Monday, August 25, 2008

Montessori Little Helper Part V : Labeling Shipment

Today, Zu Yan is 2 years, 4 months, 1 week & 5 days old.





We are busy with shipment these few day.

Zu Yan get to work with something new that is out of his daily lesson plan.

He enjoys, he has fun, he take his pride of what he had done.

What he had done? Gluing address label on to parcel, taping the parcel.

Of course it is a mess but he is so proud of what he had done.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Montessori with Hello Kitty stickers

We went out this afternoon.
While travel in the car, Zu Yan was busy with the Hello Kitty stickers.

He has not been introduced to Hello Kitty yet. So, it is just an ordinary stickers for him. No"OOH-AAH" like he works with Elmo stickers before.
First, he sticks it on his hands and clothes. And I stick on his forehead, also on the nose and cheeks.
Then, he peels off and stick it back onto the sticker sheet.
Peel off, stick on, peel off, stick on. He started to get bored.
Then, I show him to stick it on the back of the driver seat.
That engaged him for awhile before he nooze off.

Thought of the day
When he peels off the stickers from the sticker sheet, I see fine motor skills and pincer grip exercises.
It is peanut for adults to peel off stickers but not a 2 years old where the fine motors skills and pincer grip are still developing.
He gets frusts when he could not peels off certain pieces.
And also, when he sticks the stickers back onto the sticker sheet, the matching concept applies, the visual discrimination applies, the pincer grip applies, the memorising of the position of the stickers when he peels it off.
There are pieces where I don't remember where to stick it back, Zu Yan points and says "There."
So, montessori with sticker, its low cost, easy to get, the child is in the good mood of play and learn.
Oh ya! Can manipulate into picture cards and do picture and shadow matching!


Browse and buy stickers from ZY Sticker House at eCrater or ArtFire



Saturday, August 9, 2008

Toileting on the chamberpot in an outhouse


Peek-A-Pooh














Zu Yan is peeping through a carton box house to watch TV. Why is he doing actually?





He is on the potty doing pooh ...


...while watching TV





















Did anyone study the history of flush toilet?
Read on and include in your lesson plan.
Zu Yan is experiencing toileting on the chamberpot in a nouthouse, of course those day had noTV.

I still remember those day when i was young I was toileting in the outhouse! Yes! Its truth!!!

So, find a big carton box and let your child experience it.



For those not interested to read on the history, never mind take a look at the ancient chamberpot and outhouse.





Friday, August 1, 2008

Montessori Zu Yan

Finally, I decided to take away the "baby" in the blog title, make it " Montessori Zu Yan" with the blog address unchanged.