Chinese New Year Theme Activities

Lanterns & Oranges

Counting the Oranges before eating.

Year of The Horse

Chinese theme food for break time.

Various Chinese food - noodles, fried rice, pau, dim sum, popia....

For the younger ones -  learning the shape of the orange, texture (smooth), smell, taste.  Here they are learning to peel the oranges and eating them.

Chinese lanterns decorating our school

Chinese New Year Theme Maths

It's the 'Year of The Horse' this year.  Here's what the children did for their maths.

10 Reasons Why Kids Need to “Take it Outdoors”

1.           Strong Bones and Lower Cancer Risk: Today’s “indoor kids” don’t get enough sun and are becoming Vitamin D deficient, causing health risks.

2.          Trimmer and More Healthy Kids: An hour of play a day is what doctors say is a basic tool to ward off childhood obesity and diabetes.

3.          Improved Eyesight: Recent studies find that kids who get outdoor time have less nearsightedness and need for eye glasses.

4.         Less Depression and Hyperactivity: Outdoor time in a natural setting (even tree-lined streets) soothes kids and lowers their need for medication.

5.         Longer Attention Spans: Children who stare at TV and video games all day have less patience and shorter attention spans.

6.         Better at Making Friends: Children playing together outdoors relate directly with one another, create games together and improve their “people” skills.

7.          More Creative: Outdoor kids are more likely to use their own imaginations, inventions and creativity while playing.

8.          Less “Acting Out”: Getting kids away from TV violence and video games helps them see that violent behavior does not always solve problems.

9.         Measurably Better Grades in School: The healthy bodies and minds that come with outdoor play are better able to do well in school.

10.     A Longer Lifespan and Healthier Adult Life: Doctors estimate that sedentary and obese children lose three to five years from their life expectancy.

1/1/2010 by Kevin Coyle | The article is on the National Wildlife Federation website.

Theme 'Myself' & 'My Body'

Pantun Teka-Teki

Counting My Body Parts

These are some of the work done under the theme.

New Parents-Teacher Get-Together

We had a get-together with all the new parents on Saturday, 18 January 2014, to get to now each other, to explain about the school, to meet the class teachers and visit the classrooms.  Thank you to all parents for your attendance and for contributing the food for refreshments.

 

Learning To Perform Solat

Watch these cute little ones learning to perform the solat - how to do the 'sujud'.

Theme : Myself

January theme is learning about  'Myself & Parts of My Body'.  Here's some of the work they have done :   'My Names' -  Introduction to the letters in their names and  'My Face' - Parts of Face and Gender.

 Learning to recognise letters of the alphabet, to write by following the dotted lines, developing fine motor skills by pasting the pieces of paper,  creativity & esthetics with the different ways of pasting the papers. 

Learning parts of the face -  eyes, mouth, nose, hair and the positions on the face.  This exercise also develops the fine motor skills through the pasting and reasoning or thinking skills - where to put the various parts on the face.

Makan Buah-Buahan

Let's practice this Sunnah.  The Sunnah, the better.

EATING & DRINKING : The Sunnah Way

Let us practice these at home with our children and earn Allah's blessings!

Importance Of Play

To prevent a child from playing, and to fatigue him with constant lessons, will cause his heart to die and harm his intelligence, and make life so hateful to him that he will cast around for some means of escape.

Imam Ghazali RA

Give lots of opportunities for your child to play !