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January 12, 2009 at 11:26 pm · Filed under Education
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Like most young kiddos, Lun gets upset for being long hour in unfamiliar environment. The first day in school was pretty new and exciting therefore there is no time to cry for mummy. Further more, dad was around.
The following days, Lun cried. I don’t know how bad it was. When i asked, he just nod with no explanation. I sense his mixture feeling. I was feeling a bit sad too, as I can’t stay with him for the first day in school. He will cling to me like koala.
My husband told me, he pushed other children. Other older children also chase him out. The other day, he was crying side by side with his classmate. Teacher gave them time out for crying. What would it be like for a 3yrs old child in kindergarten? I couldn’t remember my own kindergarten experience. I was also enrolled at 3yrs old. All i was told, was, i was as quiet as a mouse. Didn’t find me talking at all.
Last friday, I was surprise to hear that he rescue big sister ( his classmate). When i ask him why, he just kept on with his stories. Maybe it wasn’t so bad after all. Maybe he is adapting.
Continue later. bye
January 4, 2009 at 10:17 pm · Filed under Education, Parenting
This is it. The very first day, he will be alone with his teacher and fellow friends. I was so excited. In fact, we were excited. We took him to his kindergarten last Sat to pay his enrollment fee. He was excited. The very next day, Sunday again, we walk him to his kindy. He was energetics! He jumped out of his bed the minute he woke up and said, “Today, we cycle to school.”
Indeed we did, the kindergarten is just two erm… section apart. We walk him through the garden. Time our watch to check the distance and time. We finally arrived 45minutes later. Whole body sweat and exhausted. HAHA! Had to blame the hot morning sun and the steep walk.
05-01-2009 Mark his first day in school. Lun didn’t cry a bit. He is a brave big boy. Mummy and daddy are proud of you!
November 8, 2008 at 3:42 am · Filed under math, Education
Listen, prompt me if you like this song too.~
November 7, 2008 at 1:40 am · Filed under math, Education, Games
This is one interesting user friendly online game found at Scholastic. It is so comprehensive I must say Lovin’ it!
Tired of teaching Science with no tools to make your child understand? Ran out of ideas to have fun with English?
At Scholastic Computer lab, there is English, social studies, science, math and Spanish for K2 to grade 5.
One could just watch the video or play games.
Activities include phonemic awareness and reading games from Clifford, science from Magic School Bus, writing activities from “Dog’s Life” and other “Flashlight Readers, and the poetry machine.
Computer lab favorites at Scholastic
Thank goodness that I’ve stumble across Instructify.com during my search at google. I might have miss this exciting game!
November 6, 2008 at 1:37 am · Filed under math, Education
A nice cup of Milo and a pile of newspapers is the perfect combination lunch break for me. I’ve found an interesting news about this vedic math introduce by Math Monkey. It says in the main title in光明日报副刊 (Guang Ming newspaper) as 古印度教学法,吠陀激发数学兴趣. (Ancient Hindu math teaching method, vedic match-inspire the love for math.)
So what is vedic math, 吠陀数学? Continue… »
September 9, 2008 at 11:33 pm · Filed under Education, Parenting
Dear ( all those who are reading this post),
Excuse me for writing too much. I had this question in my mind for quite a long time. Teaching children in adult way. Aren’t you too?
Children no matter at what age. They are intelligent with their own mind.
I had once tried to teach my son to use brushes, the adult way- use brush to paint. Instead, he use the brush to stir. Stir up my whole jar of color. End up, the drawing paper was as clean as new. But my son was filled with colors and so was the floor and the palette. And that very moment, I realize! Why must we draw only on papers? Palate is a good medium to draw too.
Luckily, I didn’t restrict him. If not, he will not have to chance to explore!
Continue… »
April 18, 2008 at 5:10 am · Filed under Education, Parenting, only kids
They are for my dearest son~Lun.
Ever since he saw backhoe and dump truck loading dirt at the roadside. He couldn’t get his eyes off any construction vehicles. We have tons of books, range from animals, plants to machinery. He did not have a fix favorite then. He’ll read ( look) at every pages when he likes. Sometimes, he will stick to certain books. His previous favorite was books on father, children on playground, books about our body parts, stories on all sorts of kids at work, animals.
Until one day, we were out for a day trip visiting a few cousins of my. On our second last stop, we had a quick lunch at a coffee shop. Right in front of us, a backhoe loader was loading dirts into the dump truck. It was an opportunity not to miss. Continue… »
