She is scared of friends

While I was bathing another kid in the bath room, she suddenly cried out and came to me, "teacher, he beats me, I am scared of my friends." I asked her to be at the front of the bathroom so that I can have an eye on her.
I know the other kids, they're naughty sometimes, but they won't beat their friends without reasons. She's a nice girl, and she is the only girl among them; they tried to be friend with her; but she is scared of them; i still can't figure out what's the real reason, why she is scared, are they always bully her? Or she needs some times in meeting with friends and be socialized? Is there any other reason behind her anxiety?

we have rings

Elyn and I were talking about our necklaces, "teacher, I have money; you don't have," what she meant was the necklace we wear. "Yours is loving ring." Surprised me to heard her saying about "loving ring". "Why u know it's loving ring? Who teach you the words? Your papa mummy have loving rings? ......" I kept asking, but I still longing to get the answer. She only smiled.
I wear a rosary ring actually.

puzzle vs child development

Wong is excellent in playing jigsaw puzzle; he has full attention and concentration playing with it.
I thought playing puzzle might help in kid's development; but in his case, study is absolutely a hard task for him; logics and tactic in puzzle plays seem don't help a little bit. How come??

she don't want to let go of me

Last time when I used to teach her; she liked to play around the class, go around the class, and even bit me from my back.
Today I was assisted in 5-year-old class. Al like to sit with me; directly, because of my existence, she had no concentration on teacher. When i tried to go away, she grabbed my hand tightly and don't want to let go until she accepted my explanation.

小姐又闹情绪了

她还是看不开，不能和弟弟共融；今天又不爽弟弟霸占一些些排卡位； 闹情绪，乱扔东西，被我骂了一下下就豪声大哭起来。弟弟反而学会体谅，帮忙把姐姐乱扔在地上的卡捡起！小特特，你好棒哦！！

Aqa 'finally' got wet

1st meeting among teachers i had already heard a funny story of him. maybe he still not 'comfort' with our tadika toilet. Even when teacher took him to the toilet, 'shh...' him also useless, ask him got any urine not, he even moves his 'bir-bird', but he always shake his head and says, "tak ada ..." whole days of school, he never urine.
Today he finally urine and wet his shorts in school.

he can recognise them...

just not the time to say them complete yet.
He got all numbers correct.
1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10;
one, two, three, four, five, six, ..., eight, nine, ten!
This 2+ Nono can say them out correctly even after i randomize the numbers.
but, do u know why he can't say out 'seven'?
He's still a '1 word' child. saying all things short, just a sound.
He was trying hard to say out 'se.. ven' at last.

Guess what 'ple' stand for? it stands for "principal" :)

what to do when kids get moody?

nothing. do nothing is the best thing to do.
today the sister-brother couple fight again because sister don't wanna share her book with him. at first the sister pushing all stuff away and started to cry. Followed by the brother, get moody and cried too. I tried to comfort them and explained to them. nothing helpful, she even cried louder; he was pushing me away.
Never mind, i said to myself; my voice can't 'fight' with their cries. Just let them be. Definitely my class was having disturbance.
Miracle happened a minute later... both of them stopped crying and played together again!!

“老师，我怕怕。”

“老师，我怕怕。你不要走！”
问他怕什么，他说他怕teacher。
他的class teacher 是印度人。Teacher 不曾打骂他啊，他到底怕她什么嘛？
是肤色不同恐惧症吗？
我想到这个的可能性，是因为即使是我们大人，多多少少也会对皮肤的区别，及与我们日常生活里接触的人，作出肤色的比较。

when a child refuse to cooperate 18 Feb

today i have 2 cases of this.
can tell that b4 the moment of child refuse to cooperate with me; something was happened. He gets frustrated when i scolded him for the same repetitive mistake; she refuse to read to me after I stopped her colored messily.

playhouse disturbance

i dislike playhouse putting near our study area or classroom.
偏偏principal had her kindergartens as this condition. She said, "No choice."
last time i was out of control of students going out to the playhouse during the study time. This time is the same; some more they're not "going out", but it is just beside the classroom.
Last time i used cane. This time i use "Time-out".
"Time-out" is not an effective way either.
放过他们吧! at least they read my words, at least they joint in once a while.
no harms, let'em play;)

nono child

this little sweety is a "nono" child. everyday he comes to school with tears. and the only word that he uses most frequently is "no". so i name his nick as "nono".
today is my 1st day teaching him. i can feel that he likes me, though last times he used to avoid me. he's a smart kid. he can recognize colors and numbers. Guess his age... .. he's only 2++.
and i also discover that he'll shout when he gets excited.
huh... not only him; my bigger 'gangs' react the same.
Why kids would shout when they get excited?

Good morning or Goodbye?

"Good morning, teacher," a student said to me when he came to school in the morning; also, the moment i about to drive to another school.
then Bryan told him, teacher about to leave now, you should say "goodbye" and not "good morning".
He got the point;)
but he neither said "good morning" nor "goodbye" to me until i 'force' him to.

小朋友，看得细致！

i fetched my students back today.
arrived her home; after she close the car's door, she knocked me through the window, and pointed inside my car.
i kept looking the area that she pointed. nothing wrong.
but she kept pointing, n i still dono what was wrong.
until she finally gave up.
i watched her going inside her house. then i checked for the last time.
"Oh..." it's my car's bin's lid. They like to play with the lid, and she forgot to close it today:)

CNY Mood?

most of the schools have holiday till today. but our school starts today.
Not many students come today. but my tuition class still on.
it was sincere to have parent dabao of nasi lemak for us --- teachers today. or else, i would only have layer cakes until 2pm.

Complaints again

it's not encouraged of spanking and yelling and scolding in teaching. No matter to children or youngsters or even everyone.
so, what's the best solution?
i tried to be their friend, but they climb on my head;
another teacher using the caning method, i did follow what she did, but it wasn't the best way of all, (beating them, hurting my heart and feeling guilty too);
another teacher that i heard her teaching, she can scream and yell, talking sometimes until hurt the child's esteem. This is the worst i think. but the children would be quite. (actually they're scared of her)
These are the environment i m in now. i need help actually, really. To teach the kids in a better way and effective way. Scare that later n sooner i'll be another misbehavior teacher.

自己跌倒自己爬

孩子跌倒了；您第一个反应是什么？ 多数都不忍心孩子受痛，会赶快扶他起来。That's how we pamper our kids.
还记得这首童谣吗？ “自己跌倒自己爬”
让他们学会自己站起来， 学会面对挫折和挑战。
今天不扶你，并不表示老师不爱你哦。

"Teacher..."

He is a boy that cries every morning when he comes to school. But after his mum leaves, he'll be okay.
Surprise to see him came to me, and called me.
Last time i tried to catch his photo, but he always had a crying face; now he finally smile:)