Happy Mother's Day 2018

Thank you children for the notes, drawings, purple rose and also all your love and attention and praises. I love you and I am very honoured to be your mommy.

Finding natural materials together

image from google

Very often, I get curious looks from strangers wondering why I am picking up "rubbish" and allowing my children to "mess around". Many times, even relatives are unable to understand the things that I do, the things I believe in.

Just how I love finding materials together and creating things out of it, enjoying the process (which is important, not the end result) and creating memories with the children with such intentional learning.

E took this photo

E took this photo and said she is the mama snail

E insisted we take a photo together

And just how I appreciate my children being aware of their surroundings and caring for the details along the way to school. Counting how many steps before we reach the school entrance and telling me that she spotted a mama snail, the baby snails sleeping and where they are heading to.

Once upon a time teacher

I believe I have more pictures. But I couldn't find them anymore, esp the events I did with Natasha at Seeds for Tomorrow and Maddy at Spurbox and my Kindermusik teaching at Bright Juniors Childcare at Corporation Drive.

Finding materials, making them, coming up with curriculum, photocopying the notes, binding them, delivering the lesson, registration, accepting payment through paypal, sending email confirmation to parents, email reminder to parents, setting up the venue, doing closing after the event, finding assistant teachers to cover me because I am on mc and from teaching preschoolers to teenagers (secondary 1 & 2) and adults. I know them cos I did it and I have learnt so much from these experiences.

I also attended Wardolf, Montessori workshops and learnt from the gurus, visited Reggio schools and got inspired until I implemented some learning at home with my children.

And I actually wrote a book too on Music and Art for preschoolers, which was published in 2015. Book is available for sale in Amazon :)

https://www.amazon.com/Raising-children-creatively-through-music/dp/1515337278/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521219260&sr=8-1&keywords=seeds+for+tomorrow+music+and+art

And omg, I just love my journey. Thank you Jesus for making this happen for me. I don't know where else I can be , except the place that I am in right now.

Thank you Lord.

Zumba with the girls

I have started to do Zumba again this year with HPB and how I inspired them to dance along with me at home. We had just watched this from youtube for the very first time and dance along to the music together.

I enjoyed leading a group for Zumba too. Still considering whether to make it as my side line :)

My first CNY ang pow

G gave me her first chinese new year ang pow with a personal note and some coins inside. She even coloured the ang pow for me.

Thank you very much darling!