Week 17 - Going SLOW with various activities

This week lil boy caught the Stomach Flu virus from my recovering gal over the weekend. Started vomitting on sun nite. Went GP on mon and still continue to vomit despite the med. We were all so worried as lil boy aldy couldnt eat well and still vomit after every meal. Poor him. So again, lessons were on hold for 2 days while I let my gal learn her Spelling and do some light crafts.

Wednesday lil boy was better so we did assessment book. 4 pages for him and her, learn her Spelling which she missed last week from school. Both can complete the assessment with minimal help. Great independence from all the harsh teachings. Ha~ 

Thursday, they did threading of beads as my gal wanna do some bracelet. So they spent the afternoon threading away. Good training for my boy as he always seems lacking in Motor skills. Cant even 'button' his own shirt or should I say LAZY?!? 

Friday, I was feeling down. (Yes, lately been not so well) So i didnt do their homework for the weekend. Left it for weekend to complete. They had a free afternoon for play. Lil boy and gal engrossed with Lego the whole afternoon. Creative play. At night, lil boy was building a tall tower with his blocks. The best investment ever, the blocks are lasting and durable. 

Saturday, we went out. Bring the kids to their fav shop - Toys R Us. Choosing the Xmas gift tt Big Aunt and Grandma set a budget for. Happy to choose but both upset tt they have to wait til Xmas to open. So we ended up getting a small box to open at home. Kids are so fortunate nowsday with generous gifts on Birthdays and Xmas.

Sunday, only went grocery shopping for the week and back home to complete homework. Big gal managed to coach lil boy on all his homework and guide him along. A great helper I have at home as her ambition is grow up and be a MUMMY like me! Wahahah~

After she done coaching, she went off to finish her own homework for the week. Sweet gesture tho there is some hiccups as she coaches him. 

That's our Week 17!!

Week 14 - 我们再来做习字！

Today we didnt do any learning as we used it for completing all their weekend homework. They had their usual English, Chinese, and my boy had Maths & Reader homework on top of it. Took quite fast to completing them as they are quite used to their homework routine every Friday. 

At 5pm, we continue our chinese word writing. Again a lot of 'voices' were heard. Negotiation, bargaining etc. But NO, mummy is not going to give in. We are keeping it Daily 5pm Work. Haha~

Today my gal finished it in 15mins time then went off to do some drawing. She did 哥妹 & 我是女孩。She can recognise all the words except 是 & 孩. Shall reinforce this 2 words before continuing next week. 

My boy continue on from 四五六七 to write 八九十. He had difficulty to write the 八 so we stopped a few times to correct his strokes. Practised his strokes alone etc. All in all, at least 45mins to complete although he only has 3 simple chinese characters. 

Today I went Daiso and gt this 2 simple Pocket Chart for holding their 'Words In Progress' flashcards. Bascially to reinforce and make them see the words and remember it. 

Lets try hard and see how far we can go! 

Week 12 - Homework Day (Friday)

Usually Fridays are kept for doing homework from school. Every Friday, both of them will come home with 1xEnglish Homework, 1xChinese Homework & 1xStorybook Homework(my K1 only) 

This week, happen that both are doing English Phonics related to "sh" and as my boy was absent for his "ch" assignment, I made him finish it up as well which meant 4 pages of work and some whine! Ha~

Chinese homework usually is quite simple & straightforward. They just need to write or match words to picture then colour. Usually my gal will colour nicely whereby my boy refused. Recently my boy shown a bit of interest in drawing and colouring under influence from my gal. 

This week, I seen a BIG improvement in his Storybook reading homework. He seems to take more pride in drawing and even his Chinese homework, he insist to colour it! 

I think he did draw better now as I could roughly know what he wants to draw! Can you see?

Remember my CVC activity from Thursday? I found another good use to using them. I took out the CVC cards, with intention to just get my boy to draw cards and write then read. Practice handwriting & fluency. (Yes, very Kiasu mummy here) But I turn into a game of Scissor-Paper-Stone session.

My boy and hubby played Scissors-Paper-Stone, winner draws a card and read. If can read the cards, you get to own it. (Of cos we give a bit of chance la) Then when all the cards are drawn finished, they count and see who gets the most cards.

Meanwhile my gal was doing Word Forming, thinking of a word to start with all the 26 alphabets. And then she also want to have a challenge with Daddy.

This is how we make learning in a fun way which out the kids knowing that they are learning thru Playing! You can also try this idea with your kids.