Christmas at Orchard Road

It's Christmas time.   We brought the 2 boys to Orchard Road to see the beautiful Christmas decoration and lightling.

Teddy bear Christmas tree in a shopping center.

Christmas decoration outside Center Point.

My 2 boys were tired from walking.  So, they sat down on the floor or Robinson shopping center in Center Point to admire .....

the big fish tank with lots of fishes .....

Christmas lighting and decoration at Orchard Road.

Car park toy

Png Png loves to observe the barrier at the car park.   Back at home, my witty sister in law made car park toy with barrier, hump and a handicap car park lot for Png Png to play with.  She cut a stripe of paper and used a pin to pin the stripe of paper to a cough syrup box as the barrier; the core of kitchen towel roll as the hump and drew car park lot on a hard cover paper.   Thumbs up to my sister in law.   I love this type of home made toy.

2012 K2 farewell party cum alumni gathering

Carpe Diem organised a farewell party for K2 and gathering for alumni at the Port of Lost Wonder, Palawan Beach Sentosa.   Chen Chen was very eager to join the party.  Since it was school holiday, I let him join the party.   He told me that it was fun.   He met a few of his ex-classmates from Carpe Diem.

Group photo

Foam party

Home learning - The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear

A book that teaches adjectives - The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear.   The title tells.

Our lapbook cover.

I got Png Png to write down the adjective that describes the pictures.   This is from
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/little_mouse.php




















Words beginning with S

Png Png wrote more words beginning with S than the activity we got from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/little_mouse.php

I cut paper of different shapes and hold into halve to teach Png Png what is the half of a particular shape.



















Various way of consuming strawberry.   I made a little variation in the presentation from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/little_mouse.php

Mind mapping of the ways the mouse tried to hide the strawberry from the big hungry bear

Multiple choice comprehension of the literature The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear.

Label parts of a mouse.

Png Png drew picture of a mouse.

Puzzle

Family day 2012

Hubby's company's family day for this year was to Gardens by the Bay.   We had buffet lunch at Marina Bay Sands.  There was very wide spread of buffet but not much time to eat as all of us got there late.  My boys posed outside the restaurant before proceeding to Gardens by the Bay.

Beautiful sculptures seen along the way.

This sculpture looks like a sheep.

 

We crossed the bridge over the Bayfront Avenue.

 

Group photo with Supertree Grove as the background.

Before we entered the Gardens ...

 

Flower dome

Beautiful flowers all around .....

 

 

The cold environment at Cloud Forest gives the feel of highlands.   There are orchid, pitcher plants, and ferns from the cool-moist Tropical Montane region.

 

The 35-metre man-made mountain and waterfall.

The walkway in the Cloud Forest.    Are you scared of height?

There was display of Stalagmite.   I was very surprised Png Png remembers that this is Stalagmite, not Stalactite.   I thought him Stalagmite and Stalactite in one of the lapbook we did.  I am in cloud nine that he remembers this.

 

 

There were 5 big interactive walls with scenic view of forest.  Visitors can play the interactive game of chopping down the forest with bare hands, or replace the forest with urban build-ups.   The purpose of this interactive game is to let visitors learn that their actions of removing the forest can adversely impact other living things on earth.   My boys love to play the games but they may not understand the message behind it.   I explained to them.   Hopefully they understand.

My boys were tired at the end of the day.   They rode on the elephant and lion statue at the exit of the Gardens.