Happy Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year is supposed to be happy, and yes I have lot of fun playing with my cousins, and spending precious time with my friends and relative 8)

Spring @ Marina Bay

We took dinner in my favourite restaurant as they give toys for kids meal like Mac Donald. V day is coming so I help Daddy and Mommy take a beautiful picture and took a picture with my beloved mommy.

We firework at the bay and Both me and Rayen love it too...

After the show we walk towards Marina bay to have some feel of CNY, Rayen shouted "Elmo" when she saw a big statue standing at the bay wearing red sparkling gold dust towards the crowd.

I have a sugar art lolli, I spin the wheel and got myself a rooster candy. We have lot of fun at the small funfair near the bay. See the picture on the top right corner. That is how I protect my little sister.

Wii-ing

What is the hottest thing to do during gathering? WII-ing...

K1-Term1.1 Update

Practical Life
Preliminary Exercises: How to carry jugs and pitchers
Returning of materials in the environment
Unrolling and rolling of mats
Returning of mat in the mat stand
Grace and Courtesy: Greeting visitors
Saying good afternoon / goodbye
Saying excuse me
Personal Hygiene: Learning to use tissue and hanky
Exercise for the Care of the Self: Washing hands
Pouring: Rice from one identical jug into another
Water from one identical jug into another
Transferring: Beans from bowl to bowl with a spoon
Rice from bowl to bowl with a spoon
Using tongs to transfer objects
Using chopsticks to transfer objects
Water with pipette
Opening & Closing
Bottles
Boxes
lock
The Silence Game: Listening sounds to the environment
Hanging socks using pegs
Pounding Exercise
Threading Shoelace
Watering plants
Polishing Metal
Grating carrots
Sensorial Arts Knobbed cylinders 3 blocks
Binomial cube
Trinomial cube
Color Tablets Box3
Sound Boxes
Language Writing on note book
Spelling Board
Word Builders – Consonant Blends ( bl, cl, gl, fl, pl,
sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, tr, pr)
Large Moveable Alphabet Box
Blue Boxes 1 -6 with pictures
Blue Pictures sheets 1- 3
Blue Word Lists1-3
Blue Phrase Strips 1- 3
Story Telling:
Respect for others
Following the Rules
I can do it
Our Show
Math Seguin Board 1 - counting Teen numbers :
Seguin Board 2 – counting by tens
Ten boards and colored beads
Decimal System:
Unit bead
Bar of ten
Square of 100
Cube of 1000
Counting through quantities
Brings specified quantity on trays:
One categories
Two categories
Counts and names the quantity of beads placed
on tray
Sequencing of Numbers
Culture Land and Water Forms:
Island / lake
Peninsula/ bay
Isthmus/ strait
Cape / gulf
Map of the World:
Naming of Seven Continents
Parts of a Tree Puzzle Cards
Parts of a Flower Puzzle cards
Parts of Leaf Puzzle Cards
Parts of a Mammal Puzzle
Parts of a Bird Puzzle
Guessing Cards
Lessons: Introduction to Music
Orchestra ( Section / Conductor )
Strings Family
Listening Activities:
Flight of the Bumble Bee
Young Person’s Guide to Orchestra
Air in G string
Art and Craft
Leaf Rubbing
Crayon etching
String Pulling
Orchestra Collage
Marble Painting
Tissue box guitar
Chinese New Year Art craft
Music Five little frogs
I am a Giraffe
12 Months of the Year
Days of the week

Uncle Piao

Mommy:

Lunch with Uncle Piao(our company contractor) today, he is talking about his 2 children, both 30+... While talking about his eldest daughter, he is speaking with a smile, that kind of smile coming deep from his heart. Uncle Piao's daughter is a SAHM he is released and happy to see that his girl is growing up and taking good care of his 2 children well. What a parent asking from their children? Is seeing them growing up and learning how to take care of themselve as well as others. I have a happy lunch today 8)

Malacca 2 days Trip - 2010

This is my 1st trip to Malacca and daddy's 1st driving trip to Malaysia, we enjoy the short trip very much. We had authentic Nyonya food, Hainan Chicken rice and Hakar Food. Taking picture with reptiles and walking along night market at Jonker Street. Many fun swimming in the well maintained swimming pool in the hotel and many fun playing with my cousins too.

There is a Ferris wheel in Malacca but now it stop operating due to some management issue, I keep pester mommy to bring me there, hopefully someone will buy over it so that it will start turning around in July 8)

Jaden is so daring, he push away the snake as he want to sit next to them, he pull the iguana tail really hard when it is trying to walk away from us.

I love the slide, this pool is .9m if I can't swim I can only play at the BB pools.

See how much fun we had!

Very nice night market and we spend about 30min watch a street show of a Old man performance some stunt using his fingers to break a coconut. Really amazing!

Mama miss this dish so much she love the riceball which is very fragrant.

Crying Baby

Mommy:

He has being a crying baby lately... Play snake and ladder I win he cried. Play clay he can't do some part of the leopard he cried. At kite festival he can't get the parachute he cried.

Learning how to win is important but knowing how to accept looses is more important in life. Hope my little boy can handle it better after all it is just a game 8)

虎年行好运

This is my 1st art and craft that kept by teacher, she say will only give me back 2 weeks later. My parents say look like "大番粟" but is cute.

What do I do lately?

I have being staying in school for a longer time. I leave home at 8am and I only reach home at 3pm. Having more work in school mean I have lesser time at home. Mom don't give me work in the day time and I get to do some drawing and take short nap before she comes home daily. We will have some games like snake and ladder, old maid, happy family, snap, phonic mix and match, imath and many others games once she has time. I enjoy gaming time with my parents.

@ the Playground

Daddy Didi

Everyone say Rayen look like me, so what do you all think?

Picnic @ the Reservoir

I told mommy I wanted to go for a picnic so here are we @ Lower Pierce Reservoir. I learnt to walk on rocky road and try to catch guppies and Lobster (Yes, daddy is trying to catch a palm size lobster hiding near the rock). Is hot but I enjoy the outing very much.

Star Glazing

Today the sky is so clear after a heavy rain in the morning. Is the right time to visit Science Centre again (yes we came here before but we didn't get to the dome as is way too cloudy). I am very excited when I know that I am going to see Moon really closely. 1st I saw a group of stars - Orion then the PIC point and tell us the position of Mar. I get to see the moon really close and I see the surface of it was rough. Then I see Mar with the telescope is orange in color.

Santa

Mommy told me if I am good, santa will come and put toys all over me on Xmas before I am awake.

2009-2010 Xmas to New Year @ Penang

We took a aeroplane to Penang, is a breeze to travel by air as we reach there in an hour. 8)
Like Singapore there are stage show @ shopping mall, the one at Queenbay is Batman, we come down to this place twice but didn't manage to watch it.Toy Museum, heard that they have the largest collection in SEA, there are a lot of figurines on display not a bad visit at all 8) The famous temple in Penang Ji Le Si, we do tortoise feeding and we take a lift look alike tram to the top nice place to come too.

We do 2hrs swimming daily, meimei love it too. I got my 1st Uno card game too barking everyone to play with me but not happy when I loose the game. Playing with neighbour's dog, feeding Yeye's fish, riding bicycle, riding on yeye's motor bike, are the usual things I do which I enjoy very much.

擦屁股 (Excuse me)

I told mommy I wanted to clean my "pi pi" while I am sitting on the toilet bowl this morning. I am holding 1 small pc of toilet paper with pride, I told her I am going to clean with it 8) She didn't allow me to do so and she asked me to get a few more then I start cleaning it all by myself.

A frog to be...

Uncle Albert is rather happy with me during my 1st lesson of yr 2010. I can swim on my own without a float for 4x25m. I am very proud of myself and I told mommy I can swim in the deep pool too. She say I am still a tadpole not a frog yet. I am growing fine so all the legs are out but if I am too proud of myself I might turn into a toad instead of a frog. She just want me to be humble. After all she is very proud of me.

Converyer

Mommy: How come the converyer is moving so slowly...

Justen: Mommy because it is design in this way.

Daddy: (giggle)...

Mommy:(silent)...

我们的摇篮曲

春風的話
作詞：方惠光　作曲：姚凱祿
有一陣春風吹過青青的河畔
看見河畔的小草在悲傷
春風柔柔地對它講
小草啊你為什麼這麼悲傷
小草指著岸上的楊柳說
為什麼陽光都照在楊柳的身上
冬天的寒霜堆在我小草的身旁
春風柔柔地這樣講
小草你不要悲傷　
不要這樣想
剛剛陽柳它也對我說
為什麼烏鴉都停在楊柳的肩膀
美麗的蝴蝶圍繞你小草歌唱
春風柔柔地這樣講
其實每一個人都一樣
其實每一個人都有快樂和悲傷
連我春風也一樣

**妈妈和我们的歌**

She sing this song when we are in her tummy,

she sing when we are cranky,

this is the message she want to pass to us...

**知足长乐**

4th Week Home schooling activities

I had Complete all the Chinese basic stroke, now I start to write Chinese words. Mommy bought the stitching game and I enjoy playing with it for quite sometime. She traces the picture from the stitching game and requested me to do joining using ruler with the corresponding color. Now my coloring is within the line but too colorful. She using stamp to do sequence and I cut a heart from a pc of paper and I told her I will give it to her during V Day. I do Kumon puzzle game too I need to cut and paste them to the correct position.

I give her some bonus, I trace the picture and add detail to it. I love to draw and I am imagining I am using a rope or cloth to float in the sky. I stamp in sequence too. This will be my last week on homeschooling as next week I will go to nanny's house for 2 days and I need to help daddy paint our wall so I will be pretty busy. Now is festive season should enjoy lor 8)

Superboy Vs Batgirl

Pig and Horse

Mommy read this story from a newspaper article and she feels like sharing this meaningful story to me...

Little horse asked his mother, mommy why the farmer treat the pig so well, they have good nice food to eat and they don't need to work so hard like us and in return we only get to eat dry grass and cold water. Mommy told the little horse everything come with a price and she told little horse to work hard each day and practise with the little owner. One day he won a trophy during a race and the farmer had a big celebration for his son and the little horse success by inviting lot of people to have a Big Roasted Pork Feast. While eating the dry grass and cold water, little horse feel blessed that he is not a pig and now he is a champion horse which he gains respect from his owner. keeekeee... (can't find the story on line here is the not so prof version.. but is still so meaningful to me)

Canvas Paint

Clay Fun

The bear on the right is done by mommy lah, I did the one on the top left hand corner *.~ I make a sun too. I love to play with clay.

3rd Week Home Schooling Activities

I write little note for him each day and I will put into the basket so that he can read it. Last week is a short week as he I am sick on monday and his daddy bring him out for a show on friday. These are what he do over the 3rd week of Holiday 8)

Taking for Granted

Mommy:

Am I proud that Justen is confident to go on stage? Yes I am but I forgotten that one will get afraid when going there. My son is not, I have taken it for granted. I forget to praise him for his braveness.

Once I am talking to Justen's teacher, she praised Justen being independent in his work, she say I am blessed too as I have a kid who can finish his own task with minimum guidance. Yes I have taken that for granted too. I tot all kids are suppose to finish job all by themselves.

He is communicating well with strangers and I take them for granted again... Now I should remember to praise him more for what I tot he is always good in.

I am a Conductor!

Mommy hands are shaking as she is laughing away when I am conducting.

Blind Men and Elephant

Mommy:

I like the story of Blind Men and Elephant. There are so much to talk behind this simple story.

I cut part of the story from the web...

"Hey, the elephant is a pillar," said the first man who touched his leg.
"Oh, no! it is like a rope," said the second man who touched the tail.
"Oh, no! it is like a thick branch of a tree," said the third man who touched the trunk of the elephant.
"It is like a big hand fan" said the fourth man who touched the ear of the elephant.
"It is like a huge wall," said the fifth man who touched the belly of the elephant.
"It is like a solid pipe," Said the sixth man who touched the tusk of the elephant.
They began to argue about the elephant and everyone of them insisted that he was right. It looked like they were getting agitated... ...

The moral of the story is that there may be some truth to what someone says. Sometimes we can see that truth and sometimes not because they may have different perspective which we may not agree too. So, rather than arguing like the blind men, we should say, "Maybe you have your reasons." This way we don’t get in arguments.

Sight Words Approach

Mommy:-

He can blend 3 letters word pretty well but he is not confident when come to reading. He prefer me doing all of it and he just listen. I let him learn those sight words from cards and make him remember them. And it help him and it build up his confident to start reading. At least try when I am not around. Today I went to bath while waiting he took out one of the book - 3 billy goat gruffs and he start reading it. When he saw me come out from the bathroom and he start reading from the 1st page aloud. I am very happy. Think that is a good approach for him and I also using those words to make up story to make those words come to life. He enjoys it too 8)

Nafa Art School

Mommy reached the campus at 7.3oam. The gate open at 9am, she only get a number of 102 at 9.45am. Registration is very systematic and we leave the place at 10.30am. I will be attending the lesson with Jaden we will be in the same class 8)

Stunt Again

Mommy don't really like my stunt, but she think that is amazing too.

Where is the Green Sheep?

妈妈小时爱看的书！

Uno!

Good way to learn how to follow rules, taking turns, and learn how to handle with win and loose. Learn that play together is more fun!

2nd week Home Schooling Activities

Nothing is done on Monday and Tuesday, mommy is very sad, as she really trying very hard to make my activities look interesting. I didn't bother to do any of them. She is very disappointed and wanted to give up for a sec... She is disappointed with my attitude towards completing the tasks, so the 1st 2 day is consoling and using soft and hard approach to make me work. Soon I completed my task on Wednesday with some special treat from her. She put candy stick and marshmallow in some of the work and I feel rewarded when doing those activities. She hope that I can continue to be good 8)

She have a few tasks to complete by this holiday.

1st I need to know 1-100
2nd I need to know addition with 1 of the number is in my mouth.
3rd I need to differential a and e as I get confuse with their sound.
4th I need to Know some tricky words
5th I need to correct my mistake of writing 3 and 7 with mirror image
6th I need to write all in small letters and not capital letters
etc...

Wednesday - Dot to Dot 1-50, Fill in the blanks for a and e, addition with 3 and 7 (he called me as most of his answer are the same with either 3,13,7 or 17), Mix and Match with Chinese 1-10, BTW he did some drawing by himself and now the man he draw are more chubby no more stick man liao. And she add on small detail to his drawing too. He is good in imitation too he draw a beautiful butterfly just like the one from the dot to dot picture. Yes I am a happy mommy again, never say die and never give up hope on my little prince 8)

Mommy folded the aeroplane and unfold it and she keep a step by step note so that I can follow on making a plane. That is what I always want to learn so I did it on Tuesday nite. Addition and Fill in the blanks I did it on Wednesday afternoon. Spelling board on Wednesday nite with mommy and Chinese 1-10 mix and match on Wednesday afternoon using ruler.Squirrel and Acorn words and match I did it on Wednesday and phonics with lot of mistake on the same day too. Mommy say is ok to make mistake as we learn from our mistake, a person who refuse to make mistake never learn. Dot to Dot 1-50.Correction is done on Wednesday nite and I do drawing and lego building in the day time too.

Kumon Cutting game, Handwriting practice in Chinese, Phonics practice, dot to dot and number sequence. Mommy make a lego on the bottom left the one look like a fish, I make another 3, Daddy, me and Rayen. An aeroplane and a helicopter.

Stunt

My parents don't really encourage me to do this kind of stunt but it is fun. Mommy love to stunt when she is a young girl too. She expecting to see more when I go K1 as I have gym once a week at bridges. 8)

QnA - 2 December 2009

I feel happy when... mama on television for me (see he is a tvian)
I feel sad when... mommy is angry
I like to ... play
My daddy is ... an engineer
My mommy is ... woman
My sister is... Rayen
Justen is... a good boy (new qn requested by Justen)
I love to ... play toys
My favourite color is ... blue (think will be the same for a while)
I like to eat... roti prata and chicken wings (these is more truthful)
I like to play... down stair
My favourite toy is... bumble bee and ben 10
It makes me happy when... mommy carry me
It makes me sad when... mommy is not around (Mommy has to work mah)
I feel frustrated when... meimei spoil my turtle
I really like it when... I eat apple
The best thing I do is... my work
I'm like to go... Penang and Genting (So easy to make him happy 8)
I don't like to ... watch mei mei and mama's program
What are your favourite things to do? Playing with toys
What was the best thing about your birthday party? Present (Think this will be the same for a while too)
What's your favourite song? Icy Wincy Spider, Mary has a little lamb, barney song
What's your favourite school activity? Reading books(?)
What's your favourite act activity? Art and Craft
What's the best part about being 4 years old? Do my best
Do you love taking naps? Yes (?)
What are you going to play with your sister? ball
How do you think she'll feel about that? feels happy
What are you going to do when Rayen is sad? tell mama
Why is she sad? mama carry mei mei
What are you going to do when Rayen is happy? Play ball with her
Why is she happy? Because I am playing ball with her.

Look back with his last QnA in August...

What happen to the 2 little pigs?

Mommy only have 2 kids, the story should only goes with 2 little pigs and the big bad wolf...

I refuse to build the house of straws so Mommy pig requests me to take care of Rayen pig and build the house of bricks. We built a strong house eventually.

Since big bad wolf couldn't huff and puff the house of bricks, he knocks the door gently and Rayen pig who is younger opened the door for him. Big bad wolf catchs her and wanted to eat Rayen pig up. Justen pig come to the rescue. Big bad wolf who is not so bad after all wanted to challenge Justen pig with some mathematics questions. If he answera any of the question wrongly Rayen pig will be going into the wolf tummy.

Justen pig bravely take up the challenge and big bad wolf give him a few question on addition, Justen pig using his new learnt trick able to answer all those questions correctly and save Rayen pig from danger.

Big bad wolf keeps his promise and released Rayen pig and he walk home sadly without eating any food on that day.

Both Justen and Rayen pig lives happily ever after...

New Neighourhood

Saturday morning we ride our bicycle and tricycle to our new neighbourhood to have breakfast and test on their newly built playground after that me and daddy go for a hair cut. Look at meimei she is thinking when is her turn to go for a haircut again. The last one they shave her hair 6mths ago... Now mama ban them from touching her hair liao.