Long rod : Walking in Maze

Back in my teaching time, there are children who see walking in the maze like walking into a dark cave. Obviously, ZY has no problem.

Craft actitivities : Making Three Level Car Park

I plan to make a Three Level Car Park with Zu Yan, so we started with painting the cardboard black. Zu Yan started the work, of course I am the one who make sure it is done.

Zu Yan's stop and left his first piece of cardboard to dry and fetch another piece of cardboard and start painting.

This is his second cardboard, he found he can write number "1" and sound out loud pointing to me " ONE". And he further request me to write other number for him.

Conclusion : Take every opportunity to show your child how to write at his own pace and desire when he want to learn. Demonstrate the direction of writing each number and letter slowly, so he could see and capture in his mind.

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.

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

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.

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.

The Malaysia International Landscape & Garden Festival 2008

Zu Yan waiting for shutter tram at the stop station in front of Bird Park and Orchids Garden.





Zu Yan posing in front of a scultured gardens.








Another field trip fo Zu Yan.

The Malaysia International Landscape & Garden Festival 2008 that being held at Perdana Lake Garden, Kuala Lumpur 19-27 July 2008.


Due to, I spended too much time on looking for the entrance and parking lot. We are unable to spend much time to feel the breath of freshness, see the world in hues of colours, experience it like no other and see a display of over 80 sculptured gardens.

Don't even mentioned about enjoying bargains at some 50 units of retail lots selling garden-related products.

Zu Yan enjoys walking along the path while admiring the scultured garden especially those have fountain and fishes in pool.

Zu Yan deleted some pictures while browsing his pictures in the camera.

We enjoyed riding on the shutter tram, the golf cart services that bring us the Lake Garden.

And we saw PURPLE CHILLI PADI. Zu Yan was excited about it because they are purple, the first colour that Zu Yan knew how to say and Barney is purple too.











We saw the KL Hop-On-Hop-Off Double Decker Tour Bus Services boards at Perdana Lake Garden Stop Station. One day, we will go "KL Hop-On-Hop-Off Double Decker Tour Bus" .

Next, culture theme should I choose "Transportation "?