Showing posts with label HaoHao 32-month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HaoHao 32-month. Show all posts

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Let Creativity Run Wild!

We visited Art Garden at Singapore Art Museum again. The last time we visited was last August. Hao Hao has a super good memory, he still remembers that he played with toy trains there last time!

Instead of the objects (e.g. keys, wooden pegs) provided, the children used the crayons to transform the flowers into lotus root!




They also designed boxes. Pei Pei used the stencil as her "sunglasses".




When we were playing the clay flowers, it was observed that some parents would tell their children "not like this, not like that!" There is no hard and fast rule in designing! We just let Pei Pei and Hao Hao to do what they like with that piece of clay (we just made sure that they did not eat the clay or use the clay to attack other people!)

I also read that when your children are drawing, instead of asking "what are you drawing", we should say, "tell me more about this". This makes the children feel that their drawings are being understood, and they will feel a sense of satisfaction and achievement!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Run Play Fun @Istana on Labour Day!

On Labour Day we had a good family workout at Istana - DaDi and MaMi ran with / after the kids!

The children were amazed by the swans.



There are many slides and see-saw under a big tree, Pei Pei and Hao Hao had so much fun that they refused to leave!


Information for parents bringing toddlers to Istana:
  • The Istana ground is open to the public five times a year in celebration of Chinese New Year; Deepavali; Hari Raya Puasa; Labour Day; and National Day. (Source: http://www.istana.gov.sg/)
  • Bring along picnic mat for sitting.
  • The security check at the entrance will take a while, parents can entertain the kids by counting butterflies (we counted one today)
  • Parents to wear sports shoes to run with / after the toddlers (MaMi was so "clever" to wear her sandals and now suffers from knee pain after running / carrying the kids to walk on the slope)