Boating Time @ Kids' Loft - 19/09/2009

Teacher Lavina read the book "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" today and had activities planned in line with this theme. The kids made and decorated a paper boat and had great fun with this dam and boat set!

My Gym - 17/09/2009

My whole world was spinning when I woke up this morning at 7+a.m. and it did not get better even at 8+a.m., thus I went to the doctor and was on medical leave for 1 day. Krissa stayed with me as I could not drive her to my mum's. Anyhow, the giddiness subsided around mid noon and seeing how restless K was, I decided to bring her to My Gym for some fun. Although K had stopped My Gym for about 10 months, she still remembers Teacher Amelia. However, perhaps she is older now, K was more reserved and apprehensive when asked to join in the activities. Luckily, after a while, K warmed up and happily joined in.

More ELC Buys - 15/-9/2009

Another atrium sales at ELC United Square but this time, the items on offered were not as many as the previous atrium sale:( Also, the mechanism was different. Instead of offering 70% discount per item when you purchase more than 5 items, you get free items instead e.g. buy 1 get 1 free, buy 2 get 3 free & buy 3 get 5 free. Attractive? Nah...when the items were sooo limited, fact is there was nothing much to buy. I ended up purchasing a doll and a vet kit as freebie. As K loves to play with her teapot set, I bought a pink kettle with realistic boiling and pouring sound for her and another "martian" toy set to train her reflex, both at regular price. Erm.....my hubs had only seen the kettle and "martian" toy set. I had to smuggle in and hide the vet kit and doll to prevent him from nagging further. What happens when he eventually sees them? I would say: "Dear, don't you remember? I have bought them a long time ago!" Hahaha....woman!!!

Me Sewing?!!!

Almost done! A piece of twirl skirt with ruffles at the

bottom for Krissa using Michael Miller's Pet Deer fabric.

I was quite overwhelmed at the first lesson. Fortunately,

the instructor was very patient and encouraging.

Another piece of lovely fabric probably to make

another skirt with different style at the bottom.

Hahaha.....laugh all you want, but yes!!! I'm learning how to sew....as in making a piece of finished garment from a piece of fabric!! My sudden enthusiasm stemmed from a piece of simple twirl skirt which I had bought for Krissa from a local mummy. I mean, it looked very simple, and I would love to have my girl wear something I handmake for her. Simple as it seems, it is an ambitious project for someone like me who does not even sew a button! Back in Secondary 2 when there was this subject named Home Economics, I must have been the only one who did not know how to thread a sewing machine and failed miserably. Unlike cooking which I am rather good in (really!!!), sewing has never been my niche but I guess being a mother can really changed a person. It is definitely way cheaper to buy than to sew, so why learn? Simply because

I LOVE KRISSA....simple, that's it, no other reason:)

Home Schooling (Allie Alligator) - 13/09/2009

Some of my teaching materials
K hard at work
Sensorial activity using sense of sight, touch, smell and taste:

1) Colours, texture and scent of the apples.

2) Parts of the apple: stem, skin, core, seed and flesh.

3) Tasted the apples - K preferred the green apple!

K's completed works:
- Correctly identified apple and pasted it on the worksheet.
- Decorated the foamed apple with sequinns.
- Apple tree fingerprint art: trunk with the side of K's hand,
leaves with K's index finger and apples with her pinky finger.
- Exercises using Kumon's Let's Sticker & Paste.
- Pasted stickers according to their shapes.
- Correctly picked out orange crayon and coloured the pumpkin.
- Traced the numeral "2": sure needs alot of practising.

This is the 3rd instalment for this theme. We had missed an entire week due to my crazy schedule. Anyhow, better be late than never, right? We learnt about apple and K definitely enjoyed the lesson as she got to touch and taste the fruits. I had also managed to dig up some books on apple from the National Library. In addition, I also found some picture books on alligator and ant....books which I did not managed to borrow from the library when we did those themes.

Chai, Anyone? - 10/09/2009

I got this set of WONDERFUL tea set for K and she loves it to pieces!! Actually, mommy dearest love it just as much too:) This set of toys is made in USA using recycled milk jugs (recycle! save the earth!) and is free from BPA, lead paint and phthalates, thus it puts my heart at ease even if K puts them in her mouth. In fact, just yesterday, this cheeky piggy managed to pour some water out from her tumbler into the teapot. She then poured the "chai" into the dainty teacups and drank straight from them! Oh, the webby pictures simply did not do justice to the actual set...look how bright and vibrant the actual colours are!

Backlog 3 - K's Work Selected for Early Childhood Studies at NIE (22/08/2009)

Writeup on a 2yr old's capabilities examplified by K &

one of K's works using wet chalks and other materials

to build a collage.

Erm...actually I don't know what it is all about and I was too excited to get further details from Teacher Shireen of Art Loft but whatever that may be, it must be a good thing and I am really proud to have K's work being presented!!

In a twinkling of an eye, we have been with Art Loft for almost a year!! The teachers are ever sooo patient with the children. K has also build up a strong bond with Teacher Shireen as it had been a ratio of 1:1 for the past terms. It is only now that the ratio is 1:2 because I have to change K to another time slot in order to accomodate her other lessons, so she has no choice but to "share" Teacher Shireen with other children