1st day of school term 2009

Yes! Today is the big 1st day back to the school. Wake up a lil earlier to get the stuff ready: cleaning the floor, cleaning the slides, charging the battery to get my camera ready; oops! now only I realize that i've forgot to pray for this big day, but for each of the school days from now onwards, i'll pray hard to get myself and my lovely kids to be good, mm!
Gradually, i can handle the crying kids now. Edward had the longest crying period today, even his brother Howard was with him. 感觉有点成就感，因为终于得到他的信任，终于他愿意停哭了。

紧张的心情

School'll be reopened in 2 more days. i'm worried, worried that i have not prepared enough for the lesson plans, worry of handle the newbies, worry that i can't make myself wake up so early in the morning, etc.
Pray God, let's ready for the big 1st day of the year 2009!

鼻鼾声

和那几个小子睡午觉... ...
睡得正熟的时候，kk的一声鼻鼾声， 把我吵醒了。

lier

"the road is soft." (he saw the ads on TV)
"do you think so?"
"the bread is hard, so are the cake, jelly, etc."
"ok, i'll give u a stone tomorrow. It's soft, right?"

他们很吵

“老师，他们很吵！”
“是咯。”
这里的学生特别吱喳，特别爱吵闹； 读书的时候，就是特别地小声，特别地静。
Why??

who is your teacher

"Who is your teacher?"
"My teacher is xiao-lin-lao-shi." (huh? 小林老师)
"My teacher is small-teacher." (haha! 小老师？)
"Please, no chinese-english, no translate. You don't know my name??!"
"My teacher is Miss Lim." (huuuu, finally.)

cry

when kids cry, there must always a reason for that.
today 2 lil 5-year-old sobbing in front of me.
guess what... ...
both of them had the same reason behind...
they poo-poo >.<

原来默默所作的，没人会知道

原来默默所作的，没有人会知道。天就是要我低调，可是似乎人觉得我做错了；他们都要看到、听到，我才算是有做到。
又是家长投诉。他们找了园长谈，谈了好久。 不明白，为什么就不能对当事老师说吗？园长也没有将详情说白，我至今也不知道他们真正投诉的问题，到底我哪里做得不足。 何苦嘛，家长，有话就当口说明； 难道小孩不明白我的用心良苦；连大人也认为我蛮不讲理？？

Holiday Class

一年的学期完了，现在又开始长假了；可是... holiday class 又来了。
真的很想和孩子们异口同声地说:"give me a break!"

Last day of school

Today is the last day of school - term 2008.
They play a lot today:)

壁虎大便

壁虎喜欢靠在窗口边，所以，窗边的那一角落特别多壁虎大便。yl不喜欢靠近哪里。
“壁虎替我们捉蚊子；它吃了蚊子，我们就不会给蚊子叮啦。”
“那为什么它要大便？”
“像我们人一样，吃了东西，就会大便啊。”
“为什么它不去厕所大便？”

老师，等下你有来教我们吗

“老师，等下你有来教我们吗？”
“等下你要我教你们吗？”
“不要。”
(我真的那么可恶吗？？)

the difference

today comes another newbie - xc, next year will be with us in our 5-year-old class (hopefully).
now i finally spot how awesome my 3-year-olds are. After attending school, not only they begin to master the singing, dancing, drawing, reading and writing skills, they also explore a lot, socialize, and hand-eye coordinating skills.
ok, rewind back to their 1st day of school... is exactly the same as the newbie today:)

因为我喜欢给老师骂?

"为什么每次都要老师骂、打才肯做功课？yl..."
"因为我喜欢给老师骂嘛。"
“then，为什么老师骂、打后你要哭呢？”
“... ...”

my 3-year-olds still the best!

today i meet a few gorgeous tots, new and old. tt finally back to school with his sister. another newbie comes with jj's sister, they are cousins.
tt stil like to make boxes alone, all by himself, though sometimes a bit stubborn, but he's alwayz lovely with his lil sweet voice and cute look. newbie wa is adorable too. Whenever he heard his cousin sister cries, he'll come to her and give her a hug and sayang.

手痛-心痛

“yl, 不要再东张西望了，先把你的功课做好。”
... ... 不久后，就看见她把功课作业都收进书包了。
“yl, 功课都做完了吗？” 她点头，可是动作有点犹豫。
“功课作业全部拿出来，给我看看。” 她的动作慢条斯理，我开始冒火了。
“为什么功课没完成，就把它收进书包？” 不是第一次了，越骂就越气！
拿了藤鞭，就一发不可收拾了。 不但她遭殃，另一头的zj一直叽喳不停，可手却动也不动，也被鞭了。
之后陆续都有冲动，可我答应过自己，园长也警告过：孩子不能鞭、不能打、不能动，也不好骂。 我再气也要控制自己的情绪。
我的心好痛，为什么孩子们就不懂老师的用心良苦？ 到头来，苦还是老师自己受： 孩子痛了，父母疼了，老师受罪。
既然孩子无心，父母无心，老师再尽心，也是徒劳无功。

其实，孩子最好的老师，是父母以身作则的榜样，老师们的影响力和推动力，都远不及你们父母啊。

astronaut

今天玩cards， 4&5岁一起参与。4岁不赖，5岁的更不用说。 值得一提的是： 他们常常记不得的“astronaut”, 今天终于给hz读了出来，让我有点意外:)

new comer --- ShenShen

ss is only 3. He is quiet, he is still learning how to talk.
"What is your name?"
he 'answers', "What is your name?"
I've been asking the same question a few times, but I get the same 'answer'.
Then we introduce his classmates...
"This is zy."
"zy"
"This is jw."
"jw"
... ...

快点

“快点” 是我对学生的口头弹，也是很多老师们的口头弹。
就不能让一切都从容一些吗？

pakai tudung

i heard from teachers that Siti won the 1st prize on a coloring contest last week.
This week she has another coloring contest to attend.
She scared that somebody will recognize her. I don't know why she thinks like that. She said, "saya boleh pakai tudung (so that nobody will recognise me)."

They'r watching!

they are playing the word puzzles... I need to be away for a moment, and i leave them with the puzzle.
when i get back, they still playing quietly. And jw becomes lil teacher, 'playing' my role.
Then we start chatting while playing.
Talking too 'excited', until i can't control my saliva coming out together with my words. zy spots it, "teacher, your saliva is coming out!"

Thursday - Church

what relation these two words have?
But Howard used to remind himself of the 'Church' sound as 'Thurs'.
"哦，'church' 就是 'thursday' 的 'thurs'..." 你想通了吗？ 0o^o0 我还是没想通,可是却笑开了怀。

自己来

“我在家里mummy帮我脱衣服、穿衣服的。”
“ooo... 我可不帮你的哦。再难、再辛苦，你也要学会自己脱衣服、穿衣服。 不然会被人取笑的啊。”
他静静看着我... ...
其实他很努力地在学习这些基本技能，动作虽然慢了一些，可是他还是可以完成； 为什么就不能给他多一点时间，让他自己来动手做？熟能生巧嘛。

23rd Annual Graduation & Concert

Yesterday was our kindergarten concert.
Thanks a lot to all the staffs, volunteers and parents for your support and presence.
This is the 1st year i handle the event with greater responsibilities. i gathered the volunteers, job divisions to them and myself controlling the music. but i forgot many little but important things todo. like briefing to MC about what to announce, list out the graduation students, ensure enough seats to all the audiences including reserve seats to VIPs, ensure no blocking on stage, etc. I've to take note about all these next time around, and here to remind myself.
The kids performed excellent! but i have no idea what principal still worried about, she kept rounding on the stage to adjust the line, to take the kids, just can't be relax. Even the teacher lined up them wrongly, but my kids managed to rock as if nothing wrong at all! they helped each other to go on track, this is what i felt warm and touched.

mm...

yl is finding her milk bottles from her bag...
she's getting frustrated because she can't find them easily (cos her bag is messy).
"mmm..."(nodded her head) she found her milk container.
"mmm..."(shaking her head) that is not the one she want to search.
"yes!" finally she found her milk bottle.

今天火气大

while 6-year-old class are playing the matching cards game; the 3 & 4 years were sneaking into the class.
I've spread the cards all over the class. u can guess what I can't take to happen.
but there... aqa came to me with a card slightly wrinkled. And on the spot, 我的火气莫名其妙地大了起来，把全部小班孩子给赶出了课室。
回想起来，难道cards真的比他们还宝贝？

美

今天我才发觉satria学生的美:
他们的功课整齐、上的颜色也创意美观，这些打从上半年我都晓得了。
今天让我觉得美的，是他们的好心、爱心、关心同学、互相帮助的精神。
就算是不够手，他们也想尽办法，把同学朋友们的水壶拿至桌上，好让大家一起喝水；
js 哭了，一大班同学围着他，是在教他如何不让自己掉泪。

姐妹情

今天不是第一次发现“姐妹情深”了。
上回儿：姐姐帮妹妹撕卫生纸；
这回：姐姐丢下了自己的功课，转成良师的角色，教起妹妹造句、写字也！

because

"Why is Lily happy?" i was asking the question while pointing the drawing of a kid smiling, with an adult standing beside her, with her thumb's up.
"because she is good..."
"because the teacher said she is good."
"because teacher show her thumb up."
"because teacher said she good girl."
... ...
spot any wrong answer?
for me, they are excellent. They share what they see, what they know, and they dare to speak out.

main belon

"adik mandi ke? kenapa rambut basah, muka basah, badan pun basah?"
"bukan... saya main belon."
Yes, it's happy to see them sweat, get them moving actively and sweating.
Let's sweat, let's get healthy!

lonely

povi 1st yr school in his 6-year. He totally can't understand a single chinese word or even a,b,c when he 1st came. Now is almost the year end. although he's stil weak in the languages of writing and communicating, at least he can understand a little bit, and can speak a little bit with the class and teachers now. Though his mother tongue and the strongest language is Tamil.
He tries to get into the circle, but most of them reject him, including the other indian boy.
in fact, this is how the society today. Never give up, never to be self-pity!

错怪

大人不一定永远都对，小孩也不一定完全都错。
恳亲会的日子，愈来愈近了； 我们都在加把劲儿地练习。
有时候很气他们都不能记住上下台的步骤，忍不住痛骂一顿后才发觉...原来不是他们不记得，而是我忘了 ---他们正等着我的音乐也。

气球破了

原本打算给他们玩个气球追逐的...
"jw，来帮我吹吹气球。"
她好不容易吹起了气球，后多次都是因为要吸第二口气，没捏好气球里的气，而又让它泄了下来。
后来，我也‘很辛苦’地吹大了气球， 准备我们的“气球追逐”。
我忘了事前说好游戏规则， 结果...
cy 好兴奋地迎接气球，可他用脚... 一踏！ pak!！ 气球破了:(
可怜的jw连球都没碰到，不甘愿地、也不舍地 流下了眼泪。

buntut sakit... 13/10

Today is the turn for satria kids to play with the big ball. Definately, dan and farah were the most excited.
Dan is as 'big' as the ball, and he jumped like a frog; and Farah, she jumped like a kangaroo.
the frog jumped fast, he hitted me, his lip hurt a lil bit. I was the only 1 worried, he took the ball, and continued playing as if nothing happenned to him.
Then another while, he bounced from the ball, kena buntut, then he said, "buntut sakit", then continued again.
btw, he still remember what happenned, "tadi mulut darah sikit, sekarang buntut sakit."
Sometimes, it's okay for them to have a little bit scrathes, a little bit hurts, or even some injuries;
they are learning, they are socializing, they are exploring. even you n me learn from our mistakes.

my failure

dua adik... adik. Mereka sporting! main - mereka paling suka. Selain main, Farah suka tulis dan color, bagus! Selain itu, mereka juga suka komputer! Tetapi...
mouse mereka consider boleh handle sekarang, hari ini 1st kali mereka sentuh dengan huruf-huruf di keyboard, dan barulah saya ketahui mereka masih tak boleh recognise huruf-huruf, even A,B,C!! Hampir setahun belajar, mereka masih tak recognise mummy huruf dengan baby huruf. Kecewanya.

bounce, bounce, bounce

cw is steady since her 3-year-old. it's easy-job for her to hold the chopsticks and this big bouncing ball. Her eye-hand-leg coordination and balancing are excellent.
cy is very very careful bouncing this big ball, but he has fun always. He is picking up most of the things when he plays and even talks.
zy is new. The 1st time she tries a new thing, she will says, "I don't know this..." After she tries, she can master it in a really short time. Now she can bounce the big ball even faster then anyone else, just that a little bit clumsy and lost of balance once a while.

little 'babysitter'

ch is really good at taking care the younger ones.
Danial stil in Raya mood, crying the whole morning.
Teacher Maria takes him to 6-year-old class, soon i hear his crying no more.
When i step in the class in the next period, there i see him sitting beside ch. ch reads n shows her book to him, he's happy.
我走过去奏热闹，他立刻又show哭得一副可怜的样子。
hmm... 小孩的世界，大人真的懂吗？坦白说，很多时候我真的搞不懂。

they got cold, so do I

these days' weather --- raining mostly. the kids got cold easily. I seldom fall sick, though I know my immune system is weak (That's why I get cold from them this time).

1st day school after Raya

yes, u can guess what happens after 5-day holiday. Terrence was sitting on a swing, wants his mummy. Poviarasu doesn't like reading and schoolwork, he was hanging around at the playing side.
Then i saw cy acted like teacher, scolding and warning them to go back to their class, or else will be beaten by teachers.
This 'no-no' child is now brave enough to socialize around. A smart tot, though a lil bit naughty now.

my failure

my 5-year-olds... Phonics:
they can read, they can recognize the picture, they can match the words with the pics. They just can't spell out the word if only picture is given.

mouse

it's not that the kids don't know how to use the mouse, but the ball-mouses in Tadikas sometimes really hard to control to move smoothly.
Today about 10 of them did the computer assessment 1 at a time. 99% of them facing the same problem --- the 'mouse' problem.
but in my pov, it's good for them practicing their holding and controlling skill.

Do the RIGHT Thing

it's human nature: you know what's the right and wrong thing to do.
And i expect them to do the right thing.
I expect them to do their homework neatly, I expect them to flush the toilet after use it, I expect them to drink their water whenever they feel thirsty, I expect them not to waste food, I expect them to take care of their own things, I expect them to share among friends, play safe and soft. Be more considerate and independent.
But they(even man) are stubborn and selfish, they do whatever they like but not right.

do u help at home?

i asked yy, "do u help mummy at home?"
he is the eldest, he can do many things neatly.
he said, "i don wanna help her, let her do all the household until tired."
"Why? You r so bad."
"I wanna mop, but mummy chased me away. Never mind, let her do all alone, let her tired."

loud

Kids learn from the people around them: parents, teacher, family and friends.
i always complain that they talk too loud, and listen me with no ears when i talk soft.
Then i discover these: teachers are shouting in the class, parents talk loud with the kids, the friends are loud and scream when play.
How can a 'talk softly' environment be created?

自满

jw 是个聪明伶俐的孩子。上半年的学业是名列前茅的。
这下半年，明显地退步了。 多多少少是因为她的自满。哀哉，可惜。

why shout?

i can't stand on him. ok, not just him, but some of them.
They can shout and yell while playing with each other;
but when come to read, they can hardly open their mouth to read, and sound are soft enough even I want it to be as loud as he can.
i know it's part of my failure: even I can't promise myself not to scold and shout:(

喊、骂

今天我开了很多‘喊’戒和‘骂’戒。
事后真的很后悔自己那么不可一世地骂人。
曾经答应过自己要给他们爱， 可是... ...我一次又一次地食言:(

“我要mummy...”

今天第一次和拼concert rehersal，yc 和 jw 从高凳上摔下。
jw 是个有性格的女孩，不哭、也没叫；
yc 则是第一时间哭着要mummy。

不要？

当小孩说“不”的时候，大人就要顺着他吗？ 当然得分析事情的逻辑、好坏吧。
amei“不要”写字。 我尽量‘施软’，说服了她， “两行就行了。”
写完了两行... ...“今天你再写多一行，明天就可以写少一行哦。”
“ok.”
写着，写着。最后她把整面的字给写完了。“好棒哦！”

假装

最近发现day care 那几个小精灵，明明是睡醒了，却还继续地装睡。
好的，还会静静扮睡，坏的，会把房里的全部人弄醒、吵醒！

芙蓉园中秋晚会

小孩子们尽兴地玩蜡烛&灯笼，大人在旁守着。
我... 无聊地站着、奏热闹地看着。

原来妹妹也会闹情绪

妹妹在幼儿园很乖。
今天看见mm妈妈在看壁报上的'家教Article'，才知道原来妹妹也会闹情绪的...

run

dan n farah r active. Pity to see them doing the 'paperwork' all day long.
Thought of computer, they also like it much. but then...
I saw them punching the door, messed up the children's chart, and ran out. They r having fun! Though the floor outside is dusty, but they hv no worry.
So, since they r having fun, so i change my mind to give them running all about, finding back the stickers that hv been torn out juz now.
4 missing, aqa managed to get back 2. He has great observation during the runs;)

cane

i'm trying hard to avoid using cane. but they juz can't listen to me. i lost my voice yelling n warning. it juz won't work. My voice can't compete with their noise.
Someone, pls help me...

'w'

"w"
"badauu"
"dou-ble-u"
"ba-ba-u"
"dou..."
"da..."
"ble..."
"bel..."
"u"
"u"
"dou...-ble...-u..."
"babelu"

6

aqa learnt to write '6' yesterday.
Today i checked his book, his '6' are nice; but i was in shocked when i realized that he has been writing '6' non-stop for more than 8 pages!!! 666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666
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牛

“mei, 这是什么？”
“牛。”
“它头上有什么？”
“钩钩。”
“哈...”
“不是钩，它叫什么？”
“dok dok 的。” （She means they are sharp.）
“哈哈...”
“牛的头上有角。 记得哦，是‘角’。”

失落感

每次听到孩子们有心无意地说他们将要到别的幼儿园去的时候，自己就会有一种莫名的失落感。
是不是我的不专业？ 还是家长们有什么不满意之处？ 给机会让我们改进； 让我们一起努力---为孩子。

cy's sick

1st time i handle a really sick tot. At first i thought it was ok, he was ok, cos he still asking permission from me to play more.
during break, he has no appetite to eat. His forehead can boil an egg!
then teacher Kan asked, "y wait? u should call his parent!" yes. that's what i suppose to do.
cy has no mood to do anything including play. He can hardly even to stand straight and walk. i held him in my arms.
soon, his babysitter came and took him back.

屁股痛

“yl 来，坐下。”
“不要。”
“为什么？”
“屁股痛。”

ding dong

teacher showed a banglo house to the kids. it will have the 'ding dong' sound when the door bell is pressed.
"adik, what is this?" teacher pointed to the door.
"ding dong," he said.
"what's this?" teacher pointed to the window.
"ding dong."

my drawing

today i tried to do sentences making through my drawing on the white board.
children wouldn't complaint if my drawing is terrible not alike of the real in life. But...
"teacher, why the rabbit has no eyes?" although the rabbit is not alike, but they will complaint not on the drawing nice or not, but they really observe, what i've missed.

pergi ambil

"adik nak tulis?"
"nak"
"boleh tak adik ambil buku yang adik nak tulis?"
dia menggeleng kepalanya.
"pergi ambil! cepat..." katanya.

what m i thinking? - 15/8/2008

i almost forgot to drive jw home. luckily she asked when she saw something wrong, "teacher, where are u going?"
or else, i might had forgot she was still in my car!



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i've forgot when this happenned:
now is the durian season in Malaysia. Principal brought some to kindergarten one day. some children that love it, they love the smell and taste;
some children hate it, to them, durian is smelly.
hz hates durian, he said to those that enjoyed eating the fruit, "这么臭，你们怎么吃得下？"

what an indian means when he/she 'menggeleng kepala'

'menggeleng kepala' usually means "No" for us.
But if u see an indian 'menggeleng kepala', it means a "Yes".

讲谢谢

hz 应该是从老师这里学回来的吧。当他帮了某某同学，他会主动地要求对方说谢谢，且还要对方说出他的名字：
“讲谢谢，讲啊..”
“谢谢。”
“谢谢谁？要讲谢谢谁。谢谢我。”
“谢谢lhz...”

amei birthday

today's amei birthday. She brought her cake and tit-bits to share with her friends.
After we sang the birthday song; i asked her to blow out the candles.
guess what? 站在旁边的cy比她快一步，把蜡烛全都吹息了!

tikus gigit

"Kenapa Aqa tak datang sekolah? sakit ke?"
he nodded his head and said, "tikus gigit."
He had chicken pox actually, not 'tikus gigit'.

talking to Computer

farah hv a habit... whenever she's impatience with the computer, she will shout n scold at it. She still finds it hard to handle the (ball) mouse.
"Farah, geram apa? computer tak boleh bergerak sendiri, tangan adik yang bergerak."

“我不会“

jw likes to use this phrase to me : "i don't know."
Teacher gave her worksheet, she can complete it in a glance of time all by herself. A similar worksheet given to her, n this time with my supervision. It becomes worse.
She was depend on me to give her the answers.
"you know it. You can do it. try, try harder!"
Maybe i should leave her alone when she's supposed to 'rack' her brain.

I don like this!

geram betul! when i give out the worksheet, keep repeat and remind them not to repeat the same common mistake again; but they juz can't get me.
I noe something was wrong: I was using a wrong method, they were not cleared enough about what i've said.
I din calm enough to handle my moody temper. Or else, I won't be suffered, as well as they won't be suffered too.

durian season

now is durian season. Our kids keep falling sick: Fever, cough, cold, throat pain, mouth pain, vomit, etc.
durian is a kind of 'hot' fruit. You have to drink a lot of water after eating it, regardless children or adult.
Do take care of your kids as well as yourself especially in this hot weather and 'hot' fruit season.

my lousy car

after 1 month rest, today the 1st day back to our Smart Reader class. hz surprised me: he has improved a lot, his concentration as well as his phonics word pronunciation. He even better than the top girl last time.
看到他们的进步，自己也感觉爽嘿。

When the time ready to back home, my lousy car didn't sound and move at all.
Bet chet, can't startup my car. Have to call principal to help fetching my lil girl home.

“为什么老师没来？”

今天和yk mummy 谈起...
(上两个星期我没上课期间)
“为什么老师没来教你？”
“老师说，因为我们这样（差），所以她不要来教我们咯。”
是的，那番话真的是我说的。我take off 之前，有向他们交待说我会两星期没来， 而且还交待他们要读fun Reading。 可是该记的他们都没记上。反而我随便说说的，给他们记牢了。

dialog between yy n kk

"你mummy会做这个吗? （pan cake, he means）"
"会。可是不好吃的。"

为什么不好吃？
“因为冷了。”

园长做的还热腾腾。所以好吃！

hey

"Hey, hey, what is this?" my 3-year-old cy asked me. I stunned.
A parent pass by... "When is Teacher Lim becomes 'hey'?"

shower

water heater's water is getting hotter; so I adjusted it to a bit cooler. N since the weather today's hot; so i thought it's ok for them to shower in this water condition.
kk was the last tot i showered. Everything seems fine until...
"huh...chew..."
"oh no, you get cold?"
"is the water too cold for you?"
I can tell that.
I felt sorry for him. I should be more aware...

on the other hand, I'm glad to see improvement on him: Finally he managed to take out his uniform and don his shirt n shorts. Though it takes a longer time, but as long as you try your best. Good work!

They enjoyed, but I...

4-year-old just left 2 tots now.
Watching them play; I know that they enjoyed the plays, but I was 'mengantuk'.
I think I should try to get involve next time onwards, or else I can't get rid of 'mengantuk' then.

five-teen

counting:
"...eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fiveteen..."
"fifteen," teacher corrected them on the spot.
"fifteen, sixteen, seventeen....." then they continued their counting.
This happened in both Tadika Satria n Seri Suria.

老师很凶

He was sitting aside with his friends, watching me scolding at cs.(I beg your pardon, was I scolding？)
He told his friend, "老师很凶hoh?"
我不以为然。其实我不想凶；也很庆幸cs今天没把我气到极点。

老师廋了

没见你们两个星期了。别来无恙？
"这么久没见到老师，她廋了，" yy这么说。

三分钟热度

satria left two 4-year toddlers without wh n tete now.
Farah is good in colouring, but writing, cutting and playing she doesn't have the patience and easily gives up.
aqa has mood, when he is in good mood, everything is ok; juz that sometimes, it's a bit hard to pursue him to write more. He is more behaved now; although sometimes he'll act 'intimately' with farah.

same trick

I'm using the same trick as teacher Chong today.
Last time I complained and discussed with her that I can hardly get aqa to write, even harder to hold his hand and write; but teacher Chong can make him willingly to write a full page, all by himself!
She knows him: he is the kind that need to be informed first of what he needs to do, and if he agrees to do so, he will do it.

"Aqa, nanti boleh tulis sikit tak?"
Dia menggeleng kepala. (He refused to)
"lepas main sekejap, kami tulis sekejap, lepas tu boleh makan breakfast."
"tak apa kalau adik tak nak tulis, nanti cikgu dan farah main sama-sama, adik duduk sini, main sendiri."
...
seems like having a bargaining with him.
"nak tulis? tulis sikit aja."
finally he nodded his head.

We read some Chinese flash cards, played puzzle, played blocks, then he have done his 'r' writing and followed by makan breakfast. great!

no means no??

"teacher, i want to play ..."
"no."
(why teacher always do not allow this, don't allow that.)

"teacher, i want to play ..."
"yes, after this 1st."
(is it play have to be conditional?)

"teacher, i want to play ..."
"yes!"
(yeah!!)

nails

"Your nails are long, dirty ..."
Daddy mummy, don't you ever spend a minute with your child? If you do, I'm sure you won't let the situation above happens.
Hygiene is 1 of the reason, and another main reason is to keep all of them playing safe; what occasionally happen are those long nails tots can scratch and hurt their friends easily. Which you --- parents and us don't want it to happen.
How much I can do? Lining them up and cut their nails every couple of days? Or just back to my work (teaching).

“我要刀”

“老师，我要（借）刀。”
“要刀干嘛？”
“切苹果。”
有理智的你，会把刀借给这孩子吗？
kk说是mummy要借来切苹果；可为什么mummy不亲自来借呢? （问题就在这儿。）
再向kk mummy 求证：mummy说没这回事：
（昨天）是要老师帮忙切苹果；
（今天）不需要了，整粒苹果可以吃，不用切了。
那，为什么kk会把它说成 “我要（借）刀呢？”
小孩子的话，真的可信吗？真的可靠吗？

“对不起“ 那么难说出口吗？

阿妹今天又习惯性地耍霸道，拿了小妹的一根lasy玩具；
我也耍霸道，“你不还给人，那你就只玩那一根lasy好了。”
最后她是还了给小妹、也和她握了手，可就是不肯开口道歉，所以只能静静地看着别人玩。
等了蛮久的，她知道我不会改变主意吧，再等也是个吉，就离开了玩具室。

alike

sometimes I'll compare the tots with the people or friends that I know.
Today I saw a familiar face...
I saw my primary schoolmate's face --- loud, funny teeth, having genius look (a bit weird) and acts in between patience and impatience. His face is enough to tell me jokes.

scissors cutting

The 4-year-olds are started on scissors cutting training, meanwhile, I let the 3-year-olds to tear the pictures in a paper instead of using scissors.
"the first time, must be messy," that was what I thought. But it didn't look as messy as I thought.
The 2nd time now; JW are getting steady; besides cutting out the pictures, she even cuts out words: Chinese characters and numbers!

ubat

"adik, apa rasa ubat? adik suka ubat tak?"
"suka. ubat manis!"
Remember that in the book written: “药，是苦的。”
But now, how can I disagree that "ubat rasanya manis"?
Medicine for tots are sweet, not bitter!

Telephone conversation play

"Hello, who is speaking?" "I am ..."
"I am a girl."
"I am Farah."

"How are you?"
"cicakman."
"I am fine."

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"Hello, siapa ini? Danial ke?"
"mm"
"Siapa bersama adik?"
"Tak ada."
"Ayah dan mak mana?"
"kat rumah."
"Kak mana?"
"rumah."
"Adik mana?"
"sekolah."

They can speak very good with their mother-tongue; but they still need more listening and reading in English and Mandarin.
On the other hand; though we didn't start teaching Bahasa in this young age; but the Chinese already can communicate with the Malays with bahasa.

they like brainstorming

they have tonnes of idea in their mind.
They don't like to be like the type of 'book worm';
plain reading is dull for them; because they don't like reading, they can't recall and spell the words that they've learnt.
For their age; I think pictures and flash cards are important for them.
Today I hardly get them finish revise the few words that we've learnt, then I concentrate on the theme picture page; only one question I asked, "What can you see in the picture?" and they'll keep on and on telling all the stuff inside there.
"Some more?"
"Anymore?"
"Yes!"
"Great."
These for encouraging them to answer as much as they can - brainstorming.
I think this method works for them. Sometimes we end up laughing when they can't think of the word in English and replace the word with mother-tongue language's words.

apa tu?

"cikgu, apa tu?" sambil menunjuk ke mukaku.
"lalat... itu lalat." (maksud saya; tahi lalat.)
sudah berbulan bersama mereka; sekarang baru nampak tahi lalat saya?!
cermin mataku memang berguna. 其实我一直都很在意它。

戴眼镜的老师...

“戴眼镜的老师，我的功课做完了。”
"Huh?!" (整半年了，你还记不得要怎样称呼我？)

shake! shake!!

it's time preparing them for the concert performance.
"ok, we do 'exercise first: 'let's shake our body."
Normally, the kids would enjoy shaking,jumping and running. But there is always exception. Aqa still with his style; he likes to be audience instead of moving up his body.
no forcing. but there are only a few 4-year-old, if aqa really don't wanna join; we only have 3 to perform. to get my 3-year-old to move also not easy; anyway, I have to try harder.

great appetide

my 3 & 4 years have great appetite today. What they bring today?? most of them have nasi lemak today. Is that makcik nasi lemak so tasty??

坐摩哆

为了要准备这星期日的家庭日，每日早上他们都练唱及玩游戏。
今天我也有在。
孩子们在空当及等待的时候最皮。而，看管的老师， 就只有那一位他们最不放在眼里的老师。我见状，训了特皮的一顿，后也与他们排排坐下。
Bryan 走到我面前，说要坐摩哆； 且教起我怎样‘坐摩哆’。他那壮壮的身体，差不多有我的体重；压（坐）得我动弹不得； 却乐在其中。

4 yrs ah 4 years

maybe it was my wrong; I always give then plays until finally when I give them worksheet to do; they don't want to follow the instructions (or maybe juz that they don't know why they should, or they already forgot what I said in the time they're doing).
"colour the high mountain green, leave the small hill, don't colour anything on the small hill. ok?" I've repeated times for the above; but when I checked the books, only wh can do it.
aqa as his usual style, colour the whole, regardless high or short, mountain or hill; at least he got 1 thing right: Green.
farah, I have quite a high expectation form her actually coz she can do things neat. She coloured only the mountain, Syabas! But she just don't think that the mountain would be nice with green colour. She changed to brown colour at the midst.

new 2++

Today we have a new coming sweetie, 2+.
I like her smiling face, even she's quite a playful girl.
Her smile cheer up my day;)

我不是神仙啊

“不明白她是怎样考试的；可以差到那么厉害！”
“他好像开始跟不上了。我想不要给他继续了；浪费钱罢了。”
以上都是家长们的feedback。
其实我是不鼓励孩子们补习的人，因为我一直都有这个信念：靠自己。（连自己都不帮自己，谁还能帮到你？）
既然你委托我，那你就要对我有100%的信心与信赖；那是我的工作原则。如果他们的成绩是您唯一要看到的output， 很抱歉，我不是神仙。
ok, 要和大人说的，都说了。
小人呢？不需要和他们说什么； 只要他们enjoy和我一起；不管是说话、游戏、听课、画画、涂色、故事、背诵... 他们都在学习，他们都在进步；只是大人都把重心放在成绩单上；其他的进步他们有放在眼里吗？会放在眼里吗？