#2 Jae is 4y2m old and in a Chinese school K1 class. Every day, he gets a small page of writing homework. Though I’m not a fan of writing homework for little children, we just have to go along and I try to make things as easy as possible. Prior to this year, Jae has […]
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Years ago, I bought 5 packs of wooden chopsticks from Daiso as math manipulatives. Today I challenged Vee to solve IQ math using chopsticks arrangements. E.g. 12 sticks form 4 squares in the picture. How to move 4 sticks to form 3 squares? (In puzzle books, toothpicks are commonly used. But I find chopsticks much
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We’d noodles for lunch and Jae (4y2m) requested to use chopsticks. Some time back, I guided him once. He needed more time to be ready, so we didn’t revisit the activity. Today, his spontaneous request surprised me, given that he was rather cranky just before lunch. I took out the junior chopsticks and guided him
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When the older kids are in school, 2+yo El helps me to bake and here’s what we can touch on during the sessions: – names of various ingredients and tools – measuring (e.g. 1 1/4 cup of milk) – numerals (e.g. Numbers on measuring cup: 50, 100, 150…) – quantity by sight / counting (e.g.
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A fellow mummy gave me half a tray of kampung eggs. The hospitality among Malaysians is amazing! Anyway, the eggs sparked off some rather interesting conversations & learning: – our commercially-farmed eggs (on the left) are brown; the kampung eggs are pale. Why?!? – the kampung eggs are taller than our regular eggs. Why?!? –
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Every day when I pick Vee up from primary school, he’s quite a sight — head dripping with beads of perspiration, lobster-red face and dirt-covered knees. People in KL know how tough life in a Chinese primary school can be. I’m glad his school is giving the P1s a wonderful transition time and he’s using
4+yo Jae spontaneously drew these 4 smiley suns today, so I take it as he’s happy in school and at home. ~ MieVee MummysHomeschool.com P.S. We’re also settling well into the new schooling routine. Managed to refresh our flashcards and materials, and do right brain home practice with all 3 kids separately. Finally!
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Though I like to share positive things we do at home, it doesn’t mean life is rosy with 3 kids. Quite the opposite. Every day, I’m trying hard to guide each of them towards the right direction. 2+yo El Recently he’s getting very active. If he feels provoked by his elder brothers, he’d whack them
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I remember scrubbing my school shoes as a student. On Fridays, my mum often wondered if I ever walked in school because my shoes were almost sparkling clean. Raising little boys, I know they’d be much more active and fun-loving than I was. Still, I set a rule months ago that Vee would be washing
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Day #4 of school – 2+yo El plays happily by himself at home when the older ones are in school. Guess he’s enjoying the much-needed peace and 1-to-1 mummy attention after 2 years! He was engrossed in building and playing with this “garang guni” truck for 45 minutes. What a joy to observe his concentration
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