Learning Toys : ABC small foam mat

When I asked him to play with this, it took several minutes to complete the letters from A to I. Actually, he's able to complete it in few second, but he got boring already. So I asked to call his names few times before he's done with his other toys then he came to me. He got the letters from the tray and complete it one by one as I said the things related with the letters.

A - apple
B - ball (bola)
C - car
D - doggy
E - Ella (Mom's little name)
F - Fritz
G - gajah (elephant)
H - helicopter
I - ice cream and he licked it as an ice cream

Activity : Paste the Aa things

I've got this activity from the Homeschool Creation.

I cut the pictures of A-things and I asked Fritz to paste it in a paper with a big Aa letter in the middle.

He proudly showed it to Opa after he's done with it.

Activity : Sorting colors to sorting shape

Firstly, I asked Fritz to sort things based on its colors. I've prepared the color cards. There were red, blue, yellow and green and the things I've got it from his shape sorter.

He totally refused to do it. He even didn't want to speak out or hold the shapes. He went to his cupboard and found the empty based of the shape sorter happily. He sat down and started to sort the correct shapes. -__-"

He's a little perfect person. For him, the shapes are belongs to its place not for the other things. So he chose to return the shapes to its place belong. After he finished, he tidied up again to the cupboard.

Activity : Puzzle Apple

He's able to do it with a lil help of course. *yay* ^-^

Activity : Sequencing the apples

This activity asked Fritz to do the sequencing from the complete apple then a bite of apple to the last one. He still wasn't able to do it. He still needed help to arrange it. He totally couldn't able to order it well.

Coloring : Aa things

Again, we did the coloring. Now, it's time for coloring the Aa things. There are Astronaut, Apple, Alligator and Ant. All with black, except the alligator. The apple was almost with black. He ran away when I gave him the red crayon. -__-'

Color : Coloring Big Apples

He just wanted to do it in front of his beloved Opa. When I asked him, he totally refused. Opa was sitting next to him.

Miscellaneous : Making circles and circles

In his age, now he starts to make some circles in the blank paper. He loves to make it small and roundly. Sometimes it looked like number 9 instead. SO funny!

Miscellaneous : Drinking milk by himself

When he got sick, he refused to eat anything. This was in the morning when he didn't want to get his breakfast. He wanted me to make him a glass of milk. He decided to drink it by himself. Look so nice, huh?! ^^

Learning Toys : Congklak

Monday afternoon I have a new private student. She's my cousin actually ^^

At that time, I have to go with all my family. Fritz and Pop saw this Congklak under the table. Both of them decided to play with this. They were so excited as Pop is the one who adores the traditional things. Pop was so excited to introduce this things to Fritz.

It is the traditional games from Indonesia. More about Congklak

Color : Coloring Apples

I'm so happy when I asked him to color of these apples. There's a word in each apples to be colored. He got the marker and I pointed the apples with the same marker he hold. Then, he colored the apples that I pointed. He understand the order now and he wanted to follow it though he didn't do completely.

Tracing : Apples

Tracing the apples in the middle of his sickness. He's still eager doing it. Get well soon, boy!

Pictures : Fruits

This week we learnt about Fruits. He enjoyed the learning with Bahasa rather than in English. He is able to memorize the names well. He also able to point to the right pic when I mentioned. He was eager in collecting the cards and gave back to me as I said the names. ^^

Nursery curriculum

The Toddler era has just finished!!

Fritz is going to be to the next level and I have to prepare few things related to his school days.

However, I still get confuse whether I'm going to put him in the formal school or not. Considering him as the only child and he starts showing his ego, sometimes I want to let him enjoy his days at school to be learned more about socialize and how to control his ego. Otherwise, I notice he's a solitaire person and an extraordinary kid that seems the school not really suits for him. Perhaps the best result will appear......

Here's some plans for his Pre-Nursery (PN), 2 - 3 years old:

* learning ABC
the source will be taken much from:
- 1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com
- homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com
- confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com
- notimeforflashcards.com

what nice blogs and nice ideas inside!!

* learning Math
I had made a book from some sheets I've got during my teaching in some schools. Hopefully I can use it for Fritz

* learning Tracing
again I've got the sheets from my previous works.

* learning Shape and Colors
he still doesn't really able to recognize the colors and the source is still the same as the learning ABC

* Practical Life
taken from Montessori curriculum and I have the list already. It's good for his daily life.

and some other things, such as:
- Art and Craft
- Music
- Reading books
- Watching movie
- Physic or Gross Motor skills
- Field Trip

Social and Emotional skill too!!

Toddler : Turn 2 years

He's now 2 years old.

In his 2 years old, I'm going to share some his abilities and routines he does daily. And the school days was off. *yay*

He LOVES reading books and magazine so much. He can treat all the books and magazines very nice. He's never torn those.

He starts wanna do something by himself. Like he did one day in the noon when he saw a water bottle that we've got it from Mom's friend. He successfully opened the lid and drank it carefully, all by himself.

He enjoys playing with elders. Sometimes I ask him to join with my classes. He likes to play with my students and sometimes he giggled a lot without any reasons. Love to hear it! He also likes to sit on the chair and get a pen then do scribbling.

He also likes to play with dough in his 2 years old. He always asks me to make Mickey Mouse from it. And in this pic, I asked him to do pouring the soft things from cup to cup.

The big day comes!!
25 March 2011

He turns 2 years today.

My praying for him:
- may He always shower him with lots of happiness and healthiness
- may he grow as a smart boy
- may he can make me proud of him always

and here the pics......

the tiny small cake

the celebration

the pic family

Toddler : Jungle Animals

Fritz is currently almost 24 months

Pictures

This week theme was Jungle Animals. I prepared Elephant, Lion, Tiger, Giraffe, Zebra, Rhino, Alligator and Hippo. We didn't do so much activities this week as we had a little problem and we have to be out from home everyday.

Activity : Identify and Recognizing Pictures

He was able to recognize and identify the pictures. I mentioned the names and he grabbed the pictures out. At other times, I said the names and he pointed at the proper pics. He did it vewy well. Good job, Boy!

Art : Elephant Hand Painting
Preparation:
* Black and white paint
* a palette
* a brush
* a drawing paper
* a coloring marker

How to do :
1. Pour the white with a little dot of black paint
2. Mix it with the brush
3. Prepare the drawing paper
4. Dip mom's hand and child's hand in the paint
5. Put the hand in the drawing paper
6. Let it dry
7. Get the coloring marker, make an eye and ear in every elephant
8. Ask the child to make the grass using the green marker and a sun using an orange marker


Craft : Tiger
Preparation :
* a paper plate
* red and yellow paint
* a palette
* a brush
* black origami paper
* 2 wiggle eyes
* light color of origami paper
* glue
* scissors

How to do :
1. Mix the yellow with a little dot of red

2. Paint the paper plate with orange paint
3. Let it dry
4. Make small rectangles with black origami paper, 6 with length 1cm x 2cm and 3 with length 1cm x 1.5cm. Those for the stripes.
5. Make a nose and a mouth with a light color of origami paper
6. Paste the stripes, nose, mouth and wiggle eyes

this pic was taken by Fritz

Movie : Little Einstein
There was some animals we've learnt in Little Einstein. Though he didn't really into with Little Einstein, he still wanted to watch it.

Gross Motor : Playing Ball with Opa
This was the expression after playing the ball with Opa. He's so exhausted and tired, running here and there to get and catch the ball. He drank a lot!

Miscellaneous : Eating Ice Cream

He LOVES ice cream soooo much. He wants to grab the cone by himself. Then he'll ask me get a spoon for him and get the ice cream using the spoon. Funny way to enjoy the ice cream!

He loves the crunchy cone sensation actually.

Fun
*Swimming time*

It's a sunny day..It's the right time to go swimming.

I filled the float. He looked so excited. When I asked whether he wanted to swim, he said yes. So, I just let him playing with the float in the bed. He was so happy.


I prepared all the stuffs and decided Pop would join with him as I still have my period. Then we went to the pool at 2.30 noon. Hot day!! ^^


He refused to take off his shirt. So just let him using it. When he went in the float and he felt there's a water under his feet, suddenly he's crying. That was the time he's getting crying.

When Pop brought him to the middle of the pool, his crying was getting louder. Then, it's over. Swimming time was over and he didn't want to get in anymore.

We stayed for 1,5 hours asking him to swim and he still refused it. -__-"

He was really an extraordinary boy. I think he's the only boy who doesn't like swimming. HUHUHUHUHUHU........

*Playing with Koko*
After I finished with my private student class, Fritz and Pop picked me up. Fritz was so happily playing with these 2 big bro (Koko). They love to play with Fritz also. They had Cars cars and Toy Stories toys. Love to see them playing together.

*Living World*
After playing with 2 Koko, we went to Living World, a new mall near their house in Alam Sutera. We just walked around as there's not much to see. We just went to the stationary shop and a toy shop (Toy Kingdom). Fritz was excited when we've got there. Then I saw these animals in the side of their shop, big jungle creatures. Fritz was so afraid with them. Hahahaha...

*Visiting Popo*
We took a time visiting Popo (Mom from Pop's side). She looked so happy when seeing Fritz. He also showed friendly though we didn't meet each other for a long time. He easily attached with her.

We spent time by going to Carefour at MOI. We needed to buy some groceries for Fritz. We didn't take lot of time there as it was dark already. So we decided to get home.

In the middle of the way, we decided to see a birthday cake. We went through AJ Bakery and Home Made bakery. To be honest, we didn't have enough cash to spend for the cake. I think we're gonna buy the small cake for his b'day later.

Then, we bought our dinner at Aceh's. We ordered Fried Rice for Fritz. He didn't eat lot as he's getting poop after that.

It's quite much fun though just spent for few hours only. Unfortunately, we didn't take any photos.

Fun : Visiting Popo

We took a time visiting Popo (Mom from Pop's side). She looked so happy when seeing Fritz. He also showed friendly though we didn't meet each other for a long time. He easily attached with her.

We spent time by going to Carefour at MOI. We needed to buy some groceries for Fritz. We didn't take lot of time there as it was dark already. So we decided to get home.

In the middle of the way, we decided to see a birthday cake. We went through AJ Bakery and Home Made bakery. To be honest, we didn't have enough cash to spend for the cake. I think we're gonna buy the small cake for his b'day later.

Then, we bought our dinner at Aceh's. We ordered Fried Rice for Fritz. He didn't eat lot as he's getting poop after that.

It's quite much fun though just spent for few hours only. Unfortunately, we didn't take any photos.

Fun : Go to Living World, Alam Sutera

After playing with 2 Koko, we went to Living World, a new mall near their house in Alam Sutera. We just walked around as there's not much to see. We just went to the stationary shop and a toy shop (Toy Kingdom). Fritz was excited when we've got there. Then I saw these animals in the side of their shop, big jungle creatures. Fritz was so afraid with them. Hahahaha...

Fun : Playing with Koko

After I finished with my private student class, Fritz and Pop picked me up. Fritz was so happily playing with these 2 big bro (Koko). They love to play with Fritz also. They had Cars cars and Toy Stories toys. Love to see them playing together.

Fun : Swimming Time

It's a sunny day..It's the right time to go swimming.

I filled the float. He looked so excited. When I asked whether he wanted to swim, he said yes. So, I just let him playing with the float in the bed. He was so happy.


I prepared all the stuffs and decided Pop would join with him as I still have my period. Then we went to the pool at 2.30 noon. Hot day!! ^^


He refused to take off his shirt. So just let him using it. When he went in the float and he felt there's a water under his feet, suddenly he's crying. That was the time he's getting crying.

When Pop brought him to the middle of the pool, his crying was getting louder. Then, it's over. Swimming time was over and he didn't want to get in anymore.

We stayed for 1,5 hours asking him to swim and he still refused it. -__-"

He was really an extraordinary boy. I think he's the only boy who doesn't like swimming. HUHUHUHUHUHU........

Gross Motor : Playing Ball with Opa

This was the expression after playing the ball with Opa. He's so exhausted and tired, running here and there to get and catch the ball. He drank a lot!

Craft : Tiger

Preparation :
* a paper plate
* red and yellow paint
* a palette
* a brush
* black origami paper
* 2 wiggle eyes
* light color of origami paper
* glue
* scissors

How to do :
1. Mix the yellow with a little dot of red

2. Paint the paper plate with orange paint
3. Let it dry
4. Make small rectangles with black origami paper, 6 with length 1cm x 2cm and 3 with length 1cm x 1.5cm. Those for the stripes.
5. Make a nose and a mouth with a light color of origami paper
6. Paste the stripes, nose, mouth and wiggle eyes

this pic was taken by Fritz