At playschool
Birthday Parties are all about Party Packs
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem with having your kid grow up in an affluent environment, and I’m not saying mine is, is that they learn to expect things like party packs. Some of the kids I know, have the grandest of birthday parties resulting in over RM30,000 worth of cost. It is ludicrous, ridiculous and downright selfish. Even […]
Telling secrets at school
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Today, Tee’s teacher told me that she complained that she was really frustrated because her Mom made her do maths which she didn’t like. She said it was too difficult and she felt very frustrated! Then she said she was also bored of her Mother because her Mother talked too much all the time. o_o
Just […]
Confusing rhymes
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Tee is very good at composing lyrics to music frequently making up her own songs (that rhyme even) to existing tunes. She can even compose her own brand new tunes.
However, despite the many times she has understood what a rhyme is, she still sometimes gets it confused and will ask if house rhymes with heist? […]
Why would you want an all rounded child?
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008People say, so what if my child is creative and is going to be an artist, the next Picasso of our generation; why should I need him to be able to be able to do high level maths or be able to think in a critical, logical manner? Who cares? As long as he can […]
Developing an all rounded child
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008As new mothers, we often get a bit anal when it comes to selecting our child’s first preschool or nursery. I know I was!
When Tee was 2, I had already visited up to 15 preschools within the vicinity and found what I thought was the best playschool for her at the time. And it really […]
Children with overloaded schedules
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Why do I have to go for so many classes, Mommy???
Are you guilty of being your child’s chauffeur to a myriad of extra-curricular activities every week? Or perhaps you send your driver into doing the dreaded task? What are the consequences of children below five having a jammed packed schedule? Heck, it’s not even […]
Coping with stress
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008I’ve had almost 10 days of intense stress now. There is a family crisis and I, being one of the saner ones in Eurasian Land, have become the mediator in the midst of a family squabble. *sigh* It’s everything to do with love and money. *sigh*
THEN. Tee is going through a tough time at school. […]
Tee to watch Disney’s Live Show
Sunday, October 14th, 2007It will be her first LIVE show - I hope her attention span will last the entire 90 minutes!!! But since she is familiar with Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy, chances are she would really enjoy it.
The only reason we have considered going is because two friends of Tee’s went for the last Nemo show […]
Learning Mandarin as a pre-schooler
Sunday, October 14th, 2007I’ve been doing some research of late about Mandarin classes to decide just how far we want to equip Tee with the language. I have investigated Skylace, BaoBei, Kuen Cheng and talked to people who studied the language at various levels.
Tee has had a full time Mandarin teacher in class ever since she started playschool, which […]
Tee got kicked in the nose today
Friday, October 5th, 2007At the right bridge. It was swollen from her bridge to her right nostril. She cried like hell apparently and teacher rubbed ice onto it. I wish I’d been there to skin the little turd who kicked her.
I’m not quite sure what to do. Should I take her to the doctors? Or just leave it. […]
Tee’s green party at school
Friday, October 5th, 2007Tee and her partners in crime revised the colour green this week and did everything green. They cut up leaves, painted trees, messed with green clay, ate green food (spinach quiche, green grapes, green agar-agar, cucumbers etc) and sang ‘green’ songs. Today, they were all dressed in green and I could have sworn it was […]
Toddlers and the concept of death
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007I’m not sure when or where Tee picked up the concept of death but of late, she has been thinking about it quite a bit. I asked the Moms at school if their kids knew about death and the majority were sure that a three year old would have no comprehension at all about the […]
When people knock your kid
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007The last few weeks at school have been report card days with parents and one of the topics that have come up is how far a teacher should go when she doesn’t have a good report about your kid. Should she just tell it like it is? Or add sugar into her words for some […]
Tee’s end of term report
Friday, August 17th, 2007It’s show off time again!
Tee dancing on stage during Assembly.
Sometimes I wonder if Tee’s teachers love her more than I do. Perhaps she shows them her good side only. Or perhaps they are just trained to handle these little monsters better than I do. The way they rave on and on about my little Tee […]
Role Playing Games of an almost Three Year Old
Monday, August 13th, 2007For the last few months, Tee has increasingly spent her time playing pretend. And the roles she takes on is as far as her imagination takes her. I suspect that her drama class at school takes this practise further as she comes home talking to herself or to us about the most unimaginable things.
Last weekend, […]
Tee’s First School Field Trip
Saturday, July 28th, 2007We inched up at nightime (to me! after sleeping at 5am), to catch the big orange school bus to the National Bird Park today. Now, Tee has sat on several tour buses in her lifetime, even open-aired ones but the big orange school bus? That was her dream! It was her indication of independence, a sign she […]
Falling asleep in class. AGAIN!!!
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Toddler gangsterism
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Last week, Tee came home with a bruise on her chest. If it was a bruise on her hand or leg, I wouldn’t have cared less, but since it was on her chest, I took notice. It’s not everyday you get a bruise on your chest? I didn’t think that at her age it might’ve […]