bye bye

xiang likes to say "bye bye" whenever he sees someone leaving the school, or when he going back home.
"bye bye!"
"bye bye go-go, bye bye rubenesh, bye bye ..."
he never says bye bye to teacher, but friends and anyone else:(

端午节？

今天是端午节。
今天我亲自下厨； 怎料放学后，after-school care 的几个小孩都提早回了。
是端午节的关系吗？
其实（除了吃粽子外，）孩子们是怎样庆端午的呢？

getting aggressive

gareth is getting aggressive, like ruben. small matter, they'll cry out loud, throw things discarding whose and what, saying nonsense... ...

if you were me, how u handle this?

停电

今天是园长outstation的第一天。
好衰哦，when my turn of practising their dance and percussion, it started blackout. 唱机没得唱，怎么练？
after that, went to cooking. Planning of cooking chicken rice; 可是电饭煲用不着了，只能用gas，却又没有适合的pot，又不会预算火候； 结果，饭变成了粥。

surprise!

they'r back --- the Eyeos, but just for 3 days.
and after that, we have no idea whether they'll be back again or not at all.

1.. 2... 3... 4....!

learn through play. how?

today,
i used a chalk, drawing 4 circles, from big to small.
then we start counting the circles,
"which is the biggest circle; which is the smallest one?"
we jump together to the circles to see how many of us can fit in a circle,
then we take turn to jump on the 4 circles, "1...., 2..., 3..., 4...!"
while jump on the circle, we count the circles that we step on.

What do u think we learned today?

fall down

Jasmine ran fast, she fell down and hurt her knee.
teacher brought her to put some medicine.

"I'll tell mummy to put plaster, and to go clinic, and ask doctor for medicine."
"it's just a minor injury. Teacher had already put medicine. You'll be all right very soon."

对4岁的要求

对4岁的孩子，what you expect from them?
to be academically well done? or social-emotional, sharing, team work well coping?
Satria children is the latter one. I have no idea how well they learned from my lessons, this week they have academic assessments, and average result I get... ... they have 1-2 points out of 10 points.
It'll be sad if the parents just wanting this toddlers to be academically good; they'll sure think that they've learn nothing in kindergarten. But in fact, they learned something invaluable that might benefit themselves and everyone around them in their lives.
How I wish the parents will discover these toddlers' good in this aspect.

19 May 2009 - 争先恐后

他们的争先恐后，让我取消了他们的playing time. 然后，一个接一个地喊、跳、哭、缠地...

我一个接一个地把他们隔离---去哭；哭停了，我才开始讲道理。 ^^

当时的场面，像似我处理不好，一时失控、全班乱透。 后发觉：隔离是个不错、让孩子自我调理情绪的方法。

water bottle

today i forgot to bring my water bottle to the class.
Such a thirsty day since i still yelling, shouting and singing along with them.

Happy Teachers' Day

Happy Teachers' Day!
This year i've received very sincere presents from them.
They always call me "Miss Lim" or "Teacher Lim".
This is what i didn't expect: someone knows my christian name!

it is not funny

hx was chewing a sticker.
And he thinks it was funny.
I stopped him.
"throw away the sticker. 3... 2... 1!"
He still ignored me.
Then finally, i beat his face twice, and get the sticker out of his mouth.
Now, he cries.

lasy?

"you're getting lazier. Yesterday homeworks, you bring back to school with nothing done."
"Do you want to stay in school to do your homeworks before you back home, while everyone else have gone home?"
"Yes."
huh? My expected answer was a 'No'.
I'm wondering, what she does at home? until she forgot her homeworks everyday.

集中力涣散

不喜欢对牛弹琴的感觉。
明明字在书；却东张西望，就像：'a'在左、 'b'在右、 'c'在上、'd'在下。
我又喊了。要把他们从东南西北喊回来---集中精神、专心上课。

"cikgu Lim dah jadi baik dah"

听adik这么一说，其实心里觉得好过多了。

其实，是自己的sore throat，而让自己时时提醒自己：适可而止、物极必反。

闷闷不乐

py闷闷不乐。 也不想join circle，也不想读书。
“py,怎么啦？”
“不要一起玩吗？” (她摇头。)
“那去和五岁班一起上课，好吗？” (她摇头。)
“不舒服吗？” (她摇头。)
问了好多，重复又重复地问，他就是摇头。

“你到底怎么啦？” (不出声。)

“那你就坐在一旁，看朋友们玩， ok?” (点头！)

超棒！

xiang超棒！ 什么事？
3岁ah xiang竟然照我的指示做了！！
他爱笑、肯帮忙，他就是有这些好:)

今天指示了他到厨房把空瓶子拿到我那儿盛水。 我等着、等着，好像蛮久了，都没动静，以为他把交待的事情给忘了... ...
"tok, tok..."的瓶子声慢慢传了进来。 他果真拿来了！ 棒！棒！！


听见他哼着我教他的“Are you sleeping”，要他再展歌喉，他却坚持“就是不要唱给你听！”的样子。
ah xiang, ah xiang, 就是会逗人欢喜、逗人爱。

kancil

"kancil 是什么？"
"我知道！ 是一款车!"

压力

原来，我的fussy，给了他们很沉重的压力。
刚开始执教的时候，因为不懂得控制情绪而把新学生大骂破骂，差点把一个爱书的孩子搞成憎书分子； 还好及时补救，jw她现在是个steady reader;)

今天我又遇失望：hr-六岁插班生，每每上我的课，因为没有基础，不会读，是怕的缘故吧，她都会哭成泪人。 她join了smart reader class, 我还想着她会在smart reader class里头学到更多，而逐步跟上我们的步伐。

是的，她从零学起；已经慢慢打稳了基础，也刚步入2级了；一个晴天霹雳！她放弃smart reader class了。
我的第一个反应：“y? 是不是我又犯了大错？”
(其实上年也有个类似案子，让我觉得好愕然。)

“既然她觉得有压力，不要继续，就由她吧。”

我心里还是会耿耿于怀，因为开始让我放心的学生，竟然作出我预料之外的举动 :(

不作弊

今天感觉欣慰：bryan终于靠实力做作业了！
之前，因为孩子们个个kiasu的心理，小小年纪就学会作弊而感叹;
bryan今天的表现，我给了他A*，心里还给他打了90分。
“bryan, 加油！加油！！”

斗气

qy 应该是因为我的一句话，和我斗了整节气。

“你不来（join 我们）吗？ ok.” 过后， 我就没预她的份儿了。
puzzle她没join, fine-motor skilling她也没join.

后来，只见Teacher Maria从playhouse里把她抱去。