To Playgroup We Go

We are going to have fun again tomorrow.

It's our playgroup session.

We have missed several sessions.

I'll be preparing craft tomorrow. Get a peep here.

Garden Party - Playgroup 1 December 2007

My children look forward to each and every playgroup session and I definitely know why. The sessions are just so fun and enjoyable that no one would miss without regrets.

Last Saturday, we had an outdoor session – our very own garden party. Each one of us brought some food to be shared and we had the party in the park near Cheng Sim’s house. It is a big park with lots of space for the children to cycle and run about. For a change, we had some fresh air and the children got to do their favorite activity - to use their energy to run, jump and move!


The mothers and fathers were all having a great time eating and chatting away, bonding with each other and that’s the reason we feel so close to one another. The friendship is one that all of us would treasure. The children divided themselves into the bicycle team and the playground team. All of them enjoyed playing and moving and you can see their smiles on their faces. It was indeed a wonderful outdoor session!

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Playgroup Update - 24 November 2007

Last Saturday’s playgroup session was wonderful! Not many people turned up that day but it was a day we became proud parents of our little ones.


So, what made us so proud? Look at the pictures below:

The children actually took over the mothers’ role on story telling and their courage is one we have to praise. Jia Jun started the story telling session with a Chinese story and he did a great job in his presentation. With the correct pronunciation and wonderful intonation, he caught the children’s attention and made the mothers listen with admiration. If you were there to listen to his story, you would never have guessed that he is only 3 years old! Karl continued the session with a Christmas story, asking everybody to guess the characters by their shadows. The two little two year old girls did not want to be left out as well. Audrey took out a book to read in front of everybody. Although it was short, everybody enjoyed her courage. Nyn did something very different. She presented a Malay rhyme with cute actions and I was so proud of her that day.


We did a beautiful craft, prepared by Kristin and it came in just in time as Christmas is around the corner.

Materials:
White card
Green textured paper
Other colored paper
Sequins
Cotton wool
Glue

Methods:
Cut the white card into your preferred size
Draw a Christmas tree on the green textured paper and cut it out
Glue the Christmas tree onto the white card
Cut out shapes like stars, ribbon and other ornaments
Glue the cut out shapes onto the Christmas tree
Glue sequins and cotton wool on the Christmas tree
Your sparkling Christmas tree is ready!

So, what do I do with the craft? Look at the following picture:

It makes a great Christmas decorations!

Fun Way to Introduce Baby Animals

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Itsy Bitsy Spider

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Playgroup Update (29 September 2007)

Chinnee, our playgroup coordinator, was absent and I thought I would do the update for our playgroup. It's always fun to attend the playgroup and every week, there's something new to learn. Our group of mummies (and daddies) are very dedicated and everyone chipped in ideas to make our playgroup fun and lively.

This week, we had free play and snacks as usual. This is the time when the adults would do some chit-chating but sometimes you might be surprised that the children would also have their own "little sessions".

See what I mean? Audrey is teaching Nyn how to do YOGA. Look at how she balance herself?

Mummy Siaw Wei prepared a simple craft that we used to do during our schooling days but for the children, it's a challenge. Mummy Siaw Wei took all the trouble to cut out strips for all 15 children. Then, it was the children's turn to wieve. Up and down, up and down, they went.

Materials: Cardboard and old magazine cut into strips.

End product

After that, I told the children a story about how a boy loves his mother, a story I took out from a book I bought and love so much. After the story, I asked each one of them to give their mothers a BIG HUG. That moment was really great for I could feel it myself when Karl, Wayne and Nyn gave me a bear hug.

To end the session, we sang and played "Ra, Ra, this a way" (A game to get to know all the children's names) and "London Bridge". All went well and everyone left the centre, happy.