Reading
KB is having fun making 'at' families words and matching pictures to the right word, together with Bob books.
We also learnt some sight words "The" , "is", "a" and "and"
These are the sentences KB made using sight words.
And - The squirrel is hanging and finding food.
And - A hippopotamus is climbing on an elephant's trunk and a ladybug is trying to snatch from the back of the elephant (bad ladybug, she's is trying to snatch the elephant's mummy).
The - The bird is trying to eat a worm on a tree
The - The bat is flying in a dark dark place looking for ants and other animals in the dark dark place.
is - The cat is 7 years old
is - The ladybug is kind and beautiful.
A - A caterpillar is climbing up to a safari car
A - A butterfly is hanging on a boat.
Delight-Learning
KB was interested in how we swallow and digest food, and basically the digestive system, so we showed him how things worked. It was good we had a anatomy model to play with. we could see which part of the body goes where. pretty awesome. KB would wake up from a nap and tells me "mummy , I can hear my heart pumping blood into my body!" hahaha..
We also read "see inside your body, Usborne flap books, to learn more about our body.
Making ice-cream
I seriously didnt think this was possible until they did it! Both boys slurp it up as quickly as the ice-cream melts.
Pretend Play
This would be the most hilarious pretend play we ever had at home because KB suddenly turned the envelope over and made it his crown. Everyone joined in the dance and it was just pure hilarious. We talked about us being the King's (God) son - princes. Look at the goofy picture on the left, the boys just have to do that for a picture!
Math
Rule of the game - For each bottle that gets knocked down, you get two tokens which can be used to purchase ping pong balls to play for the next round. We learn counting by twos.
We also ventured into cuisenaire rods. We loved that it is so easy to see numeric values at a glance and the more the child plays with it, the more familiar he would be. KB is at the free play level.
Outdoor
Playing by the lawn. Relaxing by the lake.
Catching National Day rehearsal @ the Pinnacle. Beautiful sunset.
Craft: Spider web
We just finished reading a book on spider and we thought of making a spider web. This craft takes two days as it is important to let the glue dry out completely.
We use a balloons and got the boys to dab starch (home-made) on yarn. It is really slippery and provides great sensorial fun, although the yarn hardly sticks on the balloon! Once they are done with it, mummy uses PVC glue to go over it. Once the glue dries, the yarn would become hard and a random shape would be formed. Viola! Thei very own spider-web!
Then the boys could pry their spider - web from the balloon and paint it. The process is loads of fun. KB paints it and put some glitter glue on it as well. We put a plastic spider in the completed spider-web.
Character: Servanthood
KB is asked to help little brother button his shirt. Other responsibility includes putting his little brother's slippers in the right order, and delegating which toys little brother should keep. Loved it when the big brother help out this way.
