welcome our cousin ^^

今天是外公去世的第十一天，亲戚们都回来拜祭外公。
仪式结束后小表妹喊闷就叫舅舅载她来我家玩~
欣洁表妹是我第七阿姨的小女儿（呵呵，我有八个阿姨！）。小表妹住在Subang ，很少会来这儿。
今天是她第一次接触我们！哈哈，她一点儿都不怕生，而且和蔼可亲！
我们一起玩masak-masak 、一起看书、玩沙、玩水、冲凉、吃晚餐、踏脚车...
大家玩的不亦乐乎！我们都很喜欢和她在一起！
希望她以后还回来哦! ^^
期待~期待！

Carl Weter's Education

I'm pleased that to be introduced this 200-year-old book of fame by Ijean some time in year 2006. It's hard to find an English copied nowadays, not even in Amazon. The only original English version is sitting in Harvard nowadays. I'm happy that I found a Chinese version in year 2007 and I've finished reading it in my first round.

I always believe that family education is more important than schooling. And, a stable relationship between the parents can ease any situation when it comes to a parenting difficulty. Carl's educational law gives me some ideas of patience and persistence in pre-child education. And, I can't wait to test it by myself when I'm pregnant, ha!

There's one thing puzzle me from Carl's education law is, how do we apply some of his rules into the 21st babies in this Technology-era? Hmm, I guess LOVE is the answer. Well, this is one of the books that I highly recommend to all my lovely friends - dad and mom!



Posted by Eunice,Dolphin in Tahiti at 3:27 PM

Who inspired me more!

My children like drawing very much! Almost everyday there will doing the same things,take out a paper , drawing materials and start their "journey" (exploring) >_<

No matter the drawing is good or not? , but we're always appreciated their "works" ! ^^

Drawing is part of their play games too...

Wishing all children enjoy their drawing too ...

more Eu Kuan Seng 's arts photos at;
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/eu_kuan_seng/



Who inspired me :KARL WETER'S EDUCATIONAL LAW :

威特先生认为，孩子的天赋是方方面面的，父母要善于发现并为之提供良好的环境。只要父母能够发现及时加以夸奖，孩子都是大有可为 的。孩子的潜能是否能最大限度地得到发挥，关键在于父母而不在孩子。父母要及时发现并夸奖他的天赋，孩子定会扬帆前进。

孩子的绘画才能是从分辨各种颜色开始的，如果孩子对颜色有很大的兴趣，并且经常在地上、墙上涂画各种东西，那么这个孩子可能有绘画的天赋，父母就应该为他购买画笔、颜色材料和纸，鼓励孩子画画的兴趣，还应该及时带他去观察大自然风光，开阔孩子的视野。这些都算是对孩子的奖赏，对于开发孩子的天赋十分有益。

对于小卡尔威特的教育，威特先生把培养他的想象能力放在第一位，往往把它看得比知识更重要。不少人教育孩子，总是使劲灌输各种知识，却忽略了他们的想象力。威特先生不主张只把孩子学习知识作为目的，而是主张学习知识只是手段，让孩子通过学习知识去开发他们的各种能力，培养他们的各种能力和素质。

Letter Lacing Card ,I try it now! ^^

Once again shopping online has forced me to try and see if I could make it myself. I don't need 5 bug lacing cards, I already have too many toys in my family room! So here is how I made one. I used my son's initial, but there is no reason not to make a rocket ship, butterfly or a simple square! ( a great ideal from my favorite blogs that always inspire me ,http: //www.notimeforflashcards.com )

1. Gather your materials. You will need some cardboard ( I am using a cereal box) , some card stock, permanent double stick tape,scissors, a hole punch, eyelets and an eyelet setter. Oh and a fun shoe lace. I let my son pick this out at the store, it's thick so it's won't fall our of the holes easily.

2.Cut your cardboard to a size the will be easy for your child to handle, the older the child the bigger it can be.

3. Cover it with a large piece of cardstock ,(i used laminate) the same way you would wrap a present. This way there are no sharp edges they can play with.

4. Draw and cut out your initial or shape in a contrasting color and using the permanent double stick tape tape it on.

5.Punch some hole around the shape. I messed mine up but ultimately even if they aren't spaced perfectly it's ok, they will still lace just as well.

6.Add your eyelets.

7.Start lacing.

感恩孩子给我点子

昨晚我又说了绘本故事给孩子听（看），用了同样的书《小黑鱼》，只是用在不同的人而已。（哈哈，这绘本的魅力可真大！百看不厌哦~）
学习对象是大女儿妍惠和哥哥冠胜。

我用了一样的媒介、器材、技巧...
不过在绘画制做当儿， 冠胜说：“妈咪，我要把红色涂在旁边就好了，里面的不要涂哦！”
我当时还不清楚他说些什么，直到他示范一次给我看后，我才恍然大悟！你看下图就明白了 >_< 哈哈~
p/s:
我们做大人的常常都会忽略掉孩子一颗 “细腻的心” :P
呵呵，这回我可要好好检讨了 *.*
下星期我会把这本名作带进幼儿园的〈绘本分享〉希望小朋友们会喜欢它~

Qiqi 1st project based on the story

Today we did a great storytelling .I brought this book 2 months ago. Qiqi is like to read this book very much.I had plan a art's project for her this evening.

Story I used : 《小黑鱼》(click here can see the books^^)

Let's start our Picture Book's arts project now!

Materials We Used;water color,sponge,scissor,marker,construction paper
1.Use marker to draw fishes shape .

2. cut it .

3.color prepared. ( * I asked Qiqi to pick up which one for the Fish(black fish).

4. Finally she 'found out' the answer ^^

5.Let's color it .

6.Stamp it!

7. Change another color to do on another fish.

8. Finish stamping..(she is happy with her creation*.* )

9. Add bubbles by using a pen's cap.

10.She want to add another fish...

11.Let dry

Lovely Birthday Gift by Grandpa ^^

Happy Birthday To Son ^^

今天是儿子的生日，但是他说他在班上哭了...因为余老师在《科学研究》切剥了他的好朋友—鱼！他刚才一上车就告诉我，为什么他哭。。。他说：“老师把他的好朋友的心脏取出，害它不能动了！” （一面讲还一面哭！>_<"）

Learning at outside!

Are your kids bored and looking for"something to do?"Actually outdoor activities and projects to get you and your kids closer to Nature,as children get older more socially active,it becomes harder to come up with stimulating outdoor activities that appeal to them and allow them to connect with the whole family.It's often easy to get your children outside when they're very young.

• Back to Basics: Reconnecting with twists on traditional games and activities
  
• Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: Picnics, doing homework outdoors, and socializing opportunities outdoors
• Outdoor Adventures: Canoeing, biking, and camping
• Environmental Experiments: Ways to explore how nature works.

Yesterday I presented them a simple gift~ a magnifier to let them explore at outside? see what are they found?

You can begin to make a difference NOW .Don't use plastic bags

My Wonderful Ocean

We've had run this Ocean theme start from last year (long way to go >_< ) . Before that we went to Islands,beaches, doing arts project and so on.
Every week i will arrange 2 hours lesson for my son ,Kuan Seng.
Last week , our learning area is Social Studies . Things prepared before start our homeschooling lesson are a globe , a map and some book regarding Oceans. First, i asked son what he knows about oceans.Then ask what he'd like to know more about (try to keep record of this list and answer his question as you study this book) Tell him that this book is about Oceans . Show a globe to him and ask Question : How much water is there? Look at world map together .Ask child --Is there more land or more water in the world ? Most of the planet is covered by water. In fact 70% of planet earth is water leaving us 30% land. ( Find out from a map and globe ) We also do it in the previous geography lesson.Discuss how the five oceans run /join together. The five oceans: Antarctic Atlantic Indian Pacific Arctic * Note ;different sources present a different opinion on the numbers of oceans . Some sources leave the Antarctic off of the list. Learning area for Art Expression: My son decided to do something he never do. He using poster color to do his drawing . --Wonderful Oceans ! by Son ,Eu Kuan Seng

Resources we used:

materials for expressive arts:
2 cups, a box of poster color, different sizes of brush, plate, newspaper,A3 size paper

The Steps:

used a roll newspaper do stamping on paper to create waves patterns.

Final Touch Up

completed work ^^