I know each kid is different. When comes to teaching, Sky is really driving me nuts. While teaching him, he...

1. Can't sit still & will wonder off to do something.
2. Will say "Mummy, I promise you. After this, ok?" and proceed to doddle.
3. Can't remember what i have said and mix up the shapes that he knew and not known.
4. Ask for milk halfway

Urggg! God! Pls impart me with more patience and the right method to teach him!!

Shan's music teacher has been "chasing" us to buy a piano for Shan as she's advancing in her piano lessons. After weeks of deliberating, we decided to take the plunge and commit a $4900 second hand Yamaha piano. The shop will allow a buy back at 70% if we decided to sell back. So, the calculated risk is abt $1500 if Shan decided to back out. Thinking that in abt half a yr or so later, Sky will also be taking music, we "invested" in the piano. Many thanks to PH & shan's teacher who took time to choose the piano with us since the mummy & daddy are musically illiterate.

Shan practising the song for her concert in June

The kids' cc were closed on Wednesday. Took the opportunity to go on leave and spent some quality time with them. With compliments from Christina's hubby, we got free tixs to Zoo. Unfortunatly, dh couldn't join us.

We spent a good time there and Sky was being extra well behaved by not asking me to carry him. Nothing much changed except that Ah Meng was no longer around. The kids ventured the Zoom took pony rides, watched sealion performed two times, played at the playground and pool. As usual, the kids knocked out when they finally reached home in the late noon.

The kids cc is very proactive in enaging the parents. First, they had an orientation begining of the year to bring you through the theme and activities going through for the next six mths. Three months down the road, they organised another informal parent teacher session.

This time, I'm quite sad as Sky's English teacher, Lydia, (who is also Shan's literacy teacher) informed she would be on six months no pay leave to pursue her dip course. The good news is she would be back in half a yr time. Thus far, she's the best pre-school teacher I had ever seen. She's very passionate about teaching pre-schoolers and know her stuff well. In fact, she was Eton House trained and also a former teacher from Eton House. I understand that she's also using the same approach to teach the playgroup kids. Nonetheless, she's following God's calling to enrich her passion in pre school teaching and we fully bless her in her path.

Back to the kids development

Shan
- Good helper in school
- Good academics both in English & Mandarin
- Loves to talk
- May be strong pride and can't accept if there's peers do not listen to her (have been working on that)

Sky
- Independent
- Only communicates in English. Chinese teacher "complaining" that he don't speak Chinese at all! Oh dear!!!
- Can colour well (at least within the lines)