Day #2 of school – Vee P1: I just dropped him in school, confident he’d manage. Picked him up a bit later to avoid the chaotic jam. He was waiting patiently, having finished his pre-lunch snack. – Jae K1: Dropped him in school too. In fact, we did so for even Day 1, cos he’s […]
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Super easy to make… What you need: 2 sets of stickers Cardstock cut into poker card size Just stick and make 2 sets of identical game cards. Ready to play senses and memory games during Shichida home practice. Have fun! ~ MieVee MummysHomeschool.com
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Seen this as a child? The kids received this liquid timer as a gift and have been fascinated by it. Since it’s a timer, we could use it to add fun elements to photographic memory and mental math games. Counting down to a long Christmas weekend… ~ MieVee MummysHomeschool.com
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For children to develop excellent imaging skills, they need to engage in lots of pretend play, which involves as much senses as possible — sight, hearing, smell, touch and feeling. Today, the boys “visited Disneyland” with Vee being the Mickey mascot (wearing his handmade mask). Then I’d to be the bad guy (again!) who kidnapped
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Kids spent 1 hour at the Singapore Science Centre Waterworks area, exploring various water dynamics. I observe what Dr. Maria Montessori observed — young children enjoy repetition of work (related to their sensitive period) until they reach mastery. And they enjoy concrete sensorial learning through purposeful play. Someday when they learn Physics, these outdoor water
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While spring-cleaning, I found a huge piece of quilted cloth that my mum made for Vee when he was a baby. Makes a great playmat for all of us now! One of the first things we did was to figure out how many squares there were. 4yo Jae was really fast cos he’s been
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Made a set of flash cards that my kids love. Malaysia is a place with a huge variety of interesting food, so these cards are very useful. Teaching objectives: Increase general knowledge on the food choices available at our city of residence: Our diet is mainly vegetarian at home and healthier choices outdoors, so we haven’t tried many
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Nowadays, it seems common that preschools give out trophies / medals for participating in sports or other school events. Dr. Maria Montessori has long observed that prizes aren’t necessary if the child is satisfied with his own learning. “The dangling cross could satisfy the child who was being punished, but not the active child, content
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I often get enquiries on how to get the child’s attention for learning. One effective way: Follow the child’s lead This means following his interest and teaching him accordingly. He’d be yearning to learn from you and give you his best attention ever. Vee (6 years 9 months old) is interested in special numbers and especially
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Several mums have asked me on handling behavioural issues, so this post sums up the ways that work best for us. (Yup, no screaming needed.) Correcting behaviour is essential for creating productive learning sessions. Especially for young children, this is so important that I could spend as long as needed to nip issues in the bud. And with
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