Time to Celebrate!

Halloween And Deepavali Celebration!

Having two festivals in one celebration means double the FUN! Children were all dressed up in their Halloween and Indian traditional costumes. It was a beautiful sight! <3

Children also get to paint their face!

Ohhh nooo!!! We have a CUTE vampire in the house!

Other than a brief introduction of these two festivals, children were let to try muruku, play games and create their own Rangoli with coloured rice.

Look at them busy creating their own picture of imagination.

Creativity creates beautiful mess!

Do continue to allow their imagination to run freely daily! That's where we get to see more creation coming from our children!

Kids at work!

The children are focussed and actively involved in making the sea creature wall mural. The children moved around freely and selected the materials they would like to work with. It was amazing to see the children working independently and enjoying themselves. For those who are wondering what's a wall mural? A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface.

Jing Xuan is making her very own jellyfish by looking at the model jellyfish.

Chrishuan is looking excited as he formed the turtle's head. He just could not believe his eyes.

Ern Yu and Chrishaun are presenting their art work before the class. Look at their happy face as they took a picture with the turtle that they have created all by themselves with minimal help from the teacher. That's a great achievement!

Yee Ann is trying to fix the tentacles in the middle of the container just like the model jellyfish. She is using her critical thinking skills in trying to attach the tentacles. That is very challenging and happy to see her trying until the end. Indeed, the outcome was similar to the model jellyfish.

The children are having a chat with one another and role playing.

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The children still visited during their free play and free time to work with the mural. Indeed, they were very much engaged and building bonds with one another. The children also worked as a team and collaborated with one another. It's heart warming to look at them as they take turns to work with the materials.

Yee Ann is forming a sea urchin.

Kai Le and Ern Yu are pasting the bubbles and deciding on where to paste the fishes.

This is the end product of a beautiful sea wall mural.

 

 

One of the advantages of a wall mural is that it makes him or her experience their own artistic sense. Art is one of the best things that a child could learn and if he or she develops a liking to it, it can also become a good past time to indulge in.  A parent should give a child the opportunity to own his or her room so as to awaken his or her creativity by encouraging to make a wall mural.

An inspiring wall mural would give your kid a positive disposition every day. If he or she sees positive images in the room every time he or she wakes up or goes to bed, it would make him or her feel happy and special. It would also make them feel that they are loved by their parents because they are given the freedom of choice. A happy child will grow up to have a more positive outlook in life as well as a friendly attitude. Thus, parents, you could try making a wall mural today with your child. Enjoy and have a fun time!

All about Sushi

With the Sea Creature theme, children were introduced to a variety of edible sea creatures such as fish (tuna), prawns, crab etc. Using these as the ingredients for Sushi-making, the children got full hands-on experience on how to use a knife to slice the ingredients and rolling a bamboo mat. They also learnt to use terms such as slicing and rolling during the session.

Children were given the opportunity to get to 'touch' the ingredients before cutting them into smaller pieces. Cloey was pretty excited exploring the ingredients.

Faith could not wait to slice the crabmeat.

Kayden said, 'Prawn."

The children were curious to see what was in the big bowl.  It was Sushi Rice!

Quinny was very patient and gave her full focus in slicing the carrot.

Faith was the first to try rolling the Sushi using the bamboo mat.  She was able to roll it own her own.  She seems quite a pro as during Montessori sessions, rolling mats are her daily practices.

Dorothy independently flatten out her rice on the seaweed wrap and placed her sliced ingredients on it.

Ruixi took sometime before she wants to get her hands 'dirty' on the Sushi rice.

Denzel was fast to get the rice flatten!

Caleb did not use the bamboo mat  but he was able to roll out his Sushi.  Superb skills.

As Zhi Yuan is a vegetarian, his Sushi was special.  It was pure made of vegetables such as carrots and zucchinis!


Cookery sessions for the young ones are not just about FOOD but developing Practical Life Skills too!
Just by Sushi making alone, the children has develop few skills such as slicing or cutting using a knife and rolling.  Well done Children!

Fun With Science

As a closure to Sea Animals theme, children were informed of the importance of keeping the sea clean, and reduce pollution emitted. Children were shown how a polluted sea looks like, and how it will affect the marine life. 

There after, children had the chance to "pollute" the sea and to also clean it up. Having this hands on activity helps children to understand better, the importance of a clean sea and it helps marine life creatures live safely. 

"Eeeiii... so dirty..."

Okay, time to clean up the sea, friends...

"Haaa?? Got paper inside?"

"Hmm... what can I collect from the sea today?"

"Eii yucks..."

 "I also want to clean."

 More rubbish extracted.

"Now not so many (rubbish) anymore."

"The sea is cleaner now. Yay!"


Children need to be taught of the importance to keep other habitats clean and safe for them to live in. Good job, children! :)