There will be a graduation concert next month for Carpe Diem. Parents are required to make a goodie bag using recycle material. I made 2 goodie bags
Bao Bei Chen Chen and Little Prince Png Png lead me to the world of motherhood...
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Goodie bags
There will be a graduation concert next month for Carpe Diem. Parents are required to make a goodie bag using recycle material. I made 2 goodie bags
幸福的微笑
Png Png received lollipop in goodie bag. I don't allow him to eat sweets. So, he gave it to my daddy.
Png Png : Gong gong, open your mouth, ah......
See how happy my dad was. 幸福的微笑. He ate the lollipop though he doesn't eat sweets normally.
Chen Chen found this funny or jealous of the act??? He "took over the baton" from Png Png
Png Png : Gong gong, open your mouth, ah......
See how happy my dad was. 幸福的微笑. He ate the lollipop though he doesn't eat sweets normally.
Chen Chen found this funny or jealous of the act??? He "took over the baton" from Png Png
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Playground near Bishan Library
There is a playground near Bishan Library. My boys like to stop by this playground to play whenever we go to Bishan Library
Chen Chen climbling around this triangular pyramid
Png Png followed suit
Png Png was tired and warm
Take a rest
The sun was shinning directly on the boys. Png Png dislikes scorching hot sun like me!
That's better
Png Png : I prefer here with shade.
Chen Chen climbling around this triangular pyramid
Png Png followed suit
Png Png was tired and warm
Take a rest
The sun was shinning directly on the boys. Png Png dislikes scorching hot sun like me!
That's better
Png Png : I prefer here with shade. 
Saturday, October 1, 2011
四五快读
I read the kiasuparents forum http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=416&start=1260 to get feedback on Chinese enrichment classes as I was looking for Chinese enrichment classes for Chen Chen
One of the member Tamarind shared her way of teaching her children
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/teaching-chinese-at-home.html
She highly recommend this series of books 四五快读.
Tamarind recommended 当当网 http://www.dangdang.com/。to get the books but I didn't get from this website as they only accept credit card from China or Citibank. As there is a lot of hassle to go through to purchase from this website using Citibank credit card, I decided to look for these books in Singapore Motherhood forum http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/. A very nice mummy shared with me that she got the books from 淘宝网 http://www.taobao.com/index_global.php as it is very much cheaper to get the books from 淘宝网. However, purchases can only be made in China itself. I got Cathy, my colleague in China to order the books for me. All 7 books only cost RMB38 plus shipping cost of RMB6. So total cost is RMB44, which is equivalent to S$ 8.72, ie cost of each book is around S$1.10. Really worth it. Happened that one of the Finance managers in Singapore office went to China. So, she helped me to bring the books back.
I started teaching Png Png Chinese using this series in April 2011 . And the result is satisfactory. Though, the progress is slower than my plan partly due to myself can't afford to spend much time with him, partly he doesn't cooperate at times when I teach him.
Chen Chen only started on book 1 then he refused to continue with book 2 when he came across words that he can't read.
Search for enrichment class for Chen Chen ended up seach for teaching material for Png Png
One of the member Tamarind shared her way of teaching her children
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/12/teaching-chinese-at-home.html
She highly recommend this series of books 四五快读.
Tamarind recommended 当当网 http://www.dangdang.com/。to get the books but I didn't get from this website as they only accept credit card from China or Citibank. As there is a lot of hassle to go through to purchase from this website using Citibank credit card, I decided to look for these books in Singapore Motherhood forum http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/. A very nice mummy shared with me that she got the books from 淘宝网 http://www.taobao.com/index_global.php as it is very much cheaper to get the books from 淘宝网. However, purchases can only be made in China itself. I got Cathy, my colleague in China to order the books for me. All 7 books only cost RMB38 plus shipping cost of RMB6. So total cost is RMB44, which is equivalent to S$ 8.72, ie cost of each book is around S$1.10. Really worth it. Happened that one of the Finance managers in Singapore office went to China. So, she helped me to bring the books back.
I started teaching Png Png Chinese using this series in April 2011 . And the result is satisfactory. Though, the progress is slower than my plan partly due to myself can't afford to spend much time with him, partly he doesn't cooperate at times when I teach him.
Chen Chen only started on book 1 then he refused to continue with book 2 when he came across words that he can't read.
Search for enrichment class for Chen Chen ended up seach for teaching material for Png Png
Friday, September 30, 2011
Home teaching - Goodnight Gorilla
We did a lapbook on Good Night Gorilla. This is a book that both my boys and I like very much. I read with Chen Chen few years back but still like it when I read to Png Png now.Most of the materials for the lapbook were extracted from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/goodnight_gorilla.php
Our lapbook cover
A very cute picture match rhyme"The lion in the zoo go roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar,roar, roar, roar,
The lion in the zoo go roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar,roar, roar, roar, all day long...........
Types of hyena. Many people thought that hyena belongs to dog family. Hyena doesn't belong to dog family. It is by itself.
Eating habits of the animals in the book "Goodnight Gorilla"
Words with similar sound
Match gorilla to the picture
I cut the gorilla picture into 2,3 and 4 pieces at various angles to let Png Png fix as puzzle
Trace lines
Animals and their baby
Number puzzle of Gorilla
Sequence of the story
Match key to the gate of the same color Saturday, September 24, 2011
Toy car park
Chen Chen and Png Png played a toy car park which I got from Recycle forum
There is an elevator to transport toy cars to the higher level and a slope to slide toy cars down
They like this toy very much.
There is an elevator to transport toy cars to the higher level and a slope to slide toy cars down
They like this toy very much. 
Friday, September 23, 2011
Wash school shoes - narrated by Chen Chen
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