All About Your Child

Happy Mother’s Day to All Mommies out there!!!

These are the 2 Mother’s Day gifts I’ve got from Keatkeat so far. The one on the left is this year’s present. But I prefer the one he gave when he was in Nursery, the flower on the right….looks like there’s more involvement in the artwork.

Going over to my MIL’s place now, (its the usual Sunday practice anyway) to celebrate Mother’s Day with the other 3 mothers…(MIL and 2 sis-in-laws).

Short post but my heart goes out to all wonderful mommies, have a great day….ohhh…drop that vacuum cleaner please and go enjoy yourself, won’t you, just for today, at least! Try to smile EVEN IF that little figure is almost driving you to tears with his/her tantrums…

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!

Love to do handicraft with kids. The sense of satisfaction lingers on their faces as they hold up their masterpiece and show it to everyone in the family. Its also a great way to boost their self-confidence. This Easter Bunny is an easy one. My 2-year-old could do this too, errr…that is with a little help from me towards the ending part.

 Get a square handkerchief or towel.

 Fold into a triangular shape.

 Fold the corner up as shown.

 Bring the bottom up Half-way.

 Fold up the bottom again to form a long strip.

 Turn over.

 Bring up one end of the sides as shown.

 Do the same for the other end. Make sure that both meets in the center.

 Fold it up by bringing the sides together.

 Use a rubber band to tie the sides together.

 Tie a ribbon to cover up the ‘ugly’ rubber band.

 Draw 2 eyes on a piece of paper, cut them out and stick them on the Easter Bunny. There you have it. Easy?

Look at this 3-year-old’s artistic talent! Unbelieveable? Believe it!

Too bad, Allan and I are not talented in this way, so not expecting too much from my 2 little guys in their artwork….Boo-hoo….

Hey, I have no idea why the video doesn’t come on. But I really want you to look at this kid. Here’s the video.

At this last hour of year 2007, Keatkeat and I reviewed his progress. From drawing just straight lines, colouring out of the pictures and could not differentiate “b” from “d”, to this very day, when he could draw a non-abstract figure, colour within the given picture and recognise all his letters….Indeed, he has progressed.

He is always eager to put up a new worksheet or handicraft to show his Papa and Mummy. We called this special area “the pride of my child”. This area in the living room is always a motivation for him to want to improve on his motor skills.

Seriously, I do suggest that every child should have this special area. It really acts as an auto driving force in the child for constant improvement.

Indeed he has improved greatly. School will start again in 2 days, no matter how much he has improved, my poor boy is still very far behind his classmates. All his classmates were born in the 1st half of the year and my boy, in November.

Although he is only 4 years old, but he can feel the pressure….

So we took down the worksheets and the artworks which he felt so proud of in the closing hour of 2007, leaving the place blank to welcome his new worksheets and handicrafts of 2008 which he will feel an even greater sense of accomplishment.

My child is ready for the new challenges of the year 2008 as he is no longer in nursery anymore, but a big boy now in Kindergarten 1.

Good Luck, my child, my pride and joy! *muack*

Hereby wishing you and your family many blessings for the year 2008!

Do you think your kids will like this?

Get a square piece of paper, white on one side, red on the other side. You can choose to colour the other side red if you could only find a white piece of paper.

Fold half upwards.

Fold half sideways.

Fold some part of the top edge. 

Roll up the edge.

Fold up the bottom edge. Leaving a slight or no gap between the rolled-up and the edge.

Fold the top right corner as shown.

Do the same for the left side.

Fold down the edge as shown. Leaving a 1-2 finger gap between the rolled-up and the fold-down.

Turn over.

Fold back as shown for the right side. 

Now do the same as shown for the left side.

Fold as shown for the left and the right side.

Now fold the bottom as shown for the left side.

 Fold the same way for the right side.

 Ta-da! You did it!

Now just add in the bushy eyebrows, the eyes, the red nose and the buttons. There you have it! Your Kids’ very own Santa Claus!