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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The world through Theo's eyes

It is amazing how Theo makes connection to what he experiences and see in the day and then expresses it in his own way.

Today he was playing 'boat' in a small cardboard, then he tore it up to make a 'giant plane' and whizzed it in the sky. I asked if he would like to paint little windows on the plane, but he didn't. He tore the wings and folded up to make little houses. Then he tells me he wants to paint the house.















(The transformation of his cardboard took place too fast, so quick I didnt had chance to grab my camera, but I witness every single delightful moment before my eyes and this was too precious to miss for any mummy. This was what was left after the boys went to bed.)

This is Theo's version of "Fire". Wonderful use of colour tones as a fire would have. Great observation.















This is the first story he had painted! A milestone indeed. Aged 3yrs, 8mths.
He tells me this, "The black circles are flying fox, the red colour line is a safety belt for firemen to slide all the way down. The red and orange is a fire, the green circle is sparklers, then there are some grass beside it. And an orange one is a helicopter hovering over the fire to put out the fire."
Impressive description of a story.




















(Theo does not attend art classes nor is under any instruction to draw. These are all spontaneous drawings purely initiated by him.)

Random year-end activities - Yr2010

Dec 2010 flew by too fast for us to document our activities. Our major activity is our Advent Calendar. Theo learnt that each day has a number date assigned to it and was patient enough to wait each day to reveal the picture in the window.










Pre-writing He also started doing mazes on Kumon aged 3,4,5. This was an extension of pre-writing practises after he had mastered a very steady grip few months ago. Now he is having fun.
















Science
We did some colour mixture experiments which made Theo very excited about colours he could use.















Theo visited the dentist for the first time! He was so not posing for pictures. Look at what he is holding! Mummy got him a little turtle to hold on to, in case he was afraid. Theo was SO brave. Kudos to So gentle and so friendly Dr Tay. I think she spent a good 10mins chatting with him and that really put him at ease. After the session, Theo told me, "Mummy, the dentist gave my teeth names lah... ahahah... I don't like it... he also said some are "Michael, David... aiya, so funny. He also counted my teeth mummy."




















some unforgettable sleep poses














Morning prayer (boys just hav'ta have some actions!)
And he now likes to end his night by having everyone say "Good night and sweet dreams!"