Tana Ramsay promoting Montessori Education

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Organic Farm Visit Part I

We have a trip to the GK Organic farm for Farm visit with luncheon package.

A talk about care of environment with slide show was given, then barefoot walk around the farm with guide explaining planting and information about plant. Children was brought around with sight, touch and smell experiences.

Hand on with planting scallion, and harvesting of sweet potato. Children get to bring home the scallion they planted and sweet potato they harvested.

Check out ZuYan's scallion growth next few day.

Planting scallion.

Getting ready for barefoot walk around vegetable farm.

The adults and children were separated into two groups with a guide for each group to tour around the farm. So, no photo was taken for ZuYan during the tour.

It is a quiet place where you hear only the bird chirping and insect sound.

Back to Bambini's house Day 2

ZuYan expressed himself that he doesn't want to go to school today.

A little persuasion, I walk him into Bambini's House and he started to behave clingy. I diverted his attention at the pretend play corner. Miss Lydia show him the play dough and I sneak out... heard Miss Lydia saying " Your mummy will come and pick you up after your nap time."

So today, stay back upto 3pm...

Till then...

Back to Bambini's house Day 1

After about 5 months, ZuYan is backed to Bambini's House.

No separation anxiety, easy going, I said to him "I will pick you up after lunch time" and left.

Why Daddy Pingu Snoring?

ZY asked me during bed time yesterday night, " Why daddy Pingu snoring?"

I ask him to close his eye and sleep and I pretend to snore. He closed his ear and said : "very noisy"

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I did a search on the internet, cann't find a suggestion answer for for a young child about why we snore.

Introduction to Golden Beads

According to my handbook the sequence of exercises for Golden Bead Material are as belows:

Sequence of exercises

Exercise 1 - Teach names of quantities using beads.

Exercise 2 - Teach sequence of numbers counting through from 1-1,000.

Exercise 3 - Give practice in selected specified quantities using beads.

Exercise 4 - Teach names of written symbols using cards.

Exercise 5 - Teach sequence of written symbols building cards in sequence.

Exercise 6 - Give practice in selecting specified written symbols using cards.

Exercise 7 - Give practice in associating quantity with the written symbols using cards and beads.

Exercise 8 - Bird's eye view.

Exercise 9 - To give practice in the formation of numbers using unlimited beads and carrying out changing.

Date and Sequence that I presented to ZY

12/4/10 Exercise 1 - Exercise 1 - Teach names of quantities using beads.

15/4/10 Exercise 2 - Exercise 4 - Teach names of written symbols using cards.

18/4/10 Exercise 3 - Exercise 2 - Teach sequence of numbers counting through from 1-1,000.

20/4/10 Exercise 4 - Exercise 5 - Teach sequence of written symbols building cards in sequence.

23/4/10 Exercise 5 - Exercise 7 - Give practice in associating quantity with the written symbols using cards and beads (for 1, 10,100 and 1000 only).

04/5/10 Exercise 6 - Exercise 8 - Bird's eye view.

Exercise 7 - Exercise 3 - Give practice in selected specified quantities using beads.

Exercise 8 - Exercise 6 - Give practice in selecting specified written symbols using cards.

Exercise 9 -Exercise 9 - To give practice in the formation of numbers using unlimited beads and carrying out changing.

Mama busy

Zu Yan was playing his PC game and suddenly he stop and came up to me and said " Mama busy" and wanted me to sit in front of the PC. Well, I sat and watching him running into kitchen, hearing he opening and closing the fridge door, then came out and ask me " Where is the orange juice?"

Ha ... that's his trick, he thought when I am busy and will not notice what he is doing and he can serve himself some juice.

Why didn't he came up to me and ask for juice, instead he is trying to divert my attention to get what he want.

Because I will restrict how much he could take or he would finished the pack of 1 liter juice in half a day.