Wednesday 21 August 2013

Preschool: Tiger's Daily Rhythm & Homeschool Schedule

At 3years old, Tiger wakes up around 8 every morning.
We usually hang out before I leave for work. 
 
Then he usually plays with his toys or ride his bike before getting ready for Chinese Class.
Morning is also Daddy Time as hubs drops him off.
They practice Jacky Cheung's songs in the car.
Okay la, song. One song. 
Kesian hubs. He has been listening to the same song for a few months.

No TV in the morning.

He is usually tired after class and naps immediately after lunchtime.
Standard: 2 hours of sleep

After nap, it's monkey time aka "Drive Grandma Nuts Time"
This is when he runs all over, fight with Lil Dragon,
plays with his trains/cars, ride the Thomas,
havoc time. 
I consider this part of the day as their undirected play time
 MIL usually let them watch some cartoon at this time.

You can imagine her relief when I come home in the evening.
Tiger still stands at the door to wait for me, that's 'our thing'.
But now, the cute as button sister wants a piece of mama too.
If I say hello to Dragon first, he will get upset.

So, I usually run to the bathroom to wash up first before kissing the two.
If I have seen some infectious cases like chickenpox or AGE, it's straight to the showers.

When I am not too tired and the weather permits, we will do some outdoor learning.
It could be science, art or messy play.
This is our directed play time
No TV when I am around.

 Then it's dinner and SCHOOL!
Whenever I ask, Who is ready for school/study?
 Guess who runs to the safety gate first?
Hihi...Lil Dragon!

This is currently Tiger's Home Preschool Schedule.
The cute pictures came from Homeschool Creations's Workboxes Printables.
I only take credit for the 3 abstract ones.
I am sure you can tell which ones =.="
 Since we don't have to report to anyone, it's okay if we don't cover everything.
Nobody has to find out.

Occasionally, I work till 9 or 10.
In that case we do what I call a 30 minutes lesson.
For example,

Calender time: day, date, year
Hug and Affirmations
Reading (Brillkids/books) or Math
Chinese (flashcards)
Energy ball
Linking memory
Puzzle/Fine Motor
Kiss & Thank you.
Hubs/MIL watches the kids while mom finally gets a much needed shower.

Bedtime is fixed at 11pm.

He is currently,

An irritating fussy eater.
Papa's BFF (which pisses me off massively. Imagine your 3 year old telling you to go
downstairs while he lounge in his father's arm. Grrrrr....)
Bossy kid who keeps instructing me around.
A cry baby.
A bully.
A pacifier addict. He is going to be pissed about this but I did say
I am going to take a pic and show yiyi. There! The pink pacifier.
At the same time, he has a softer side.
If I sustain a bruise or cut, he will be concerned, 
"Why mama? You fall down?"
"Pain or not? You want medicine"
Then he will proceed to sayang me gently.

Sometimes, he will sit next to me and announce,
"Mama, I love you"

The best one?
"Tiger, you like to go to school, Tweedlewink, Ditoso or school at home?"

"I like Mama School"
"So nice"




9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Jessica,
I follow every post you have and learn from you, you are a supermom, the way you teach and I can see the time and effort you put for your kids. Do you mind if I ask you, are you working mom, seems like from your recently post, you need to work as well. Myself, as a working mom try to do the best for my son but I find out that sometimes too lazy and tired after work, it's not easy to do every activities with my son who is 6 years old, try very hard, you are amazing, how u can do it.
From : Jelly-fish

Jade said...

May i know where to get the Pattern Block that Tiger is playing.. :) thanks.

Kaysha said...

Love the schedule cards!

Grace said...

may i know what material you use to teach calendar?

Thanks.

Jessica_littletiger said...

Hi, Jelly-fish :)

Firstly, thanks for reading!

Hmm, I guess I do it because I enjoy it. I sacrifice a lot of ME time to do all this. Also, I have a full time helper and a MIL to help in other aspects. I don't have to worry about housework, cooking, marketing or wiping poop.

I only work full time, play with the kids, rotate their toys, teach, help with hubby's paperwork, keep up with paper trails, organize, do some gardening. As long as I don't have to the laundry , I am happy :)

It looks like a lot on the blog but in real life, it is prob about an hour a day.

Jessica_littletiger said...

Jade, that is from Taiwan but the pieces are the same as any tangram you buy here in Malaysia.
I used it with the printable from here http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2012/03/preschool-pattern-block-activities.html

Jessica_littletiger said...

Thanks Kaysha. Send my love to your little man!

Jessica_littletiger said...

Grace, I will do a separate post on Calender time because we have two, one outdoor and one in the study

Grace said...

Thanks, can't wait.

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