Letter A (Lesson 6)

Today is our last lesson for Letter A. We have a really short lesson as we were rushing for time.

I started the lesson with some sponge stamping on the paper. This finished work will be used to make into airplane for the boys to play.

Next we proceed to our sorting of Uppercase and lowercase A. Javier was not interested in this activity at all, might be due to he is still not too sure of the letter. But Jayden is very keen to help him.

We end the lesson with the I spy 'A' Activity.

As the paint was still wet, I only make the airplane on the next day.

This is the simple airplane which I have make.

The boys playing with it.

But after playing a while, Javier find that my airplane not very interesting leh, cannot fly very far. So he went to take another real airplane to play with.

Just some photos

Today, after Jayden class, we went to Jurong Point to jalan jalan. At the same time doing some shopping for the New year goodies.

The 2 girls really adore my little boy.

'Bah Kwa' cost a whopping amount of $48/kg now. Nevertheless, the business is still very good, cos it has become a 'must' food to have during Chinese New Year.

Actually after shopping at Jurong point, we were planning to go for to a New year Pasar Malam. But alas... it started to drizzle. So we headed to my brother place instead.

Letter A (Lesson 5)

We continue our lesson on letter A today. I make a apple tree using felt cloth. The main intention of this tree is to teach Javier numbers and also sing a song on number. But my little boys more interested in plucking the apples from the tree and hear me sing silly rhyme songs.

The boys playing with the apples
Next, I let Javier do some pasting of apple and alligator.

He enjoyed playing with the glue.

I drew some apples for the boys to colour

For this craft, I was intending to make a 'Apples in the basket', but the completed art don't look anything like it. :(

I drew a basket for putting the apples

After the boys have completed colouring the apples, I put it inside the basket. Next I put some glue on it for them to stick the sticks on the apples to make it look like the apples are inside the basket. (Sound complicated?????)

This handprinting craft is rather messy but fun. First I make a hand print of Javier hand on the paper.

Next, I dipped the shower sponge onto the green paint for Javier to make the tree leaves. Follow by printing the red apples using his little fingers.

Our Apple Tree

A sticking activity.

The tree stem using the tissue roll

Our completed Tree
We played a game of colour sorting. Next, I showed Javier the card on the apple before and after cutting. After which I took a real apple and show it to him and cut and show him the inside of the apples.

Yum, Yum Yum... Enjoying his apple

We read the book 'Chicka Chicka abc'. Both my boys like this book alot. They can ask me to read this book over 10 times a day.

Dinner 03.02.10

Daddy is outstation again. This time to Japan, Hiaz... I am not feeling too well today, slight flu and cough. So I just cooked a simple dinner of fried rice and soup.

Terrible 2!!!!

I am not sure whether if Javier is going thru his terrible 2 stage now. But he is really testing my patience everyday. If he wants me to get something for him, and I say 'no', he will scream at me and even want to beat me. It is really difficult to get him to listen to me now. I gotta keep calling him and talk loudly to him before he will response to me. He is really mischevious, keep distubing gorgor and use things to hit his head. Not only that, he really like to overturn gorgor meals. Today he overturn his soup and follow by his bowl of rice. It is really driving me mad!!!! I was so angry that I beat his hand and scolded him very fiercely.

I wonder how long would this last????? Hiaz.... Sometimes I really feel tired taking care of the boys!!!

Letter A (Lesson 4)

Our Lesson today consists of doing a Alien Craft, a lowercase apple craft, counting, yummy coco crunch letter and story session.

First we started with the lowercase apple craft. I let Javier colour the letter A, then I cut it out and let him paste the leaf.

Javier pasting the leaf on the "a".

The completed craft
Next, we did a Alien craft. I pass some round stickers for Javier to paste on the Letter A.
He is adding the mouth for the alien.

Adding the atenna to the alien head
Mr Alien A

We have a maths activity today, which I teach him number 1 to 5.

First I read out the number to him, then I let him puch out the mini apples to paste onto the chart which I have make.

The mini apples

Javier is pasting the apples and punching the mini apples from the red construction paper

The is counting chart which we have make today.

I have also include a worm puppet for today activity. I make a apple from a foam board and cut a hole. I let Javier put his finger inside the hole to act as worm. However, he keep putting the dinosaur head into the head. He say the dino wants to eat the apple.

The last activity is the one Javier enjoyed the most. I used the coco krunch to arrange into Letter A and showed it to him. But he is more interested in eating it.

Our yummy activity

Cheeky boy showing me his mouth full of coco kruch
We read a book on counting, Javier like this book very much. He like to take this book for me to read to him. Actually there is no words for me to read. But I like to make up story from the picture and tell him.

Javier enjoyed most of the activity today. I am glad that he is keen to participate in the activity which I have prepare for him. To me, whether he really learn the letter to me is not important as long as he enjoyed the lesson and have a fun time. This a also a great bonding time between us.

Animal Footprints

Today we took a break from our Homeschooling , I just did some activity with the boys. We did Animal Footprints with my boys favourite toy animals.

We started off the the big dinosaurs.

Next, Jayden took some more animals from his toy box for his stamping.

Mummy drew a Mr sun and the boys print the tiger footprint

After a while Javier start to fool around again. He stamp his little hand on his shirt, making a lot of tiny prints on it.

The final work piece done by the boys.

Jayden saw th apple tree which Javier did yesterday. He keep asking me to let him do it, So today after doing the animal footprints, I let him paint the apple tree also. He got much more patient to paint the tree as compare to Javier.