who reach the APEX of their potentials. We are also here to help transform the social and phisical environments so that the world is more condusive and sustainable for the positive growth of our children and our families.
Although ABC is initiated within USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia), we invite everyone to join our discussion, our knowledge sharing and our activities... We believe...none of us is smarter than all of us!!!

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Pernahkah anda terfikir bahawa dunia ini boleh menjadi tempat yang lebih baik bagi anak-anak kita? Kami di sini berkumpul untuk membantu para ibu bapa, bakal ibu bapa, datuk nenek, penyelidik dan sesiapa saja yang berminat untuk membesarkan Bayi Apex... bayi/kanak-kanak yang mencapai potensi Apex.
Kami di sini juga ingin membantu untuk mentransformasikan persekitaran fizikal dan sosial supaya dunia ini menjadi lebih konduksif dan lestari demi perkembangan kanak-kanak dan keluarga yang positif.

Sungguhpun ABC diinisiatifkan dalam USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia), kami ingin menjemput anda semua untuk bersama-sama menyertai perbincangan, perkongsian ilmu dan juga aktiviti-aktiviti yang kami anjurkan. Kami percaya... tiada seorang pun antara kita lebih bijak daripada kita semua.