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What to do with those old flash cards
The kids have outgrown their flashcards. They still look quite new. I don't think they used it very much as a learning tool. They probably used it more like a throwing tool. Throwing it all over the living room for me to pick.Yesterday we took them ...
His Report Card
This is the season for concerts, exams and report cards. Yesterday I collected the boy's report card.The teacher said that he did well for all his subjects, all accept for....... why... Mandarin Chinese of course. Oh dear. He scored full marks for mo...
End of the Year Report Card
We collected the report card for my girl recently. I can't believe that she has almost completed her Standard 1. Time flies. She was 4th in class and 20th in the standard. Hmmm.... That means that even with an average score of 96.95 she will be aroun...
Craft Ideas for the School Holidays
Here's another craft which we did some time ago. It is a picture made of paper crepe. You can try it during the school holidays.The girl learned it at school and wanted to replicate it at home. So she taught us how to make this paper crepe craft.This...
Over Confident
I've always maintained that the level of English in my girl's Chinese school is pathetic. So for her year end exams, I didn't bother to help her with any English revision.I had passed on my views about the English level to her inadvertently by making...
Fun Fair at School
Recently my girl had a fun fair day at school. She asked us for some money to buy coupons to be used for buying food and playing games on that day. Each coupon book cost RM10. Hubby was very reluctant to give her the RM10. I persuaded him otherwise b...
Paper Aeroplanes
My kids love to play paper aeroplanes. All you need is some paper. You can use coloured paper and stickers for decoration if the fancy strikes you but really, all you need is some rough paper.My kids prefer the coloured paper with the stickers, natu...
List of Publishers for Educational Children's Books in Malaysia
I love to shop for books. At the moment, my current "love" is shopping for Educational Children's Books. When shopping for quality children's educational books, I think that the publisher is very important.Here are some publishers of children's educa...
He, She, I ..........
He........has to practise his lines for introducing his class act at his kindy concerthas to memorise his Malay Ejaan for Friday has to memorise his Chinese Spelling for Mondaywants to play swordfighting with me (because his aunty gave him some hand ...
More Reference Books for Primary School Children
Annie, here's some more books I can recommend to you. :)Title: Science Picture Dictionary SJK (C) KBSRPublisher: Cerdik Publications Sdn BhdWebsite: http://www.cerdik.com.my/Price: RM14.90Description: Science Picture Dictionary SJK(C) KBSR Level 1 is...
Good Reference Books for Primary School Children
I am constantly on the look out for good reference books for my primary school girl. That is because I am her tuition teacher. lol. Actually, I enjoy teaching her. I don't enjoy teaching per se but I do enjoy teaching my own kids.I remember when I wa...
Kids Love Contests and Competitions
My girl is always bugging me to allow her to join those colouring competitions that she sees going on at the mall. So far, we have not managed to register on time for any of it. Bad mommy.To make up for it, I encouraged her to participate by drawing ...
Mr Men and Little Miss Series
I love the Mr Men and Little Miss series of books and cartoons. The cartoon is really adorable and there is usually a little moral behind the stories with titles like Little Miss Fickle, Little Miss Shy, Little Miss Chatterbox, Little Miss Late, Litt...
ABRSM Grade 1 Piano Test Results
Coincidentally, after I wrote the piano post on my own blog, my girl's teacher gave her the results for her first ABRSM Grade 1 Piano Test Results. So now we have even more reason to be happy over the piano.The girl passed with a Distinction with 13...
Little Miss Reward Chart Pack
Someone asked me to post up pictures of the Reward Chart I am using for the kids. Here it is. This is the Little Miss Reward Chart Pack. It comes with the Reward Chart, stickers and tokens plus it is an activity book too. There are two sides to the c...
Teaching the Kids English Grammar
I never learned grammar in school because I was not taught grammar in school. So I do not know my nouns and verbs and adjectives. I didn't even know what these words meant until recently!My girl who is now in Primary One is studying in a Chinese scho...
How to make an origami box
After I told the kids that I was going to let them pick out goodies from a box like in a lucky dip when they have accumulated enough tokens or stickers from their challenges using the reward chart, the girl started to pester me to make a box.So, we w...
My Challenge
The kids are still excited and being good about the challenges they have been given to earn stickers and tokens as reward.Some of their challenges include:Do things fastEat yourselfDo things yourself including homework, pack school bag, get ready for...
His Happiness is My Happiness
He woke up early. He was very excited this morning. It is his end of the midterm kindy party day."Mummy, what shall I wear?" "Mummy, don't forget to bring the vitagen today.""Mummy, I love school. I like to go to school." "Mummy, teacher said no need...
My Mother Said......
My girl told me that the girl sitting near her puts her bag in such a way that when she stretches out her leg, she kicks it. So, the girl told her......."If you kick my bag, you watch it!"I told my girl to stop kicking the other girl's bag. "If it is...
Parenting Challenges
I find that there are more and more parenting challenges to face when the kids go to school. Each day, I have a new set of problems to deal with."Mummy, today we were taking photos and the boy standing behind me vomitted all over my hair and clothes....
Food Digestion From a Kid's Perspective
One day my 5 year old told me....."Mummy, you bluff me. You said that I will grow big if I eat food but how can I? After I bite the food it all disappears. So how can I grow big?"I explained to him that when he eats, the food goes into his body and t...
Manglish Mandarin Chinese
Remember my boy who thinks in English when studying Mandarin? Well, he also thinks in Manglish.Recently, I asked him whether he understood what teacher says when she speaks Mandarin Chinese to them in Class. He looked a bit bashful, then he said........
Home Tuition in Chinese Mandarin.... by a Banana Mom
This is what gets said when I try to help my girl learn Chinese using our trusted Electronic Dictionary which also happens to be my birthday present ...... Usually I will ask my girl to highlight the words that she doesn't know than we'll go through ...
Thinking in English
My boy now has ting xie or Chinese Spelling at his kindergarten. The other day, I was helping him to prepare for it.However, I noticed that he thinks in English or uses English to learn Mandarin.MG: Baby, write "huo" My Boy: What is huo in English?MG...
Raising a Musical Child
It is very easy to raise a musical child. Music is everywhere. There is no need to send your child to expensive music lessons. I noticed that parents these days are sending their children to music appreciation classes at a younger and younger age. No...
Little White Lies
My girl and boy are very different when it comes to telling the truth. My girl is the honest, straight type and will tell me most of the naughty things she has done even if I have not seen it or did not ask her.However, my boy would tell me "No, I di...
Colouring Homework
I hate it when the kids bring back homework with colouring in it. This is because colouring takes up a lot of time. So much time that there is not enough time to do the rest of the homework. So I usually suggest that they do their colouring last of a...
Mid Term Exams and tight schedules
It seems like not too long ago that my girl just sat for her mid year examinations and now its time for mid-term examinations again. Our education system is really too exam orientated. Now, most Art and Physical Education classes are making way for o...
Dawdling Child
My girl loves to dawdle. She really takes her own sweet time to change her clothing, brush her teeth, wash her hands, do her school work etc.In my exasperation, I've done what I am not supposed to do as suggested by many parenting books and articles....
