Christmas Celebrations ... Tis the season to be jolly !!!

It's a time of giving & receiving...

Food For Thought
Hi Dads & Mums, you write the Festive Menu for your special kidz...
A sumptuous spread... a reflection of your gift of love & generosity...


They gave thanks for the glorious food...


They savour the heavenly flavour of each mouthful & have their fill...


"Full" of Thanksgivings...
Thumbs Up to all daddies & mommies !

"X" & "Y"

"X" for "X-ray" & "Xylophone"
X-ray film of skeletal view of human body...
They have stood the test of spelling...


Spelling is our business...
"Y" for "Yellow Yoyo"


Who says "YOU" can't win 'em all ?

Happy Birthday to Chloe !

"Happy Birthday Chloe ! "

"V" & "W"

Getting comfortable with spelling ...

"V" for...


"W" for...


"W" for Water.
Never too young to know about Water-Cycle...
"Water evaporates...clouds...linking to rain & rainbow..."

Reinforcing through drawing...
They enjoyed the togetherness...


Their masterpieces...

"U"

The kidz spelt "umbrella", "ugly"
& "uniform"(not captured 'coz no videocam on hand) ... check it out...

Hooked on "T"

Hooked on spelling ...


Announcing the first ...



Hooked on the line ...

"S"

ABC Phonics...the fun begins when they sing...



"S" for scissors & snake...
Cutting the snake with a pair of scissors...
Writing the word "snake" on their craftwork...













Clear & Correct diction...a breeze for them both






"S"...Tongue-Twister...
"She sells seashells on the seashore."
they made a go for it...they achieve it...!
Finally...bought the seashells from her...
Everyone was rewarded with a seashell...
Gladly & proudly they brought it home to show their mommies & daddies...

"R" in this wet season

"Rain, rain go away...Daddy,mommy,brother,sister,baby,family want to play ..." they sing
Dancing & chasing the rain away..



"R-a-i-n-c-o-a-t"...spellbound ...


Raincoat...they love to play in the rain...
but playbound...hmm where !??? ,
"shh...shh, ...daddy, mommy,we cannot tell you...heehee! " ...
It's no secret...in EB's shower tray...just before showertime...
Splash Splash Shower-rain
The fun begins ...Enjoy !









"R-a-i-n-b-o-w" they spell


7 colours of rainbow...they mused over...
Dads, Mums ! check it out if they still remember...



Life's treasured moments...
sighting of an awesome & dazzling Rainbow !
Enjoy !
-Captured on 05 Nov 2009...on my way to work

'Q' for Queen ; Number '16'

Visual-motor skills
Hand-eye coordination ...accurately perceiving and then reproducing...
Free hand forming '16' (without any guided form) was a rewarding experience...













Spelling...our hot pursuit...
'Q' for "Queen"...

Letters "O" & "P"

Making sense of English lessons in the computer world...

"O" for On/Off...Spell to get acquainted...



"Turn Off Computer"...they understood...



"P' for printer...

A Big " Thank You" to Mr & Mrs Ong (Paige's parents)
for the gift of a brand-new Canon PhotoPrinter for the class...
the kidz queue excitedly for the letter 'P' printout...

"P" for Parachute ... they spell

They fly their parachutes...

HaPPy BiRthDay Paige !

"HaPPy BiRthDay Paige ! "
"Thank you for the yummi cake, goodie bags & the colourful balloons...We luv you ...!

'O' for orange

THE ORANGE CULTURE

1) "O-R-A-N-G-E" they spell....











2) Fruity"ORANGE" they chew...
won't compromise on quality...outrageously sweet ...!










3) Glorious "ORANGE " they paint...
Artistic mixture of red & yellow colours=ORANGE

Upcoming concert

A glimpse...
"Daddy, Mommy...to top off our performance, a pair of comfy black, blue or brown shoes is great !
Catch us 'live' on 26 Nov ... See ya ! "

"N" for Newspapers ; "N" for NO

Newspapers Editorial in the making ....

The kidz...they the Speller



Introducing the 3 youngest speller ...

Jayvian...



Paige...



Chloe...



The kidz...they the Proofchecker... for the letter 'n'









"N" for NO ....

Water Carnival @ Arena Club

On Saturday, 17 Oct , the parents,kids and teachers woke up
... to a different paradise of the "Wild Wet West" !


Put on your swim gear & escape into the exciting watersports with us ....

Team 6 ... having a WOW time ...!


Ride on the seal/whale



cruising in the boat....


Gathering balls to puzzleup words...


Drinking competition...

"M" for mask

It's spelltime...Oops! It's showtime...." M-A-S-K "

Daddy & Mommy ....we love you !

The kidz dedicate this sweet "Cuppy Cake Song " to you .... Enjoy !

"L'-lantern ; " M" -mooncake

Mid-Autumn Festivity in the air...

"L" for lantern







"M" for mooncake



They sank their teeth into the delicious mooncakes...with compliments from Mdm Anchalee (Ashlee's mum) ...


(video clip taken using handphone)

"K" for Kite

Kite spell on...& off they went flying high...

Children's Day @ West Coast Park

The kids have their big day of fun ...

Tired but happy...

Balloon Sculpturing

Upon N2 Corals' Gerard's invite to his birthday celebration,
the kidz were treated to an entertaining balloon sculpturing session...

" K " for Kettle

They zealously spell "kettle" for they are going to Polly's tea-party...

Polly's invite to tea

On Polly's invite, they came for tea ...

After Tea ...

After tea...tucked into a sumptuous feast...

Transportation - AEROPLANE

The Take-Off.
Guess who ???..

PS: Pilots Chloe & Jayvian have taken leave.)

The kidz perform their routine-check ( spell ) before their take-off...

Transportation - BOAT

The kidz set sail their colourful paper boats in the pool during swim-play.

Many boats were ship-wrecked, only 3 survived the Tsunami...

Rayden guarding his multi-coloured boat...

Brandon keeping a close watch on his green boat...

Paige tending to her purple boat...

Extraordinary Children's Day Party for the kidz @City Harvest Church

Be it Keith Coast , int'l performer from USA , with his art of illusion, escapes,ballooning & comedy or the J7 vibrant singing or the free gifts...the kidz were tremendously enthused !


On the bus...getting there...all the excitement painted on their faces...

In the auditorium...

Letter ' H '

Bringing the letter 'H' to daily conversational English..." Hello ! "

On the letter 'H'

Telephone conversation...

On Letter 'H'

The spelling bees on ' helicopter '...

Spelling & pronouncing 'Hippopotamus'

Parts of body starting with 'H'

On the number '14'

Bringing the number '14' to the theme of 'Transportation'.
To find and extract '14' from the parking coupon...

Thematic "Transport"

Art Teacher Mei Ling kicks off the theme with painting of bus with the kids...

Counting from 1 to 12

Working on the face of the clock ...



Wall puzzle...








Floor puzzle...

Fireman

The theme for August is " Occupation".
They have a taste of the life as a fireman...
Tackle a dry spell "F-I-R-E-M-A-N" & "Let's go" ...on a rescue mission to "put out fires"...

After a hard day's work...

After a hard day's work..

take a breather and do up the admin work...


take a coffee(water) break..







do a mechanism conditioning on the fire-engine...

Spelling bees buzzing....

Spelling bees made a stinging attack on the spelling of 'elephant'...

Aidan attacks...



Jayvain is next...



Next ... Chloe


Then Paige...

Eager Beaver N2 boys & girls celebrates Singapore 44th Birthday !

N2 Seahorses & Corals performs ...

HaPPy BiRthDay Kelly !

" HaPPy BiRthDay Kelly !" from All Of Us !

Making of Elephant Mask for the Elephant Dance

'E'- for Elephant, the kids making their own Elephant mask in preparation for the Elephant Dance...



Here's the Elephant Dance...
from 1 , 2 , 3 , 4....to the count of 11 ( in tandem with Maths' topic "11" )
The 11 elephants had enormous fun dancing...

Empathising with the tailess elephant

Having learnt that the tail is to help the animals to move around & balance, the kids empathise with the tailess elephant...they help to pin-up the tail..blindfolded of course...they have great fun too ! Enjoy !

Brandon gives a helping hand...



Kelly....



Jace...



Ashlee...



Luv...



Jayvian...

Spelling Bees...

Spelling bees they are ...Ashlee, paige & chloe handling the word "hamburgers" with ease...

Great job Ashlee ! ... the 1st to master it.



The second youngest kid in class..."Well Done Paige !"...the 2nd to master.



The youngest kid in cless..."Thumbs up Chloe !" ... the 3rd to master .

Welcome Zhen Teng on board !

The new kid in town, Zhen Teng joins the Seahorses in Swim-Play ...!

HaPPy BiRthDay Luv !

"HaPPy BiRthDay to Luv" with love from all of us !

Photo-Take

The Secret Seven on a Wildlife education & Discoverer tour to the World's BEST Rainforest Zoo...SINGAPORE ZOO ...they stopped for a photo-shoot...!

Splash Safari Showtime

Look ! The little ones are thrilled by the elephants at work & play...
and of course the Sealions with their dives & flips ....!

Lunchtime @ KFC

Yummy lunch...it's finger-licking good....

Return Trip from zoo.

Return Trip ...tired but happy...

Alas ! Brandon, the last Seahorse to take off into the pool

Finally, Brandon ... graduated from
Eager Beaver's shower-tray into SAFRA pool...
"You're courageous Brandon...we're proud of you ...! "



Brandon 'romancing' with the water...
Seahorses friends hovering &
rallying support around him..
"Well Done Seahorses ! especially Luv... ! "

C is for CAT

On the letter C - for CAT
Singular 1 cat... plural catS...





Jace & Chloe tracing the letter "C".
Brilliant Chloe understood and reiterated :
" C-A-T ... , there is 1 cat... don't have 'S'...





Paige, Ashlee & Aidan diligently tracing and
colouring the letter "c".





Kelly, Jayvian & Luv engrossed....

Happy Birthday fo Jayvian !

" HaPpy BiRthDAy ...JAyViAn ! "
" Ben 10 cake is luvly & yummy...
10 u " from All Of Us !

Water-Play

Seahorses boys & girls loving their natural habitat ...Water-Playtime...lots of laughter ...lots of splishing splashing...Enjoy !!!

Learning the word " bird "

Luv, Brandon, Jace & Jayvian...amicably they excel...!!!

Learning the word " bird "

Paige, Ashlee, Krystal & Aidan...Together they have fun...!!!

Learning the word " bird "

Watch Rayden, Chloe & Kelly in action...

Tracing the capital letter " B "

Fun way to learn alphabet...tracing the capital letter " B " with crystal pebbles...the kids find it thrilling !!!

Happy Birthday to Krystal !!!

"Krystal...Happy Birthday !!!" from ALL OF US !
The cake is yummy ...

Association of digit '8'

Astounding...association of digit "8" with plastic plates during tea break...