Imagine This....

Hey everyone.....am very aware that I have been missing in action AGAIN for a while now! Time just flies by....

Had a good class today. The kids really enjoyed themselves when Ernie the puppet did some glissando exercise with them - they had to play the glock glissando fashion up or down and Ernie had to follow the sounds by going up and down. It didnt take long for some of the kids to decide to make him go crazily up and down by playing really fast!

Didn't the kids do well recognizing which notation represents which sound on the whistle? Am really glad that they are absorbing and learning in class.

Five more lessons to go before I bid adieus.....

Flaming Peanuts

Hi, this is a PROUD mummy moment for me. Go read my daughter's blog. Click on link on the right side. It's called http://flamingpeanuts.blogspot.com ( don't ask me why flaming peanuts!, my son is called backwalnut...go figure)

Read the article " we are too hard on them" - must read OK?

Guess Man Hon and I didnt go too far wrong with this child of ours.

Love you Manda.....

LOU-SY

We were on the way back from dinner (yummy steamboat and baskin robbins ice cream for dessert). In the car, birthday boy was sitting at the back of the MPV, while son no 2 Alex was talking nonsense ( literally, speaking in jibberish). Birthday boy was trying to tell us something but his voice was drowned out by his brother.

In exasperation, he was trying to raise his voice louder than the brother's and to tell kor kor not to be so loud and noisy. In his excitement, he said....

Kor Kor, don't be so LOU-SY! ( beginning of 'loud' and ending of 'noisy')

So cute...and so true too! Kor kor was being lousy causing such ruckus in the car!

Adam's football party ( part 2)

It was exhausting time for the kids and chief coach ( my hubby!). We had about 15 five years old running and dribbling one ball. I was shaking legs watching the whole time from the sidelines...with pizza and water at my disposal...hehe, I like this kind of party.

Hubby turned out to be an excellent coach. Just to show that when he puts his mind to it, he can actually think of creative things to do with the kids, apart from the usual watch TV or play computer games ( ouch...sorry darling!)

The birthday boy had a GREAT time. He says it is the best birthday ever ( well, he has only 5 birthdays so far and I don't think you can count the first two coz he won't remember anything of them anyway). Wants to do the same thing next year.

Received some great presents....

Another party tonight...this time with my side of the family.

And another one on Wednesday at school....

Adam is one happy boy this week. He deserves it coz he is just so sweet and adorable and cute.

I love you infinity Adam.....

Adam's football party

Adam turns 5 on April 21st. We are celebrating his birthday today...and the birthday boy requested for a football party. So, in an hour's time, we are heading to the futsal court nearby. He has invited boys and girls from school and church - altogether about 15 kids.

When he first voiced his request for a football party, I was a bit apprehensive. Don't know whether the girls are keen on it. I didnt say anything to Adam. I thought it is his birthday so he has the right to want to have the kind of party he enjoys.

Anyway, to my surprise, after we decided about football party, a few days later...he suddenly said, mummy, please bring some barbie dolls along for the party. The girls won't want to play football so they can play with the dolls!

* Smile*

I told him....don't worry la....girls can also play football ma....

A few days ago, one of the girls invited to the party decided football is not her thing and she told her mum she doesnt want to come. Mum told me and I said its perfectly OK.

I told Adam that his gal friend is not coming... and he said....SEE, I TOLD YOU! I TOLD YOU TO BRING BARBIE DOLLS!

Girls nowadays are really so into princess and dolls etc. I seriously don't remember to be so extremely incline when I was this age. And boys....no pink shirt or shorts.

It's funny....

Africa...

I was teaching about African American music in music class today. I showed the kids pictures of people, clothes, instruments from Africa.

One child asked, why are the people so dark?

Before I can answer, another child piped in.....because they don't have umbrellas in Africa!

Kids....

Imagine That

Hi folks, I overheard a mum in class today talking to another mum. She complained that she observed that her son is not as enthusiastic as his classmates when it comes to doing activities in class.

Mums and dads, each kid has their own learning style. Some are visual learners ( they may like to observe first), some are hands on ( they absorb best when they are manipulating something with their hands), some are auditory ( they are good at listening to instructions). Kids are different; just like you and me. We adults do sometimes have the tendency to compare our kids and it's not really fair to the kids.

I have one or two kids in class who prefers to observe and that is absolutely fine. I appreciate that they are more comfortable observing while they learn. It doesn't mean they are NOT learning.

;-)