Aug News

The theme of the Farm Animals let us re-visit Zoology unit we learned earlier this year in March. We sang one of our favorite songs from Music Circle CD, We Went to Visit the Farm while pretending to be a variety of different farm animals using our bodies and voices. Another fun activity that our toddlers enjoyed was This Little Pig toes counting rhyme, where our teachers ran their fingers up the children's tummy and give them a tickle. Let’s not forget our group project which was making farmhouse out of cardboard box.

During story-time, the children listened to a very nice story about all the different animals that live on a farm in a book called Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown. For the Early Years children, they learned colour mixing for their art projects. They have started building 3 letter words using Large Moveable Alphabet. Parents, you may notice that your child is bringing home some words to work on.

The month of Aug we dedicated to learning about Weather. We started off talking about different types of weather, for Sensorial activities, children learned about rainbow colours, identifying loud and soft sounds, then later in the month, we also talked about how different weather can help us and plants. Our garden is looking beautiful, by the way! We’re getting a lot of spinach and lady’s fingers. It’s a great time the children learn everywhere around us there are signs of growth and changes.

The year is racing by and it is glorious to watch your children grow. Now most of them are ready for more challenging work and we have moved them to another level higher. The children really enjoy being in the new environment and meeting new friends.

Here are our classes in the AM Session

Toddlers Group ages 2 to 3 with 16 children
Early Years Group ages 3-4 with 9 children
Preschoolers Group ages 5-6 with 9 children

Besides our regular kindergarten classes in the morning, we also offer enrichment programmes in the afternoon. Little Scholar Mandarin available for children ages 3-12 and Ready Reader Early Learning Program (USA) for children ages 2½-4 works to improve the reading readiness of children.

Talking about growth, Malaysia is going to celebrate it’s 52nd National Day on 31st Aug. So I got the children dressed for their nationality at school. The kids paraded around the school and then we all headed into the middle area for a song performance. Then we went to the snacks area to sample the foods of many lands. And of course I didn't miss the chance to take photos!

What a nice cake...from this cute little boy's mum...gotta love his mum for having such a great Merdeka spirit for baking us this cake came with a recipe for us to try too! Another chance to teach the children to spot for our Malaysia flag!

Look how cute they are. We were really into Merdeka spirit! Took a chance to have a group photo for the very first time. But the pictures! As usual, they are cruddy. Some children just refused to stay still for a second....never mind we'll try again next time...

Need I introduce our Malaysia national costumes? From left is girl in cheongsam with a not so suitable pose, Malay baju kurung and an Indian costume.

One in red Samfoo with direct translation from Cantonese means Blouse and Pants and another in Indian costume.