Week 9 - Learning for Sep Holiday Part 2

On Thursday we went to City Square mall as Mummy target Daiso for magnets bricks to finish up more DIY learning as well as popping into The Greatest Child (a great bookstore for children books etc) to recee as well as checking out the flash cards. Ultimately I didn't get anything cos I caught the 'DIY' fever bug! 

Happen to have Batman & group mannequins due to some Toy Fair so we took a quick snap b4 proceeding. Happy kids!

We finished the week with more assessment, 3 pages daily. The kids are more focused with my 'Stars Chop' awarded on the basis of neat and good work presented! 

And I finished up my Phonics blend and I took it out to revise the word families as well. 

Week 9 - Learning for Sep Holiday Part 1

Last week we never had much learning done, a bit done here and there thus I didnt really update. (Daddy still recuperating, Lil boy caught the fever bug)

This week, I DIYed 2 sets of Learning kit. 1 for Sight Words and 1 for Phonics Blends. It was a tedious process and on top of that, I am in the midst of clearing the kids' books, stationeries etc, as well as my storeroom. So among all the mess, this are what we have done so far..

The sight word kit includes dice, whiteboard markers, 220 sight word tiles. For my 5Y, its more on putting the magnetic sight word tiles and getting him to read and practise. Afterwhich I sorted them into "Learnt" & "New" and I sort out the Colour & Number word tiles too. 

I even use the colour coded word tiles for maths too. Addition and Subtraction. Dice can be used as well.

For my 6Y, its more on sentence forming. And she used the Blank Spinner and write random alphabets. The alphabets that she "spin", she will find a word tiles or form a word that begins with it. Good initiative!

At night, both kids get to enjoy Sticker acitivity to be creative and personalised their own box! 

I also go thru with my 5Y on A-Word families yesterday as well as E-Word families today. Get him to read the word family then do a speed reading on whichever combination that I wrote on the board. Most are 3-letter words and he did well! 

After doing the Sight Word kit, I worked on a Phonics Blend kit. I loved it as my gal used it for spelling fun too. And I can showed my boy the different combination of sounds the word make when we replace the first alphabet with another to the same word family. Good for on the move!

Today we went library on a playdate with my gal's classmate cum Teaching ideas sourcing with Mumy Sherryl. Fun to see how they "interact", especially among the boys. (Mummy Sherryl's boy is 4Y, 1Y younger than mine)

And back home before mummy start her mad mess sorting the house. They both did 4pages of assessment. An idea shared by Mummy Sherryl to try and do 3-5 pages of assessment per day!

Preloved Books Giveaway

Been going to Popular Fairs and shopping online thus my books kind of overflow. Some books were given by friends, mostly gotten overtime from fairs. All are rarely in used now as I am getting more of Phonics reader for my boy. (Which i will definetely host another giveaway after I am done with it, provided the response and logistics is good for this round)

Due to overwhelming response, I sorted into 3 sets to be given away. Try to minimise disappointment. Pls note books are given as per set.  

Set #1 

Set #2

Set #3 

Simply participate by leaving a comment below and click on the Giveaway link & Set below to capture your name. Results will be out by Friday. Kindly arrange collection by 1 week if not will be given away. Timing only to be on weekdays. Thank you!

  a Rafflecopter giveaway

To UPDATE, some tech glitch. Sets cant be choosen and is random. Pls note. Thanks.

(Pardon my first with this tool, Thanks)

DIY Portable Learning Case

Think last week, I chanced upon those Metal Case learning set for Sight Words. It comes with 220 Dolch Sight Word magnetic tiles which you can use for forming sentences as well as any learning activities you can think of. But guess the PRICE TAG?? $29 something with 20% discount for members. But still around $24 and I kind of don't want spend that kind of money. 

I decided to do the tedious way, with lots of love! I reuse the Pink compartment storage case which I bought a while back and it's unused, cut out the Magnetic Whiteboard Sheet from Daiso and use velcro to stick to box. I added mini whiteboard markers which Daiso sells 5 for $2! 

I used the Magnetic Adhesive Strips & Mini bricks for the words. I used excel to create the table, adjust alignment for the black & white words so they can fit the mini magnetic bricks. The colour coded are from Mr Printables. For the size I print out, I used 5 sheets by 5 sheets.

The link comes in black n white, colour coded too. If you use the magnetic strip, can go without the hassle of alignment for the mini magnetic bricks. I would recommend use the link for the words and magnetic strips.

I added my DIY Spinner, whiteboard markers and dice. They can use it to learn sight words, forming sentences, writing, maths or even HYPY for my 6Y. When they need a break, just use it for creative drawing, tic tac toe etc.

I am so gonna add more learning aids inside. Stay tune and I may conduct a Giveaway soon! Comment on post if you are keen!

GIVEAWAY RESULTS

Using the lucky number generator from Random.org to draw the lucky 3! Simple to use and fuss-free.. I count the 1st comment entered as #1 and so on, right up to #9.

#1 Cherlyn
#2 Goh Ching Yi
#3 Lin Xin
#4 Poh Lian Tan
#5 Rene
#6 Jkfortots
#7 Ky Kaye
#8 Mich
#9 Siew Ling Lai

Drumroll........ "deng"! "deng"! "deng"
 The lucky 3 winners are
#1 CHERLYN

#7 KY KAYE

#9 SIEW LING LAI

Hope everyone enjoy the Giveaway! Its my 1st and I plan to have more upcoming. U can drop me a comment to sugg what type of giveaway u intends to see.

Winners, pls drop me an email priscillatoh@hotmail.com with header - Giveaway Winner so that I wont miss it. Comment below once email sent so I will search for it. Thanks!

Happy Teachers' Day!!

This was what we did and prep for Teachers' Day. A DIY card in a frame, along with personalized ink stamps that is with the Teacher's name.

Both did simple drawing n coloring. Totally didn't help my boy though I know it will definitely be ermmmmm...... average looking. But it's their own effort so I want leave it as it is..

Today they had a mini party at school, came home with lots of snacks as they were told to bring treats to school..... 

Happy Teachers' Day to all Teachers, including myself. Enjoy the OFF tomorrow!!

Week 8 (Tuesday) - 我们来学华文!

Today I took out Book 1 of this 6 Book set that I bought previously. Main motive is to teach both kids together but plan changed, I decided to focus for my gal in order to prep her for P1. 

Basically, am getting her to be familiarize with reading in Chinese, as well as seeing how the HYPY is for each character. Main reason I like this books are because they are not as profound as the Book series - 四五快读. Previously I wanted to get that for them but hesitate as it is really a bit too "high" for their level, considering that I seldom do Chinese at home. 

This book is good and for a start since it is easy, I am doing 2 stories for today. New words are 一二三四 which she already knows. But I get her to do 习字 as a revision. I also dig out the word cards and punch them into a ring to "test"her as and when. This is quite good for a start. 

For my boy, as he is sick, I just did revision for Letter Sounds. Apparently there are some tricky words that I need to sound out slowly. He had problem with "drum", "tree", "question mark" etc. 

Link for above activity is here