Theo's 3rd birthday

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The Little Gym

We enrolled Theo in The Little Gym about 4weeks ago. He has been seen jumping around, walking on beams in playgrounds and public places and developing bits of his large motor skills, so we figured, its time for a safe place where can really take risks, tumble, have fun and learn. So we scouted the The Little Gym @ Forum The Shopping Mall. Teacher Renee, is a really sweet teacher who is polite and nurturing. Teachers there are also very well-trained and has excellent communications skills.

Theo took to her quickly. I learnt alot myself too, he was learn pre-cartwheel skills and pre-hand stand skills, forward roll, forward flip, balancing and more cool stuff I could never have imagined. He was able to manoeuvre the monkey bar better, and tumbling has never been more fun. (Mummy: I wish I was a kid!) Here're some stuff he did in the class and his practise at home.

Easter Celebration 2010

Easter was special because this is the reason why men has HOPE. The objective of the lesson/activity was the message of the cross. We wanted to make the lesson so simple but impressionable and applicable. This is what we did.

We read from Theo's childrens Bible which details day 1 - day 7 of creation. Then I repeated the story in minicards http://www.biblestoryprintables.com

Bible Story printables happened to have creation story told so simply, kids can play story sequence from it. Great for logical thinking skills. We did this during our morning devotion.
We explained that Jesus died on the cross to take away our naughtiness but he is alive again so we can be good boys and girls.
During breakfast, we had hot cross bun. We pointed out to the 'cross' symbol on the bun, but I think he was more interested in the bun! ha... he gobbled it up.



















After that we proceeded to the kitchen and play pretend. We pretended to be naughty by snatching toys. And then Daddy and mummy took turns to come up with illustration of pushing, interrupting during conversations, not sharing toys, hitting others and not saying excuse me etc.
The person who is naughty gets a black paint on his/her legs and hands. Soon, Theo wants to join in and then he pretends he is naughty.















When we have enough black marks, mummy say "Oh oh... look we are ALL naughty! What should we do? We need to ask God to help us be good boys and girls !So we prayed, and Theo prayed after us "Dear Jesus, Sorry that we are naughty. Thank you for dying on the cross to take away our naughtiness. Please help us to be good boys and girls. In Jesus name, Amen!"

Then we went to the bathroom to wash ourselves in the 'blood of Jesus" and we say that only Jesus blood can clean us all. I said, we pretend this is the blood of Jesus, see this is red colour. Only the blood of Jesus can wash all our naughty marks away. And we sang, "only the blood of Jesus. What can wash my naughtiness away, nothing but the blood of Jesus."

After lunch, we do some light craft. KB cuts the cellophane paper in odd shapes and sizes. I took out a double-sided tape and he sticks them on each other randomly. When the piece of mosiac is big enough to contain the cut-out of the cross, I stick the cross on the back and front of the cellophane paper, while he plays "see-through" with cellophane papers. I trimmed off the excess of the cross and viola! We have a stained-glass cross to catch the sunlight! We hung it at the window but later decides that it is safer outside the room, away from rain.




















The Easter story sequencing cards can be replayed again anytime. Today Theo asked me to read the story again for him and when I asked him, where is Jesus? He said Jesus is alive. That is good enough for now.

Visit to Fire Station

Mummy organised a visit to Fire Station with homeschool friends on 27 march. Here're the two little firemen. Mummy made our little firemen costume by just sticking red tapes to our old t-shirts!

Theo had a blast! Elias was doing the "oooh...oooh" sound of a fire engine siren all day long. Super cute!