Julia Gabriel Term 4

she is in playclub now...

we ended term 3 on a high.... with Lin's farewell and V's promotion to playclub...

I am so glad I made the decision to keep her in playnest for another term, although she is ready and had her letter of recommendation to be promoted when she was 17 mths but.... I feel that it will be really healthy that she plays the "big sister" role longer (she being the youngest amongst her friends), learn to love the younger children, accept the fact they are not faster or stronger than her. Amongst everything, she "officially" became the class monitor, helping to carry stuffs, showing her classmates how things are done, which I feel gave her confidence that allows her to know that if you do listen, responsibilities will come forth .

So we have attended 2 classes of playclub, I still insist on english class for she is on a roll for her learning curve of speech, she can say all 26 alphabets and 1-10 (not continuously but she can pronounce and knows what come next). So I want to emphasize the language further and move on to all mandarin classes by next year. Just want her to think in english for now, so they say they grasp languages well the 1st 6 six years, so she is not late to start mandarin by 2 years old, and any other I feel like adding later. I don't like the idea of mixing them together although I'm sure they can deal with the difference. By the time she speaks good english at 2 years old, I will concentrate solely on mandarin. So, we will do english to DD T and mandarin to me by 3 years old.

Playclub is alot different, I must stress that her classmates this term are very very docile! haha don't know if its just beginning of the term or what, we shall see. I totally love the dramatization of the playclub bears, where the teachers will dress up and act out skits. I get VERY tired by the end of the lesson for I can't sit down and chill, always on the move.. doesn't help that the floor is no longer padded. *opps so I do have to knee/sit on hard floors. Snack time is like my favourite! V has to Q up for her food, carry her plate to her seat, eat chop chop and carry her empty plate n cup to the table for clearance. No more service! lol She has started to learn that she can't take the whole day to eat her snacks for its eats into her play time!!! *woots The start of discipline for the kiddos :)

Fun days is to come when she settles into the new routine...yippeee.... I'm actually quite happy with change for I was yawns with playnest after 3 terms and 2 holiday programs hahah... she goes to playclub this term on wednesdays and fridays..