Preschool: July Report

Tiger's still very into homeschool at the moment.

I am not allowed to laze around after dinner.

He will creep next to me and say, "I want to study"

No matter how tired, I will always smile and play along.

Reading

He is able to decode and blend simple ones.

When reading a new word, I usually sound out the first letter and let him guess.

It's okay to get it wrong, as long as the child tries.

He uses play dough for spelling purposes only :)

He enjoys creating his own words and then ask,

"Is this a word?"

'Reading' to his sister

Fine Motor

I'd prefer he strengthen his small hands muscles with fine motor activities

instead of writing at this age

but he loves this ABC stencil (you can get from any book store)

Tap a shape

He was like Wow for 5 minutes....quickly became blah.

Will have to try again later with this one.

Threading with straws

He came up with this pattern :)

Another blah tray...

Math

He loves the Master of Addition CD from Shichida

despite the weird singing

Geometric puzzle

I demonstrated with the red rods.

He was to self correct.

In this picture, you can see he got the height component all wrong.

I just watched quietly as he corrected himself and declared,

"I'm done. All correct"

I just smile and shrugged, as in 'no biggie'

 but really, I LOVE moments like this.

Patience, concentration, self-satisfaction, no praise.

Geography

Brillkid

We were quite disciplined with the lessons this time around.

This picture was taken on Day 1. 

Look so interested, right?

By Day 2, they were pressing all the keys 

=.="

By Day 3, Lil Dragon was pointing when the image showed POINT.

^.^

Girls.....so cute!

YAMAHA

Tiger had a problem doing 'v' with his finger...weird...

Until this week, that is. He secretly asked his nana to help him and

surprised me in class :)

 He kept signing 'v' and asking,

"You want two?"

"Mama, that is two is it?"

Chinese/Bao Bei

Taadaa!

Model student...woot! woot!

 

His papa was more thrilled than I was 

=.=''''

First time la...give face a bit....

His progress: 

3rd week: 1 card

4th week :4 cards

5th week: 4 cards

6th week: 8 cards

Teacher's report: Very serious during flashcard session.

I like to think it was due to our home practice. 

^.^

 The best part about including Lil Dragon in class?

They are more than siblings now....more 'friend',

can play nice together