Alycia’s Milestone – HEALTH FREAK MOMMY

Of School Exams and Placement In Class

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Shireen

My almost 8-year old came home from school today and gladly announced that her position is the 5th in class. To add icing to the cake, she also told me that she, together with a few of her classmates will be going to the top class next year! When I heard that, I had mixed…

Our Pleasant Saturday

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Shireen

It was indeed a very pleasant Saturday for me simply because my prayers were granted. Today we left the house very early for the Immigration Dept. to renew our passports. After we left the Immigration Dept., we went to collect Alycia’s report card. I did not expect to be greeted with such pleasant writings on…

My Precious Baby’s Growing Up Fast

Posted on June 17, 2010June 17, 2010 by Shireen

Alycia my first precious baby is growing up too fast. From a cartoon-crazed toddler, she is now ‘promoted’ to the next level. Though she is now only 6.5 years old and is in Standard 1, she looks like an 8-yo girl and many of her likes have now changed. During this school term break, the TV…

Alycia Swims

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Shireen

After about 9 months of once weekly swimmng lessons (which were held very irregularly with a several months hiatus in between), Alycia can finally swim breast stroke on her own from one end of the pool to the other. This girl just loves swimming and she has been telling me that she wants to be…

Alycia’s Calligraphy Display

Posted on February 17, 2010September 9, 2013 by Shireen

Alycia came back from her second calligraphy class in school last week and proudly showed me her works: Alycia was selected by her class teacher to be in the school’s calligraphy team recently. She has to attend classes once a week and if she is good enough after training, she will represent her school in…

Alycia’s Progress In Math And Abacus

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Shireen

This is Alycia’s Abacus work from pre-school. She did them all on her own in school but had several mistakes. Her teacher asked her to do the corrections at home. When I saw the book, I was a tad lost on how to teach her coz I was never taught how to use the abacus…

Alycia Is Going To A Chinese Primary School Next Year

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Shireen

Alycia came home excitedly last week announcing that she got a pencil from the principal coz she got full marks for her Ting Xie again. See how a little reward can bring so much joy to a 5 1/2-year old. I’m glad that her pre-school uses rewards to motivate the kids to do well in…

Way Too Difficult For Pre-Schoolers?

Posted on June 27, 2009June 27, 2009 by Shireen

In my opinion, I think these Math equations are way too difficult for 5 and 6-year old pre-schoolers : Take a look at the boxes on the questions. They are everywhere…. some in front and some behind, first set and second set. I think even some adults would need some time to ponder how to solve…

Math For 5-Year Olds… Too Difficult?

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Shireen

Honestly, do you think that these equations are a tad too advanced for 5-year old pre-schoolers? When I explained to her how to go about solving the equations, I really doubted that she remembered everything, i.e. what she has to do when the empty box is in front, when the empty box is behind, when…

How Alycia Gets Good Marks For Her Spelling, Ejaan And Ting Xie

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Shireen

Alycia has been progressing really well in her spelling, ejaan and Ting Xie. She has been getting full marks most of the time. Guess what the secret is? I bribe reward her with Kit Kat (which koong koong gave) and Smarties (which aunty Barb gave) each time she could spell all the words during my practise sessions with her…

Alycia’s Second Ting Xie (Spelling In Mandarin)

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Shireen

When Alycia sat for her first Ting Xie last week, her teacher only gave her 3 out of 5 words as she thought that Alycia would not be able to write them. However, Alycia proved her teacher wrong and got all 3 correct. This week, her teacher asked her to write 5 words and Alycia…

Alycia’s Spelling And Ting Xie

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Shireen

I had a pleasant surprise yesterday when I checked Alycia’s school bag to see if she had any homework. She had gotten a star for her Ting Xie (spelling in Mandarin) for getting all right. … and another star for her spelling for getting all right! Not bad for my baby who has just turned 5…

Alycia Can Read

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Shireen

I made hundreds of words flash cards for Alycia and Sherilyn about 3 years ago and used to flash them to the girls very regularly. I somehow lost the momentum and stopped flashing the cards to them when I was pregnant with Baby C until recently. When my mum was here, she helped me to dig…

Alycia’s Reading ‘Explosion’

Posted on August 15, 2008August 15, 2008 by Shireen

Over the past 1 week, Alycia had a sudden reading spurt. Ever since she could read book 1A of Peter and Jane, she is now having an insatiable thirst for reading! She could read most pages of Goldilocks And The Three Bears (also for beginners from Ladybird) and a few other books that once belonged to…

Alycia’s Improvement In Her School Homework

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Shireen

Lately, Alycia has shown a great amount of discipline in completing her homework and now, she will do them without being told everyday. She doesn’t even want me to coach her as she will tell me that she knows how to do them. Her math and abacus have improved and she can even do them on her…

Alycia’s Diaper-Free Night (1st Night)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Shireen

It went well. Even before the alarm clock rang at 2am, I had already woken up to check on Alycia. The first thing I did was to quickly touch her pants. Phew…. it wasn’t wet. I quickly woke her up and it wasn’t easy to pull her up from bed. She was groggy, did not…

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