Our mandarin week

Last week, i didn't do any planning for babydoll. These days i am too exhausted & i just whip out household items whenever i can.

 

 

 

The other day, i turned over our laundry basket and gave her a packet of straws. She was kept busy with inserting the straws through the basket linings. :)

 

I sat her in the bumbo seat (yah, she can still fit comfortably in it) and shove her a set of stickers. She peeled off the stickers one by one and stuck them on the chair. It sure kept her quiet & contented!

 

As for sonshine, it was our Chinese theme week. Like always, i took out our assesment book.

 

He worked on comprehension. He had to read each sentence and check if they are correct by looking at the corresponding picture. (I had to read & explain some words to him)

 

Another new area i have started is the Chinse oral bit. He isn't very confident in speaking and let's not even talk about speaking in Mandarin! So, i think it's best i start him off now.

 

The theme we worked on was 'Living room'.

 

 

 

He learnt some key words relating to the theme.

 

 

I made this mini flap card to show him how to pair a word to other characters.

                              

 

Lift the flap, you get another word with another meaning.

 

After he was familiar with the words, we refered back to the picture & i made him describe it using the words he learnt.

 

I think we did a few more workbooks, but i can't remember, :P

 



Playtime with babydoll

Here are more activities i did with doll.

 

 

 

Before you throw away that empty tissue box, ask yourself if you can convert it into a plaything for the tot! It was "All things round" theme, i dumped anything with a circular shape in the box for doll to dig her puny hands in.

 

I made a sensory bag using zip lock bag.

 

The bag lasted to a ripe old age of ... 60 minutes. That's when babydoll decided it was way more fun to poke the bag with a pencil causing mini holes to appear on the bag.

 

Playing with big brother's marble race and watching the ball roll down the structure.

 

 

Her daily activity. The crayons and pencils are readily available and well within her reach. She goes over to the table anytime she wishes.

 

 

I thought it was time to take out my montessori kit for her. Here, she is matching the shapes. Not wanting to overwhelm her, i took out 3 shapes only.

 

She blew me away with this one. Her visual perception is really good. She is able to match most of the cylinders into place at one go.

 Sorting Melissa & doug shape  blocks by colors. I am pleasantly suprised she could match the colors though she tend to get confuse purple for blue.

 

Of course, she gets lots of nature & outdoor.

 

Not forgetting sand play!

Dough thing

 

It's playdough time!

 

Besides the usual squishing and squeezing, these were other ways we played with the dough.

 

 

Babydoll inserts each chip onto the dough (eye-hand coordination).

 

Trying to slice the dough. She managed to make a mess...

 

 

And pounding the dough with a toy hammer (with some squeaky noise)!

It's a fine job

I've been randomly giving the doll some fine motor skills & eye-hand coordination related activities. Actually, i don't think she needs any practice.

 

 

This is my favourite activity because its cost nothing! Sonshine couldn't do this till much later but doll does it with ease. She dropped coins after coins like a pro.

 

 

Stacking shape rings.

 

 

Plucking out cloths peg. I say plucking out because she hasn't quite get the pincer grasp skill to do this effectively yet.

 

 

This is another of my favourites. Scooping cotton balls with a spoon. Again, doll surprise me with this one. She did it well. Is it a girl thing? The boy was very slow in his fine motor skills....

 

 

And lastly, slicing fruit toys with a toy knife.