guava

"children, do you know what's the name of the fruit we eat today?"
... ...
"it's guava."
"guava."
"have you eat guava before?"
"no."
"puut cai?"
"no"
"鸡屎果？"
"yes."

boycott

whenever i ask r to do his homework, he'll start crying. whenever i ask him to look at his book and read nicely, he'll start blaming the book and me, he's always right, but others wrong. Because of his lazy attitude, i really doesn't like him much, sometimes with scolding, and sometimes by forcing.
kq saw how i treat him; and he know that boy is not a good boy, so he starts acting like he's angry to him, and boycott him, he doesn't play with him nor share his toys with him, and he scold him like giving lesson to him.
r cries again.

“我要回家。”

“老师，我要回家。”
“好，等一下J老师载你回， 是吗？”
“mm.” (她点头。)
。。。
“老师，我要回家。”
... ...
“老师，我要回家。”
... ... ...
“我不要回家，我要放学才回家。”

从头到尾，她都是哭吟地说着。

"cikgu, nak yak"

"cikgu, nak yak.."
"dik, nak ayah?"
"nak yak... nak yak..."
"apa itu 'yak'??"
...

"oh... nak berak."

She is not a girl

"can you tell me who is your friend?"
"hhy"
"She is a girl. yes or no?"
"No, she is not a girl."
"why she is not a girl?"
"because she does't tie her hair."

i want biscuit

We have different snack everyday. Today we have cakes.
But she told me "I want bread, teacher."
"We eat cakes today, dear."
"Then i biscuits will do."
"Dear, there only have cakes today."
"I want biscuits... I want bread."
"Why not you try the cake? just a little bit, maybe you will like it?"
"I want biscuits..."
"I only have cakes here."
"ok, then i want to have some."

And she finished her cake.

children can't drink coffee

"There, My parents brought me to 'Old Town' for breakfast."
"What you have there? drink coffee and eat breads?"
"No, daddy mummy said children can't drink coffee."
"Yes, clever boy."

"Look, they are drinking wine."
"No, they're holding a glass of water, not wine."
"darling, you're so smart."

again

"ig.../ig/"
"ig.../ig/."
"again."
"again..."
"no, please read it again, one more time."
"again..."
"not follow what i'm saying, read this again."
"...."
"ig.../ig/"
"ig.../ig/."

no poo

i saw his big big stomach, and i saw his poo on the floor. When i ask him to take off the short, and poo in the toilet, he insist that he didn't poo. "no berak."

Has it be seen?

The notice books that have been passed to the children; some were 'gone miserably', some were still in their bags, but don't have any sign showing that the notice has been seen; and i'm worried now; worried if the parents take note or not.

crying like a baby

"dear, please don'r play in the class..."
she just can't listen, though i tried to warn her in the nice way.
Finally her handkerchief dropped in front of me; and i straight away took it from her.
a suddenly quiet from her, then, she started her non-stop crying. And i tried to explain to her the use of handkerchief, and gave it back to her after that.

Too late. Nothing can be heard by her when she cried. She just don't like to, and don't want to. she just wanted to cry for home.

"i don't want... i don't want..." she cried.
"tell me what u want then."
"i want my papa to fetch me home."

"What happened to her?" her mum asked. "She was crying for home."

"hi, boss"

he came to school and greet everyone like this... "Hi boss."
When he stepped in the class, on stood in front of the door, and asked, "who is your boss? where is your boss?" i was not asking in the gentle way, then he got out, and straight away cried to his mummy.

Now, i know who is the boss.

parents do child's homework

Yes, it's good if parents can guide on your child's homework, but not doing the homework for them. They may be new, and they may need some time to learn to hold the pencil, learn to read, learn to write, etc; but... if you don't want to give them time and chances to learn to be independent, it'll be a tougher job for us with your kids. Kids are like dough, where parents mole them, and they'll be the kid that the parents want them to be.

"How to get the ready to write?"
at 1st, parent may hold the child's hand and write with them; when they feel more confident, ask them to try to write in a waste paper or white board; then maybe and the line space, and let the child to write within the lines.
It's ok if they can't follow exactly within the line, but they are learning; just let them be; time will tell you everything, and trust in you and your kids, your effort and theirs will pay off soon.

no one can stopped her from crying home

Teacher Kan sends her to school; everything seems good for the day. But something went wrong... when the children all back to their class. She starts crying for home, taking with her, her bag. I tried to comfort her, and asked if she want to pee; "yes", she nodded, so i guessed that things would all back to normal after that.

No, it was not. She don't want principal to comfort her, she don't want to play toys with me and the other children, she just want to take her bag, and home. So i brought her to Teacher Kan, and hopefully she can calm her down.

But none of us can stop her crying, but going home.

It's normal for newbies to be emotional, even she seems alright at the 1st week, this, the 2nd week she still with her emotions. Give us some times, give her some times as well; we don't want to force anyone to do anything, but we like to see the kids enjoy learning, enjoy playing, and enjoy everything with his/her friends.

she's cool

i start to hear some screams from her today, though she is very cool sometimes. Her smiling face would be precious to see all the time.

It's important for kids to have their breakfast before going to school

Dear parents,
it's important for kids to have their breakfast before going to school. If you want to get your kids to school, please allow them to have a habit of sleep early, so that they can wake up early in the morning. Get them done their 'morning business' (including cleaning their body, brushing teeth, dressing up, and breakfast) before to school; so that they are ready to learn and play smart in school. "Please, please have your breakfast before coming to school."

You are great!

There were some cries at first; but they were all right after awhile. Then i started to discover the quiet one is not as tame as i thought, and those shy little ones are not anymore but playing and running around. But N is still the one that is quiet and always listen to teacher:)

newbies are all nice this year

School reopen today.The newbies 4-year-olds are smart and nice this year. Keep it up, and tomorrow, hope to see all independent without daddy and mummy, you can do it!