After a few days of Confinement at home, Finally can go out Liao!!!

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Adrian and I decided to bring her to Vivo City this morning and she was so excited when she heard that.

Her Long-Lost Friend.. Ernie Puppet

I was on medical leave these few days and Giselle stayed at home to accompany me. Feeling bored, she went in search of new friends in her room and found.... her long-lost friend, Ernie.


Adrian bought this puppet from Carrefour when she was a young baby and she would laugh out loudly when Adrian used this puppet to play and talk to her. Since then, Ernie was forgotten by her and was left lying in the toy box. When she took it out this morning, she kept asking me "what's this?, what's this?"....

Happenings at School for the Past Week...

Delcare wrote:

Dear Mummy & Daddy

This week had been a super quiet week. And most of my classmate did not come to school. However, the fun didn’t stop there! We did a lot of songs, rhymes and story this week. We even had lesson with Totsaurus! It was enjoyable to have them in our class. Like they say, the more the merrier!

Ms. Angela read us 2 stories this week. It was called “Not again, Anna!” and “Mrs. Wishy Washy”. “Not again, Anna!” was a story of Anna who yells and screams to get what she wants. Ms. Angela says that we could not do that. To get what we wanted, we must say “please” and “thank you” after we received it. When we get dirty, we had to clean ourselves up with tissue. Not with our hands. And if tissue didn’t do the trick, of course, then we washed our hands!

“Mrs. Wishy Washy” was a story of 3 farm animals, the cow, the pig and the duck. They saw mud one day and took turns to play in it. However, when Mrs. Wishy Washy saw the dirty animals, she was very upset and sent them all to the tub for a wash. “Wishy washy, wishy washy” The animals were all clean now. But when the animals left the tub, they headed back to the puddle of mud and played again. Oh no! I think Mrs. Wishy Washy was getting more upset this time round.

For math, we did puzzle play. This time, we were allowed to go around helping our friends. Some of our friends have some difficulty in solving the puzzles. I am glad I helped them.

For art, we did rubber stamping on a piece of paper, tea bag printing, play dough as well as making of Milo! The Milo tasted was delicious especially when we made it on our own.

Ms. Angela also taught us a new counting rhyme. It went like this,

6 Little Ducks that I once knew; fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too.
But the one little duck with the feather on his back,
He led the others with a Quack, Quack, Quack. Quack, Quack, Quack--Quack, Quack, Quack.
He led the others with a Quack, Quack, Quack.

I could sing it pretty well. Would you like to sing with me too?

Looking forward to next week and hoping most of my friends would be back. I could not wait to experience the fun of having all my friends back!

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你们好！时间过的真快，我们送走了黄金的八月，迎来了金秋的九月，在这个月里面，老师带领我们走进《健康与我》的主题学习，在这个月里面，我们从食物、蔬菜、水果和运动几个部分来学习什么是健康的，什么对我们人体有益等问题，老师会让我们从不同的角度和方面去了解健康，而且老师也带领我们简单的复习了我们之前所学习的交通工具。
在这个星期我们首先了解的就是食物，对于食物来说，可以说是我们的最爱，我们喜欢这些可能超过喜欢吃饭，那么老师将这些食物的时候我们也很有兴趣，我们学习了经常吃的糖，饼干，面包，麦片，还有经常喝的MILO，各种茶，老师经常喝的可乐，牛奶，水，酸奶，我们学习了这样多，老师告诉了我们哪些是对身体有益的，哪些是我们少吃少喝的，还有哪些是我们不可以吃喝的，我们知道了，不是每一种食物都对我们身体有益，以后我们吃东西的时候要有所选择，也尽量少吃那些对身体没有益处的。
这个星期，我们学习有“大新闻”，那就是突然我们的小朋友变少了，而且每天老师把我们的身体仔仔细细的检查许多遍，这是为什么呢？后来我们才知道，原来我们学校里面有许多的小朋友得了一种名叫“水痘”的传染病，一旦得了这种病身体上面全是小泡泡，要回家修养，所以我们的小朋友一下就少了许多，老师说他们会在两周左右的时间就会回到我们这个集体了，我们期待着他们的回来！
下面我就给爸爸、妈妈讲讲我们这个星期所学习的内容吧：
语文：学习食物——糖，饼干，面包，麦片， MILO，各种茶，可乐，牛奶，水，酸奶，通过这些食物的学习，让幼儿知道哪些对身体有益，是健康的食物。
认知：串纽扣——锻炼小肌肉发展，让幼儿从各种形状中找到老师所说的形状
聆听：故事《猫医生与小老鼠》
美劳：制作糖纸、茶叶包印画
烹饪：搅拌MILO
好了，爸爸、妈妈我们这周就介绍到这里吧！下周见！

Today My Daddy 'Pom-Pom' for me... HELP!!!!!

Mummy wasn't feeling too well today and hence Daddy offered to bathe me for the 2nd time...since I was a baby. Initially he didn't put enough shampoo on my hair and Mummy got to keep asking him to be generous. I was screaming my heads off when Daddy was enjoying pouring water over my head. And Mummy hor, instead of saving me, kept snapping with her camera....OMG..... **faint**

Happenings at School for the Past Week...

This week was so fun! Of course, we had the once a year teachers’ day celebration and I was sure my teachers enjoyed it! I could see the joy in their faces when they received the gifts from you and me. They wanted to say a big thank you to you too! It sure felt nice to see all our teachers so happy.

This week, Ms. Angela read us 2 stories. One of which is called “The lion and the mouse” and the other, “Seven blind mice”. -

“The lion and the mouse” was a story of well, a lion and the mouse! One day, while lion was asleep, the little mouse ran over the lion and woke him up! Of course, the lion was very angry and wanted to eat the mouse up. But the mouse was very sorry and offered to help the lion if he was ever in trouble. Of course, the lion laughed at the little mouse and said that the mouse was too small to help him. With that, he let the little mouse go. One day, the lion was trapped and caught in the ropes! All the animals saw and left him. And guess who came to help? It was the little mouse! The little mouse actually bit the rope and made a huge hole so that the lion could run away! The mouse did save the lion after all and they became the best of friends.
“Seven blind mice” was a story of seven mice that couldn’t see. And yes, they were very colourful! One day, they found out that something had landed near their place and they didn’t know what it was. Day by day, each of the mice took turn to have a feel of what that something was. They went to the legs which felt like pillar, the nose that felt like snake and even the tail that felt like a rope! On day seven, the 7th mouse went all over that something and said that it’s an elephant! The other mice didn’t believe and went to have a look as well. And, yes! It was definitely an elephant. This book had very interesting illustrations and Vivian was pretty good at guessing what that something was!

We also learnt about the pre-phonic sound of letter “m” where monkeys are munching.

For math, we did threading of buttons and also a revision of shapes! We were really getting a hang on it but of course we needed more revision. You could do it together with me too. Amanda wass pretty good with her shapes.

For craft this week, we did a lantern each but we could not bring the lanterns home. Ms. Angela said that we were going to send the lanterns for competition. It was not about the prize but we definitely enjoyed it! I heard that it was going to be hung at Chinatown point. Maybe we could have a look when mid autumn festival is near?

And of course, we also had a performance on Friday in lieu of teachers’ day celebration. We wore our special aeroplane on and flew around the stage! Remember the surprise blue box that we painted last week? It was actually the aeroplane! Ms. Angela allowed us to bring the box back so that we could perform it for you. Do sing it with me so I could put on a great show for you!

That’s all for this week and I definitely am looking forward for a more exciting week to come!
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亲爱的爸爸、妈妈：

你们好！转眼间一个月的时间就这样过去了，我们在这一周里面忙碌着为老师们过教师节，忙碌着制作中秋节的灯笼，在忙碌的过程中我们也没有忘记主题的学习，首先，我们先来介绍一下这周我们所学习的主题内容吧，在这一周里面，老师带领我们复习本月所学习的交通工具，学习了交通上面的一些常见的规则，例如：过马路要看红绿灯，要走人行横道线，走路要左侧通行等一些交通规则，我们学习的可认真了，老师不断的夸奖我们，而且老师还给我们介绍了在巴士和地铁上面不能打闹，要给有需要的人（老人，小朋友等）让座，做一个有礼貌的好孩子。
在这个星期我们制作了中秋节的灯笼，为了参加唐城坊的灯笼比赛，我们每个人制作的不同的灯笼，有涂颜色，粘动物等，大家制作的很开心，看着我们制作的成果，我们心里无比的快乐，有着那种属于我们自己的成就感，如果爸爸、妈妈也想看我们制作的灯笼的话，那就等快过中秋节的时候去唐城坊去找找我们制作的灯笼吧！
这个星期，我们还为学校的老师庆祝了教师节，我们班的小朋友制作了美丽的手链来送给学校的老师，并对每一个老师送上一个拥抱、一个吻还有一句简单的话语“教师节快乐”，我们看到每个老师的笑脸，我们很欣慰也很高兴，而且我们在这个星期里面格外的乖，这是我们送给老师最好的节日礼物！
下面我就给爸爸、妈妈讲讲我们这个星期所学习的内容吧：
语文：复习交通工具----陆地、海里和空中，加强理解交通工具的名称和
性能
学习交通规则---在马路上的规则和车上的一些有礼貌的行为
儿歌：《马路上》
概念：复习颜色—红色和蓝色
学习颜色—黄色
聆听：故事《车来了》
美劳：制作灯笼 制作吸管手链
好了，爸爸、妈妈我们这周就介绍到这里吧！下周见！

She wanted to take this Photo with me!:)

Tonite, she suddenly came behind me and hug me from behind. I told her want to take photo with me and she said yes! Hence Adrian quickly went to grab the camera before she changed her mind.

Mummy Brought me for a Hair Trim today :)

Had suddenly decided to bring Giselle for a proper hair trim today as her fringe is poking into her eyes. All the while, I am the "hair stylist" for her by trimming her fringe at my house corridor staircase.

Brought her to Yoong at Oasis De Salon at Blk 18 Jalan Memina @ about 10.45am. Prempted Giselle that I am going to bring her for a haircut and she said "yes". She was quite cooperative throughout though she has bit of fear initially. I told Yoong that I just want a trim as I would like her to have long hair. I kept distracting her with things and she was ok. When came the hairdryer part... she got scared again.

Overall, the experience was better than I expected as she was willing to sit down without any struggling :)

Many Surprises from her!!!:)

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Giselle really threw me a lot of surprises there few days. Just yesterday nite, she was singing and singing ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ in Mandarin to me and Adrian on our bed. It’s really the full version of it. Just that her hanyu pinyin not so perfect yet but still very well done lor. Adrian and me clapped and cheered for her and recorded it down on our handphones. She was so proud of herself and kept smiling shyly…

Then just this morning, she opened her own story book and really describe the things that she saw in the book. Like “It is raining, got thunder, lightning”. Then as she flipped another page she saw ants and said “Many ants, scared scared” (referring to herself). Really amazing as just a few days ago I was telling her teachers during the PTM that I am worried that her mandarin knowledge is not good and she has no patience to listen to stories. Her teacher told me what’s more important is that she can describe the pictures to me.

Bernice, Sherise & Javier Birthday Bash!!!:)

What a Great Party!!!:) Had brought Giselle to attend the Prince and Princesses's 1 year old party at Joie's condo. All the children had great fun playing with one and another and screaming with one another... hahaha... All the adults were busy taking photos for all the kids. Food were great and birthday cake was very nice.. I even had a second helping of the cake ;p

Thought Giselle is not the birthday girl today but Auntie Jennifer had help me to inflat one Hello Kitty balloon for her. She was so happy and kept kissing the balloon.

Parents-Teachers Meeting @ Delcare

Today is the annual PTM at Delcare and we had the chance to have a proper meeting with Giselle's Chinese & English teachers to discuss about her development.

When Giselle saw us seated down with Ms Angela and Wang Lao Shi, she began to be very uncomfortable and was very frightened. She thought we are discussing on how naughty she is in class. When began to cry after a while and Wang Lao Shi quickly went to assure her that it is ok. I told Giselle that Ms Angela is telling us how good she is in class.

Basically a development scoresheet was done by Ms Angela and generally she considered above average in most of the development goals. Ms Angela told us that Giselle is cleverer than any other students in the class but of course, this is also one of the cause that she can be very cheeky in class. Besides this, her teacher told us that her logical thinking excellent and this is seen from the speed of doing puzzles correctly.

Overall, Giselle is less naughty than she is previously. Her teacher has tried to use another type of method to guide and this makes Giselle more receptable to Ms Angela's instruction.

Just today I am telling Wang Lao Shi that I am worried about her Mandarin, Giselle proved me wrong tonite when she recited No.1-10 in Mandarin :)

Swimming

Taken at Mount Faber Safra this morning

New Play Room...

Suddenly had the interest today to do up her room and arrange her toys, books and furniture so that she will have more space to play around. I am still waiting for her to wake up from her nap to see her new room :)

Her new Piggy Bank

Bought her a Piggy Bank from IMM today as I want to cultivate her savings habit. Me and Adrian gave her a dollar coin each telling her that the $ is to save up for buying books.

Thereafter, she has been asking me to give her $ and tell me: "Save money buy book". Guess she is really very enthusiatic about her piggy bank as a start. Even when she sleeps, she also wanted to hold on to her piggy bank as though it is going to be stolen. haha