Friday, May 17, 2013

Heguru

ZY has been attending Heguru since she's 3 years old and now she's in preschool class which doesn't require parents to join in their class.

Below is all that I can remember when I was allowed to join in last time.

Heguru lesson flow:

Sensei will read out loud and point at the date, day and weather
Sensei will show a clock and turn the long hands 1 round while saying the time from 12 to 12 within 1 minute
Sensei will paste few Road signs on the board and read aloud while pointing to each of them and children will repeat after her.
Seisei will play the elemets audio cd and point at the elements in the Periodic table 
Sensei will read out the chinese idiom which is at the side of the white board while playing the audio that says the word in Chinese and explains the idiom in English.
Self introduction infront of the class
Dots x dots = dots flash cards
Number  x number flash card 
Breathing exercise 
Close eyes and listen to story 
Image training by looking at the big cardboard for few seconds then close their eyes. 
Linking memory
Peg memory
Mandala/photographic memory
Tangram
Addition/substration with ping pong ball
Dot cards
Abacus
Flash cards
Science
Phonics
Reading
Guessing quantity
Story telling in different languages
Singing Hiragana song


Tuesday, May 14, 2013

4 ways to get toddler to do as you want

1) He will not get out of the bath
- pull the plug and say, Ooh, it is chilly, let Mummy warm you up' (holding out a cosy towel).
2) He will not tidy up.
- Turn it into a game by throwing soft toys into a nearby box.
3) He will not let you wash his hands. 
- Let him play with a basin of water ( while you watch). 
4) He will not hand a book or toy to his sibling.
- Heap praise on him, smile and tell him he is a good boy for giving the toy to his sibling.