Yesterday, while I was preparing to save my work and go home. My brother msn me.

Hong: Sis, get this. Lun’s drawing.
Me   : Ok! (more…)

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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!

So what is vedic math, 吠陀数学? (more…)

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If you read Chinese. Do read and consider this forwarded story by a milk collector. I have no proof if this ‘thing’ is true or not. But I am sure, in every story told, there must have a hidden truth. Just like the story that I heard from a ‘bak gua/肉干‘- the salt/sweeten meat that we eat during the Chinese New Year festival or the ‘蜡肠‘ - that we love to cook in fried rice. The manufacturer  don’t eat them at all. Why? I was told, (personally told by a manufacturer herself.) they use sick cow to produce the meat. Can’t believe me? Well, in this case, MILK the flavored milk drink that we loved-banana yogurt milk drink, mix fruit yogurt milk drinks, they are normally produce from the spoil milk. The 2nd bad milk… those can’t even make into yogurt drinks will turn into ice-cream. This stinky milk that was suppose to be thrown away!

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姨婆: 伦,爸爸去做工, 不可以和你玩. 赚多多钱买玩具给你.
Aunt: Lun, your father is going to work. He will earn lots of money to buy you toys.

伦: 爸爸做工! ( 指示爸爸去做工)
Lun: Father working! ( pointed to the door, ask my husband to go to work.)

Well, you might find nothing wrong with these teaching. BUT…Last night, while we played, my son took out my money from my mobile cover. I asked him, whose money is this? He told me that was his. And, last Friday, my colleague told me his nephew told him, father, aunt and grandpa, went out to work because they have to buy toys for him. Therefore, it’s their duty to buy toys for him.

I got a shock! I quickly interfere their conversation.

我: 不可以. 不可以. 爸爸赚钱不是买玩具给伦玩. 不可以这么教. 赚的钱,不是给儿子而已.
me: No! no. Those money is not to buy  toys. Can’t teach him this way. The money is not his.

姨婆: 那, 买奶粉,可以吧…
Aunt: Well, how about to buy milk powder for him?

我: 也不好…..该说养家.! ( 但… 这又太深奥了….哎~~)
Me: No, not that too. We should tell him these money is to raise a family.

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!

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