Apple craft

he cut the little pieces of paper and glued them onto the apple.

he actually cut his pants -____-
i think out of curiosity?
or just cheeky?

so i took away the scissors gently. no sound from him.
so means he is not that into cutting?

 glue. sticky fingers.

gluey gluey he says

he hates sticky slimy things?
just like how he can't play with slimy soft dough (flour+water)

each time his fingers touches the glue, he wants to wipe off.

 write A....and a....

 Apple craft activity

 dot a dot.

'D' for doughnut.

'D' for duck.

'D' for dinosaur! he brightens up!!

he roared and i laughed. and he kept doing it. joker like his dad

pressed hard and long.

smeared

this teaches the child that he needs to apply the correct pressure

be gentle.

do it gently, i said.

mummy see i gently.

note the selection of colours.

quite apt i would say.

 in the midst of clearing up this activity,

he could stop at this stage and play with the bottles.

bring them out of the 'case' and shuffle and place them back.

:)

 watch me and you will have your turn later.

this is a spoon. this is a bowl. this is a tray. later your turn ok?

ting dao ma?
li hai ma? li hai leh

this is a transferring activity under Practical Life.

he has been doing this so this time i substitute the ingredients.

its chickpeas last night.

and check out the above photo.

he hold and tilt the bowl so that he could scoop the remaining peas?

no one teaches him that.

in montessori classroom,

we are not allowed to correct.

and if im not wrong, he should not do it that way.

but i personally think its fine.

as long as he can transfer all the beans.

we did all the above activity in the store room last night.

haha.

cause daddy is watching EPL in the bedroom and matty's sleeping.

took us about 1 hour.

i should be more enthusiastic in conducting play school for him!

thats the term that we use.

he'll say mummy can we play school?

the house is in chaos and things are badly organized and im hating this.

wish i could freeze time and quickly move in.

their 'sensitive period' wont wait

:(

i also feel quite miserable that I need to go back to work soon.

not sure if i can handle everything.

play school. nursing matty. housework. laundry. cooking. making smoothies.

24 hours aint enough!

credits must be given to the father of my children for he does most household chores now.

thank god for that.

:)

Aug 2013