Montessori Pink Scheme for Phonics

This is a very good set to start off with and Jamie.

Step 2 Snuggle Bug

Finally got it for the kids!!!! *cheaper than what I have expected!*

Meet the Teacher's Session

Yippee!!! Finally its time for us to meet Jamie's teacher!! Why so excited? If you have a kid who doesn't tell you what she does in school every day, then this session will be a good time to get to know from her teacher!

Morning Stroll

Today's weather is good so I decided to bring the kids to the Lakeside Park. We had a nice long walk there and spent some time playing at the sand playground and walked around the park. Cool!

Fun Painting

Jeremy has his 1st painting experience tonight. Initially he was curious and hands were so busy mixing wif the paint. Then suddenly, he cried and screamed! Guessed he wasn't too happy about the messed he did and the colors that stucked onto his hands.

First 2 Days ....

This is our 1st artwork done during Jamie's 1st two days in school. Parents were allowed to accompany their child throughout the day for the first 2 days. See Jamie's effort to write her own name? None of her classmates was able to do it. I am very proud of her!!

Ouch!

The moment Jeremy saw the clinic assistant and the pd, he started to wail very loud such that that the pd apologised to him after the pneumoccocal jab, wahahaaha!!

Rewards System

Got this Mighty Saver reward card & stickers from OCBC Bank free for Jamie! Suppose to caltivate good saving habits for young children. But I use this to reward her every time she doesn't fuse over washing hair. Did once just now and it worked!! Just hope that she will remember that she needs 20 stickers to get a mystery present ! :D

Seashells

These are the seashells that Jamie picked up from East Coast beach. We washed and dried it. This is what she did. She said it's a face with small eyes n a mouth.

The Run

Don't ask me why she was holding the CNY box. whahaahaha!

Ear Candling

Have you ever wonder why sometimes you can't hear clearly? See what's these inside my ears for YEARS!!! yucks!!!

Exercise Books

jamie drew a ball, balloon & sun herself and briefly told me a story of it. (I wrote it down) Learning phonics at home . Filled in the missing blanks & finally spelt "cat, fat" herself. Jamie formed a triange (left) using cut out strips. Learning to write her own name with the help of starting points. Above are what I've started teaching Jamie using those conventional exercise books that we used during our school days.

One Piece Knobbed Puzzle

Started Jeremy on this puzzle. Need a lot of patience just to make him sit down to do this.

Those Little Surprises

Here's are those little surprises, one after another. Thanks CQ for everything!

A Special Date

** I was invited !!! :p

A,E,I, O, U

Recently, I have enrolled Jamie into Zoo Phonics for a 2 hourly once a week programme hoping that she will develop phonemic awareness which is an essentiial step in learning to read on her own. She will also be acquiring letter-writing pemanship skills to prepare her for sentence writing at the next level.

As she is moving into sounding out all the letters of the alphabets, I am more conscious of my pronounciation with all the beginning , middle and ending sounds of words, blending and word families etc. Who says we can't learn with our kids??

My Breastfeeding Journey with Jeremy

Wanted to blog this little achievement of mine long time ago. I totally weaned Jamie off when she was around 7.5months old and for Jeremy, its 14mths !! In fact, he self weaned so it was a breeze for both of us. Looking back, I have no regrets of all the obstacles and late nights pumping and to breastfeed him. Afterall, seeing how strong and smart he is, I would still say, berastmilk is the best !!

Fisher Price Learn Through Music Interactive Learning System

Got this from a supplier (the toy has been retired from the market for quite some time) and the children love it very much!! Especially this Jeremy who keeps pressing the arrow button, watching the images move from page to page!! Good investment!

Proud Son

So glad that Jeremy is beginning to verbalise words (some are 3 letters words) alot more these days. Basically he picks up new skills and language pretty fast. This morning I just taught him to sign "more" if he wants to eat more. And surprisingly, he did it so many times when he wanted bread from me!! Soon when he is ready, I will start him off on some Montessori materials that I did with Jamie when she was about 2yrs old.

Happy Lunar New Year

Gong Xi, Gong Xi, Xin Nian Hao!! This is what Jamie will say instead of the usual way of Gong Xi Fa Cai. She says this is what her teacher has taught her in school. Mmm, afterall, going to school isn't that bad huh??