Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Cooking - Nine Layer Steamed Cake (Kow Teng Kueh)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
BFIAR - Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear
Here's a pic of T being introduced to the letter B.
There are alot more activities that we haven't found time to do yet, as now after my office, travel time is much longer, and thus time at home is shorter. If anyone has ideas on how to be more efficient, pls feel free to drop a line.
Happenings - WK 52, 2008
We went to a carnival at Cyberport. It has been a long long time since I last jumped on these bouncing beds. Phew, it was hard work, but totally enjoyed chasing T around it.
This doll was purchased during my pregnancy and I am glad T likes it. It has been her companion in bed for the past 2 years and I hope they can build a lasting friendship for many more years to come. As such, this dolly is a triplet and the other 2 stays in the cupboard and get rotated when we wash them.
Happenings - WK 51, 2008
We made a trip to Disneyland again. Unfortunately, daddy had to work that day and could not join us. This is the first time T was brave enough to give the life size Mickey a hug and kiss. In all our previous trips, she would only gaze from afar and squirm if Mickey were to come near her. Somehow, she seemed to have grown up so much this month.
Acheivements - Able to appreciate 2 hours of stage play
Her reaction to this canto childrens play gave me enough courage to bring her to a full lenght ballet. T has always seemed interested by dance and music and I was hoping that she will be able to enjoy this as much. The HK Ballet Company was performing "The Nutcracker" with a live Orchestra. We were fortunate enough to get tickets at such last minute. I told T about bringing her to watch dancing and she got excited. Once again, she surprised me by being able to appreciate for the full 2 hours, clapping loudly between each act, and even getting up to tap her feet along to the music towards to end of the play. On our way home, she kept asking me to dance. Mmh.... is it still to let her attend some ballet class?
Children Book - My Magnetic Playhouse
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Acheivements - My Birthday Banner
(PS. I am also thankful to my domestic helper for coming up with such a wonderful idea)
HomeSchool - Christmas Activities
BFIAR - My books have arrived
The BFIAR books from Amazon arrived!! Had to pay double for the express shipment, but it is worth it to have these books before Christmas. We opened up the box immediately and T and I sat down to flip through each one of them. I asked her if she like her Christmas present and she said yes. I stayed up on Sat night to read all the books. My favorite is "If Jesus came to my home". I also realised that some in the BFIAR list are out of print and extremely expensive, I think I will skip those few titles for now. Now I shall have to wait patiently for the teachers manual to arrive for a different supplier.
We also continued with our activities for "Goodnight Moon" by reading rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" and colouring.
Happenings - Week 50, 2008
I took a day off on Monday to spend time with T. I cuddled her back to sleep in the morning and she slept till 11am. We lazed on the safa and watch the Rugrats movie together. After lunch, we visited daddy at the Cyberport film site and played for a short while with this cute little boy. (for some reason, his dad let him run around with no pants on)
T took her nap on my chest for about 1 hours and we headed off to Ikea for some window shopping and it was back home for dinner.
I suffer sore arms for carrying her for so many hours, but still totally enjoyable (thank God for the beautiful weather). I realised that I missed her so much the past month and that we should arrange more days like this one.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
BFIAR - Goodnight Moon, Activity 1
HomeSchool - Five in a Row program
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Montessori - Sensorial - Colour Tablets
I made my own modifications on this Montessori activity as the real learning aids were too costly. A set of Ikea colourful plastic cups (no cost, had them at home for years), a pack of coloured popsticle sticks for HK$5 from stationery shop.
Activities :
1. sort the tray of sticks into the correct cup (as shown in photo.
2. take out only 1 cup and ask child to pick out the same colour sticks from the tray.
Here is a link to an official Montessori site for this activity : http://www.infomontessori.com/sensorial/visual-sense-color-tablets.htm
Monday, December 8, 2008
Achievements - Various Nov'08
Practical Life Skills :
She picks out her own choice of clothes and shoes
She puts on her own socks and shoes
She takes of her own socks and shoes and puts them next to the shoe rack
She tells us when she wants to pee / poo. (We don't use a potty, so she still needs our help to put her on the adult toilet seat)
She wipes herself clean after she pees (we have to follow after to make sure it is really clean)
She brushes her own teeth (we have to do a second round to make sure it is really clean)
She wipes her own face with face towel
She applys her own face cream (California Baby calendula cream)
She applys her own lip balm
She takes off her own jacket when she comes in the house and puts it neatly on the sofa
Social Skills :
She is still shy of strangers and prefers one to one outings rather than big groups
She opens the door for me when I ring the door bell
When she sees me resting, she asks me "Mummy are you tired?, let's go sleep"
She will voluntary give me a big hug and kiss and say "I love you"
She brings Daddy and me our shoes before we go out. This morning she offered to help me wear my shoes.
She can make simple decisions, such as what to eat. We went out for dinner last weekend and I asked her what she would like to eat. She went "err.... (thinking facial expression) noodles!". Then I asked her with pork or chicken, and she went again "err... chicken!". So we ordered her soupy chicken noodles.
Academic Skills :
She is able to recite 1 - 10 in English, Mandarin and Cantonese
She is able to name basic shapes
After 2 months of school, she can now converse in simple Cantonese and recognises that she speaks to me English and Grandpa in Cantonese
She is able to name facial parts in English and Mandarin (eyes, ears, mouth, etc...)
Her little achievements :
Teaser -
How to do carry a bucket of fried chicken, a 6 pack beer and a chair all at the same time when you have only 2 hands.
Answer -
Little T is able to go to the kitchen (after permission is granted) to get her own snack / juice. At times she brings her stool along to help her reach the higher shelves. Last weekend, she took her stool and got both a snack and a pack of juice. Ha ha.... this time she has taken more than her little hands can manage. She kept dropping things when she tried to hold all 3 items, stool, snack and juice in only 2 hands. I watched from a distance to see what she would do. I saw her stand still for a moment to think, then decided to place the stool back down on the floor, put the snack and juice on top of the stool and carried it like a tray out of the kitchen. A smile of triumph on mummy's face.
HomeSchool - Educational Programs - QiaoHu
HomeSchool - cut and paste shapes
I have a video clip of her doing this activity, but will have to resize it before I can load it up here.
Montessori - Practical Life Skills - Using Tongs
1. concentration
2. fine motor of the fingers
3. practical life on how to use tongs
4. sensorial when differentiating the types of beans
Happenings - Week 45 - 49, 2008
She wakes up at about 8am every morning and goes down to get some fresh air at the playground.
9:30 is grocery shopping time and T will meet up with her mini Tai Tai friends to find the best bargins in the area.
After which she goes home for her bath and nap (from 10:30 to 12:00). Takes her lunch after she wakes and off to school at 1pm. (Thankfully she enjoys school now and come home singing me new tunes she learns)
I used to be the one to put her to sleep at night, but I have been working late last month so daddy takes care of it. I came home one night to find this hilarious sight.
And as I have to work most of the weekends last month, so Daddy and our helper will bring T out for shopping.