Irene & Kindergarten

my daddy is handsome

2011-03-31T06:26:00.000-07:00

"Mm... Man."
"My dad is a man. He is a handsome man."
"Are your daddies handsome?"
"Yes, teacher. My daddy is handsome.
"My daddy is a ... "
"handsome man."

ice-cream

2011-03-30T00:15:00.000-07:00

we were 'reading' newspaper together. and he pointed to me, a man holding a mic, "teacher, he's eating what kind of ice-cream, actually?"
"are you sure he's holding an ice-cream?"
"yes."
"are u sure??"
"yes, teacher," he said.

balloon

2011-03-29T05:37:00.000-07:00

we all agreed to play with the balloons i've blown, for 'big and 'small' comparison lesson.
How we played? i suggested them to beat the balloon up to the air, and try their best not to let it drops down the floor. But most of them scared the balloon would burst , so they got ready with their hands closing their ears instead of beat the balloon up.

ants everywhere

2011-03-27T23:49:00.000-07:00

during our break, when we had our snacks, she discovered that her cake was having the ants all over it. i kept 'killing' the ants i saw, but then came the principal, told us that "ants can be eaten."

she just can't sit still

2011-03-25T00:29:00.000-07:00

whenever we read, or sing, or rhymes, or telling story, even writing their own exercise; she just can't sit still, but keep wander around the class, and has her own exploration in the class.
So, i just let her to be her, if she's not disturbing the others.

i'm a girl

2011-03-24T00:39:00.000-07:00

"G... girl."
"Are you are girl?"
are the girls answered me 'yes',
and all the boys answered me 'no';except him: "i'm a girl." he insisted.

not like this... like this!

2011-03-23T00:59:00.000-07:00

"dear, can u help me to teach him?... (showing the eyes)"

"yan3 jing1"
"yan2 jing3"

"no, it's yan3 jing1."
"yan3 jing3"

"not like that, it's yan3 jing1"
"yan3 jing1"

"yes."
"yan2 jing3"

"no!! yan3 jing1"
"yan3 jing1"

"yes."
"yan2 jing3"

not again...

bang

2011-03-22T05:41:00.000-07:00

his clumsy way of walking makes him bang to the door today. poor honey had got his right ear black this time.
"Please be careful, and careful every time you walk."

dinosaur & snake

2011-03-21T05:58:00.000-07:00

“老师，我家里有dinosaur和snake呵。”
“哦... 是真的还是假的?”
“假的。”

he hates her?

2011-03-11T05:43:00.000-08:00

this is not the 1st time i noticed doodling on na's exercise books but not his own books, or other friends' books.
why he does that? is that he hates her so much?

bittergourd

2011-03-10T04:39:00.000-08:00

he saw me eating the bitter gourd, and he wanted to have too. So i gave him a bite.
"bitter?" i asked.
"yes."
"then why you want to eat it?"
"because eat bitter guard can be clever." he replied.

"why you never say thank you?"

2011-03-09T00:26:00.000-08:00

he helped his friend open the gate.
Then he ask, "why you don't say thank you?"
"say thank you to whom?" i asked.
"to u?"
"why he never say thank you??"

pressure

2011-03-07T21:24:00.000-08:00

we were doing revision exercise on "1,2,3,4". But many of them can recognise the number, but still have no confident to write on the numbers, even find the numbers.
they can count, but they can't get to circle the correct number. Oooh, it's a pressure, a pressure for them? or for me??

guessing

2011-03-03T23:12:00.000-08:00

they suppose to guess "van".
yk gave many clues already, they still can't get 'van', but car, lorry, train, aeroplane, motorcycle, etc

a for...?

2011-03-03T04:42:00.000-08:00

my cantonese speaking 4-year old responded: "gei, gei!"
pointed to the ant picture, showing that he knew "a is for ant".
Just that he can hardly tell it in english, instead of his mother tongue - cantonese.

which is the prettiest?

2011-03-02T04:47:00.000-08:00

Each of turn take turn to colour on the circle they drew on the big blank sheet. After each one finished coloured, i would ask, "which one is the prettiest?"
every of their answer would be the same: "mine is the prettiest."

bead

2011-03-01T05:34:00.000-08:00

Since yesterday only i realised that i had very awesome 4-year-old class this year. Although they might have some argue and fight sometimes, but a lot of time they are willing to learn, willing to try on new things, and helping each other.

We played bead today. A new 'toy' that i introduced. all were concentrating filling the beads to his string, there was hy having some impatience:
"teacher, you help me la... ..."
"no. you get it already, a few more then would be long enough."
"you help me la..."
I was busying tying up the others' finished beads strings, and i saw wj sitting with hy, helping her to finish hers:)

it's raining

2011-02-28T05:36:00.000-08:00

"dear, you are showering, aren't you?" i speak out when i saw him sweating a lot and a lot more dropping.
"no. i'm raining." he said.

who did your homework?

2011-02-24T05:57:00.000-08:00

"sweetheart, this is not your writing, who did your homework?"
"your daddy?" ... shaking her head.
"your mummy?" ... shaking her head.
"your grandpa?" ... shaking her head.
"your grandmum?" ... shaking her head.
then who??
teacher asked her parents if they wrote her homework.

"We hold her hand and write, teacher."

no forcing

2011-02-21T04:49:00.001-08:00

telling myself that i won't force the children to read, or do his/her schoolworks.
learning should be fun and interesting. Forcing them to do so, won't benefit to anybody.
he is behaved today. And he managed to read all of his books to me. I gave him an "Excellent" mark from my heart!

4

2011-02-17T21:40:00.000-08:00

4 years old are learning to write '4' today;
5 years old are revising on numbers, and are doing the '4' exercise;
6 years oll aina was sitting with the 5 years old class, writing her English writing, and she wrote and '4' instead of 'abc' in her exercise book.

in his own world?

2011-02-16T22:22:00.001-08:00

i was teaching in front of the class; he was singing the CNY song, and wishing his friends happy CNY.
oh no, 50% of his friends did his tricks with him, and just the remaining children were with me.
i'm kiasu, that's why i stopped him for doing that.

10, 20, ...

2011-02-15T22:49:00.000-08:00

we learn 21, 22, 23, 24 today.
"let's group the items in ten. circle the items of ten. Then count how many items all together in the box."
He circled 2 circles, and left out the remaining. Great!
But he can't count how many altogether.
"Nevermind, let's count together."
"here, 10, another 10, makes 20. 10, 20, and the next number is?"
"30. 10, 20, 30."
"no"
"it should be 10, 20, and 21, 22, 23, 24, etc."
"10, 20, 21, 22, 23, ..."
:)
i know, u are still confusing.

she cries again

2011-02-14T05:33:00.000-08:00

school term begin, she cried a few days because of she's newbie here. When she get used and started enjoying playing with friends and read and write here; there came the CNY one week holiday; and continued absent from school because of sick--- another one week.
Finally, she back to school today; i'm happy to see her today; but she back to be as her 1st time came to the school.

crawl

2011-02-10T22:58:00.001-08:00

we played crawling games today.
kq with his morning blue today. He stayed with principal and played with his toys while everybody else playing the crawling game.
He did join the game, and he became the 'traffic police' in the game later. During the last round of the game, teacher asked him to join in the track: he started in group A's track, and he took a turn at group B's track, then came back to make another turn of group A's track, and finished his line at group B's track.

忍

2011-02-09T23:29:00.000-08:00

那孩子，宁愿忍啊忍，忍到妈妈来接他回家，才吵妈妈说他要大便。
结果，给妈妈痛打了一顿，今天伤痕累累。 poor dear.

敏感

2011-02-09T05:37:00.000-08:00

"do you know what happened to his lips?" asked principal.
"I've no idea. But his lips as been like that since he came yesterday."
and i assumed that he got the bruise at home. I did asked him when i noticed about that, but he seemed not telling what was happened to him.
Principal continued, "he got that in school, his parent said."
It's actually a sensitive issue --- everything that happens to a kid. But sometimes, accidents just happen, and they make the kids and I grow.

she is good now

2011-02-08T00:18:00.000-08:00

school reopen after the CNY holiday, and i'm impress to see jx back to be good again. no crying she makes, and she is behaving. 感恩。

guava

2011-01-31T07:01:00.000-08:00

"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

2011-01-28T00:31:00.000-08:00

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。”

2011-01-27T05:43:00.000-08:00

“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"

2011-01-26T05:56:00.001-08:00

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

"oh... nak berak."

She is not a girl

2011-01-25T06:40:00.000-08:00

"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

2011-01-23T22:17:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-21T19:13:00.000-08:00

"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

2011-01-19T00:43:00.001-08:00

"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

2011-01-18T00:20:00.000-08:00

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?

2011-01-16T22:40:00.001-08:00

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

2011-01-12T22:40:00.000-08:00

"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"

2011-01-12T05:46:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-11T05:51:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-09T23:20:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-06T01:15:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-05T00:37:00.000-08:00

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!

2011-01-04T06:37:00.000-08:00

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

2011-01-02T20:59:00.000-08:00

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!

heartbroken

2010-11-03T23:48:00.000-07:00

What a heartbroken news from principal when she told us that she won't be retain next year. 我的心一下子就沉到谷底，身为老师的一份子，我是不是有做不足的地方，非你要把孩子送走不可？我会舍不得她的:(

she's such an adorable one

2010-11-03T01:29:00.000-07:00

"can you help me to pick up the cloth and put up at the playhouse there?"
she didn't answer. She straight away picked it up, and climb up the playhouse to put the cloth on the window sill.
What an adorable girl here. Everybody cheers to see her smiling and ridiculous acts.

why we can't see your cane beaten mark?

2010-11-02T06:45:00.000-07:00

"look, he has a long cane beaten mark after teacher beats him. But where's yours?"
"because he is dark, so we can't see it." said his friend.

dinosaur

2010-11-01T07:04:00.000-07:00

he likes dinosaur very very much. He likes to play the dinosaur puzzles; He likes to colour dinosaur pictures, etc. He's so happy to show his dinosaur to all his friends and teachers today.
"do you know how the dinosaur sounds?"
"huuuggrrrrrrrrrrr..."
"no, it's not. Let's test with your dinosaur, it should be "chick, chick" sound, right?"
"no! huuuggrrrrrrrrrrr..."

28 Oct: abc...

2010-10-30T06:31:00.000-07:00

we were doing the english exercise. After then, i handed out the math exercise to them. and she started to count: a..b...c...d...e... and she realised later.. that she was counting wrongly."1..2..3..4..5...."

he fell down

2010-10-27T00:37:00.000-07:00

we were hopping and jumping in the circle time. He fell down, or i might say: he slipped and fell down.
Then he stood up and pointed to his friend, "she pushed me," but, His friend was on his opposite side, how could she did that?

It's upset to get fall down in front of all our friends, but it's sad to blame on others if it's our own fault.

24 Oct - "oo.. oo.... aa....aa...."

2010-10-26T06:28:00.000-07:00

we were playing the animal puzzles.
He got the monkey puzzle. And he immediately made the monkey's sound,
"oo.. oo.... aa....aa...."
"oo.. oo.... aa....aa...."

大哥大姐

2010-10-21T05:38:00.000-07:00

4岁、5岁大的他们，因为是家里的大哥大姐，所以相比其他的孩子，他们显得比较懂事。 I'm proud of them, and how about you, daddy, mummy?

where are u?

2010-10-20T01:12:00.000-07:00

his fren already finished read on the reading book, and continued to the story book. but he... still remained on the 1st line of the sentence. His eyes keep rolling here and there, and his soul has gone nowhere. "Where are you, now?"

老鼠“偷吃“

2010-10-19T01:32:00.000-07:00

那老鼠把自己的食物吃完了以后，就走到朋友那里偷吃面；这还不够，连老师烘的饼干也没放过。结果，偷吃的痕迹处处都是。 lol

they just need more practices

2010-10-18T06:31:00.000-07:00

5 yrs old drama is one of teachers' worried performance because sometimes, the little actors would become blurred on the stage.
Today we rehearse twice on stage; and obviously, they have improved alot in the 2nd time rehearse. They just need some more practices.

Teacher Sarah

2010-10-14T23:44:00.000-07:00

Teacher Sarah is from England. We are glad to have Teacher Sarah and Tino and Janis with us today:)

他也不想的...

2010-10-14T01:14:00.001-07:00

（其实他也不想大在裤子的。）他是因为肠胃不适，才来不及到厕所的。

coughing

2010-10-12T23:25:00.000-07:00

"please close your mouth with hand when u cough."
"please close your mouth with hand when u cough."
"please close your mouth with hand when u cough."
"please close your mouth with hand when u cough."
"please close your mouth with hand when u cough."
... ...
he just can't help but coughing without closing his mouth.

why? why!!

2010-10-12T07:28:00.000-07:00

"Why? Why i need to write again?"
"Because u wrote them wrong. You need to erase them and write again."
"Why? Why... "
"you didn't write it rightly and nicely; that's why you need to redo!"
"But why? Why not like this??..."

("err!!!... he just can't listen; he just don't want to redo! That's why.")

learn to share

2010-10-07T07:25:00.000-07:00

today is the 1st time... after such a long school term, the 4-year-old having a chance to learn to share their toys with the 5-year-old, and vice verse for the 5-year-old. They have some argues at first, but everyone are glad after they working hard together to complete the task i gave:)

how she urine?!

2010-10-05T06:36:00.000-07:00

can't believe it, she imitates how the boys urine!

我爸爸说...

2010-10-04T06:44:00.000-07:00

"老师，我爸爸说...: 小孩子不可以学大人讲话的哦。"

be brave

2010-09-30T22:27:00.000-07:00

teacher tries to get everyone volunteering stands out to sing in front of all. Aq finally stands out after most if his friends done. When he starts telling us the title of the song, his voice can hardly be heard; when he about to starts his song, he can't stop sobbing until the song ends, (with all his friends showing support by sing along with him).

read too loud

2010-09-30T00:59:00.000-07:00

it's time to read aloud for the pages we have learnt. But wj insists to read as loud as he wants, though i keep on asking him to read softer. wq on the other side, tearing out coscan't concentrates on his reading.

i can count

2010-09-28T07:13:00.002-07:00

"i can count. I know." He insisted that he is a clever boy; and he insisted not to listen to teacher. Even he knows how to count; but his eyes never match the number of items he had count, with the correct number.

nails

2010-09-27T08:40:00.000-07:00

"teacher, have a look at my hand." He wanted to show me that he had already cut his finger nails, so that he can be allowed to play with the dough.

我又泄气了

2010-09-24T06:37:00.000-07:00

每次很理直气壮地骂了孩子后，自己都会莫名的愣掉，万般地懊悔，责备自己的不应该。
是骂小孩才显得自己对自己有信心么？是我就是这么凶恶待人么？

当时是真的没时间让自己静下来；其实，也是生气自己：我给的指示，他们根本没有听进耳里。

I'm back! I am back!!

2010-09-23T07:48:00.000-07:00

I'm back. After 6 months in NZ; And now, already the 5th months i back to my job.

All the challenging, tearing, heartbreaking, frustrations coming back at once.
But here i am, still standing on where i am.

my final day this year

2009-11-05T22:53:00.000-08:00

today is my final teaching day this year.
managed to finish satria 4-years smart reader level 1. but seri suria...., they have to depend on themselves now.

so long for now. see you all. i'll be missing u... cy, py, wa, qy, hh, zy, qy, wh, jasmine, ly, yx, rubenesh, hx, en... love you all.

Till we meet again;)

她怕了？

2009-11-04T22:14:00.000-08:00

前天，因为他们谈天、唱歌，而把正在做的功课耽搁了；而过后被我再加多了功课。
Jasmine可能是因为‘繁多’的功课，今天一比寻常的怕了我。

their 'blur' eyes

2009-11-04T00:25:00.000-08:00

i have to get usual with their "blurred" pose. That's what kindergarten for: to teach them all from zero. but i always forgot about that, and treat them like genius.

他会！！

2009-11-03T04:16:00.000-08:00

虽然他不爱写字，也不大爱听讲；就是在他不经意的同时，他吸收了不少 :)

好棒！数学红点算是难的'7'他会了！

"不要一直想着会痛..."

2009-11-02T07:19:00.000-08:00

howard的牙齿松了，老师试图教他把坏牙拔掉；在旁围看的同学也为他‘打气’ ...
"不要一直想着会痛..."
"the tooth has no more root, don't scared, no pain..."

他竟然！！！

2009-10-30T06:56:00.000-07:00

他竟然在垃圾桶撒尿！！而且垃圾桶周围都湿湿的。
好气哦！“you are not animal, why u urine at the dustbin!!!”
“ask u want to urine not, u said 'No'! grrrrr....”
坏家伙，每次问他要上厕所么，他都 say No，结果给我一次又一次的震惊！

she can count

2009-10-29T07:28:00.000-07:00

ly can count the sums already; just not sure how to write some of the numbers.

... "6, how to write '6'?"...

他到底怎么了？

2009-10-28T07:10:00.000-07:00

kk a smart and lovable kid. but the 2nd half year he has tremendously dropped from his top performance. He's now blurred, no concentration on what he's working on. Totally like 'blank'.

What has happened to him? How come a top student become this?? is it true that what teacher said, "the cup had over flow, and it can't fill anymore water"?

c

2009-10-27T07:15:00.000-07:00

eldores wrote a ")" (reverse version of "C"); then i insisted that he needs to write a correct "C". So he added on the "(" (correct version of "C").

There we have.... the logo of 'Chanel'.

尺

2009-10-23T07:49:00.000-07:00

四岁学着"尺"，
cy却准备要说：“R /r/...?” (Ruler)

he complained...

2009-10-22T07:32:00.000-07:00

rubenesh complained to his mummy that teacher don't want to talk to him.

Yes, it's so true, i did; but that was happened last week.

He didn't know why i ignore him; but for me, i purposely ignore him because he 'ignored' me first.

tortoise vs turtle

2009-10-21T08:02:00.000-07:00

tortoise and turtle, these 2 words 'tortured' us.
因为书上的图画是tortoise, 故事的内容却是turtle；
结果，孩子们给图片误解了；把 tortoise 当成了 turtle。

"什么是穷人?"

2009-10-20T06:44:00.000-07:00

"这个星期日幼儿园将举办义卖会,所得筹款将捐助给穷人."
"老师,什么是'穷人'?"
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why there are always no time for me??

2009-10-19T08:09:00.000-07:00

twice a week they have my Phonics lesson. But i always short of time for what i want to teach and deliver to them.

Today, 5-years Phonics, i managed to had 4 filling words for the pictures only.

他只是低着头...

2009-10-16T06:35:00.000-07:00

edward被我骂得头低低，不作声。
眼看不对劲了，我从骂转态到严厉+鼓励，一意想要他坚持直到学会为止。

其实比起wa的心不在焉，他是挺有‘耐力’的。尽管我骂得很凶，他也不易掉下眼泪。

知道自己过分苛求，只希望他们能够跟上其他同学的步伐。

"他是我姐姐哦..."

2009-10-15T08:33:00.000-07:00

teacher told me, Eldores said these to her:
"他是我姐姐哦, 你为什么骂他！"

因为他的没大没小，结果受了老师两巴掌；顿时静下，不再反驳了。

wow

2009-10-14T06:35:00.000-07:00

孩子懂得某样知识，真的分成好几个阶段: "会读并不表示认得，认得并不一定会写，会写也不一定会读..."
年尾了，也是看看孩子们‘收成’的日子啦；很欣慰，如果他们真的有所获；很无奈，如果他们还是未开窍。

cy今天给了我一个突破的惊喜！她终于认得字母了，cap and small letters, all she can read out. 且是自己指着书本上的字母练习，‘噼里啪啦’地一一把全部念出。

“cy你今天好厉害哦！”
“mummy教你吗？... daddy教你吗？... 老师教你吗？... 姐姐教你吗？...”她统统都摇头。
“是我自己会的。”she said.

V 手势

2009-10-13T06:45:00.000-07:00

我做着count down手势(3...2...1...)，当数到2时，
hx 插嘴说：“这是拍照时做的手势也。”

"Thank you Teacher Maria Lim!"

2009-10-12T07:54:00.000-07:00

"Thank you, children..."
"Thank you Teacher Maria Lim!"

"huh...??"
"children, don't mix up the names."
"Thank you, Teacher ...Lim,"i corrected them.

but still, a few of them just can't change the greeting, cos they've get usual to say 'Thank you, Teacher Maria.'

beater

2009-10-09T06:41:00.000-07:00

as you noe, it's hard to find a beater in satria. and today, wa 耍脾气again, refuse to say sorry, (i think). Nothing else i can get to treat as beater, and since i just want to use it to 'fierce' him, and what i can get out of it, was --- a straw.
I dono how much it works? or maybe my words work instead. He finally agree to apologize to his friend.

geram betul!!

2009-10-08T07:02:00.000-07:00

鬼鬼祟祟的动作，一见我就跑回原位。只想问究竟是做了什么；却偏偏要挨了我的手掌，还要我借鞭吓、打的即将才肯说。其实不是什么魔鬼作为，若肯早把真相说清，根本不用受打。

另两只魔鬼，就趁没人注意时，到厕所玩闹。发觉他们不见踪影了，结果被我发现他们在厕所外。好聪明，小的立即but镇定走了出去；大的当若无其事地抹手，被我责问是一度说是上厕所；再追问就二度说是玩水。ok, 承认了，也就放了他们一马。怎料principal发现厕所到处有湿湿的碎厕纸。

好人被罚，坏人被赦。很为好人打抱不平咯！！！

"Urn"

2009-10-07T05:39:00.000-07:00

"U, /ugh/, Urn."
"What is 'urn'? Urn can be filled with water; Urn can filled with sand."

"ok, now, tell me what can you put in the urn."

"Urn can be filled with water."
"some more..."
"Urn can filled with sand."
"some more..."
"Urn can be filled with water."
"some more..."
"Urn can filled with sand."
"some more..."
"Urn can be filled with water."
"some more..."
"Urn can filled with sand."
"some more..."
"Urn can be filled with water."

wa kept on repeating the twos that i said.
ok, i can't brainstorm him with new ideas, but at least, he remembered my 2 points:)

what's your mom's name?

2009-10-06T06:21:00.000-07:00

"蝌蚪的mummy是谁？"
“青蛙。”

“你的mummy是谁？”
"mummy 咯。"

“你的mummy是谁？”
“我的mummy没有名字的喔...”

“你的mummy是谁？”
“ahh... 好难哦。”

^^ ^^

cry out loud

2009-10-05T06:15:00.000-07:00

teacher just asking him to drink his water, may be because of not gentle order, he started to cry out loud. If i, i would rather calm him down and just let him to do what he wants to. ok, this kind of me, would probably spoiled him.

in aeroplane

2009-09-30T06:34:00.000-07:00

"Where's your mummy?"
"She went to aeroplane already."

"Where's your daddy then?"
"He also in the aeroplane."

“关你什么事！”

2009-09-29T05:39:00.000-07:00

因为他爱做不做的样子，功课虽不见得很多，可是要他做好一半的功课也得用上整个下午, (可能也未必能完成50%)。
不是不会做，是他好玩，心不在焉。 (都是我的看法。)
眼见他翻着功课，却没有进展；就督促兼警告了他把功课完成，他竟反驳说：“关你什么事！”

wow! 关我什么事？真的不关我的事。干嘛要气，他不做也不关我事，我干嘛要多管闲事？！
你的孩子要酱，我还能怎样？
**他不是5-6岁的孩子了。我还能'mole'他？？
孺子可教，他不是不可教，是父母疏忽没有教？天知道。
藤鞭万能么？？成绩名列前茅就是好么？？怎么大人还比小孩天真？！

小班？？

2009-09-28T03:20:00.000-07:00

ooo... 原来‘小班’就是Ben 10.

“我不要读...”

2009-09-18T05:19:00.000-07:00

“老师，我不要读...”
就是因为他们只不过是四岁，就放纵他们，由得他们心情好的时候给我跟着读一两句；不喜欢就让他们自由活动？？
之前我真的是这么想过；上半年，因为他们的不定性，所以允许；现在这下半年，要给他们学习什么是‘有纪律’。

“如果现在不跟着大伙儿读，那过后就你一个人读。其他人都可以玩拼图，就只有你要留下-一个人从头读起！” 我真的有点儿气了。她宁可私下和同学玩，也不跟大队朗读。

"求求你"

2009-09-17T05:15:00.000-07:00

because of the hyperactive 3 years old, i have to 'beg' for their co-operation 1st before we start our circle time.

"求求你，sit nicely and take turn, ok?" that's what i wish.

After school, then i heard someone imitate what i told them this morning.
“... 求求你, 不要那么坏蛋好不好？ ... ...” guess who? ------ He's the 3-year-old hx.

stop wandering!

2009-09-16T05:31:00.000-07:00

"i asked you to put your sweet into your bag, but u've opened it, and ate it."
"now, where you want to go now? Come back to the circle! You are going no where!"
she shook her head. but also, have to listen to me.