Raising Babies - Should Under Threes Go To Nursery?

Im interested to read this book recommended by one SAHM.

Shall get from library.

If environment allow, i would not want my missy to go to nursery that early. but on the other hand, i want her to socialise and learn things from playgroup. Too bad im no a SAHM, and i dont think i can be anyway. so, i guess in Spore, we will all go to playgroup/nursery or even pre-nursery due to most of family with both parenst working.

Shall find out more about what is discussed in this book though.

After-tots:
well. the books drag a lot.. the only message i get is that when in childcare it's their duty to look after our children but not their duty to shower our child with love. one example the book gives: you don't expect the childcare giver to sing songs lovingly to your child during diaper changing. But, mother or granny will do that.

i do agree on the above, other than that, i'm open to children mixing around, socialing and learning in groups. this book do not encourage that. maybe it's how the parents see the childcare. You don't reply 100% on them to educate/care/love your child.. you should use childcare as a medium to pick up new skills (social/learning) while you shower your child with loves at home..

Development @ 17th months old

Missy is 17th months old now. she has great improvement in speech compare to last month.

New words she can say:
1. woo woo aka walk walk
whenever she wants to come down to walk on her own, she will point to the floor and said woo woo.. and i have to always correct her walk. walk. then she will say woo. woo. * eyes rolling *

2. shoo aka Shoes
She will point at the shoes rack at balcony for us to take her shoes and wear shoes when she is ready to go out from home.

3. rain aka rain
The pronunciation is not so accurate but she manage to say it which we understand she means rain. all thanks to the rhymes "rain rain go away "

4. mi mi aka mummy
she still refuse to call me. she knows im her mummy, but when ask to call mummy, she the most say mi mi.

5. Gong gong aka her grandpa or any old man
last time she used to say gum gum. now she pronounce it correctly and she call gong gong whenever she see old man in pictures/tv or even neighbour.

6. o o aka sleeping
she will say o o when she wants to sleep or she wants to drink milk cos we usually bring her to bed before she drink milk

7. woof woof aka dog
she still say woof woof even i keep correcting her to call dog not call woof woof

8. mao mao aka cat
maybe cos we introduce cat by saying "miao miao" so now she stuck to mao mao..shall correct her.

9. bear bear aka her stuffed bear
this is the most accurate she can say. haaa

10. you aka water
we still scrathcing head why she wants water and say you. we never teach her water is you. *fainted* correcting her whenever she ask for water and say you.


will teach her more words using three period lesson method. she knows many things but cant say it out yet.

Im still reading her Goodnight Moon, Corduroy & we're going on bear hunt ! she loves these stories.

Happy growing up !

Phonics

I bought the phonics Ants on the Apple songs and CD last year from the online Montessoru shop. Play for Missy but she does not seem to stay on for the whole CD. usually she is interested only for the first few alphabets with me and the pictures in the book came along with the CD.

Jenny feedback to me that the CD works for her son who is turning 4 this year. So i guess must be effective ?

thus, instead of playing the CD. i just sing the tune to her. This is much more effective actually.the tune is "Skip to my Lou"

A:
Ants on the apple "a a a"
Ants on the apple "a a a"
Ants on the apple "a a a"

"a" is the sound of "A"

B:
Balls are bouncing " b b b"
Balls are bouncing " b b b"
Balls are bouncing " b b b"

"b' is the sound of "B"

i introduce two alphabets first. so not to confuse her at this stage.

when i sing "a" she will follow with "a a a" and when i ask her "a" if the sound of ? she will sometimes reply with "A"

when i sing balls are bouncing .. she will " b b b".. and she will say "b" is the sound of "B"

but sometimes she mixed up.. when i ask her "a" is the sound of ? she will reply "B".. haaa.. anyway, we are having fun with the songs instead. while learning without she knowing it.

Great right ?

BFIR - after-tot

I've been reading the three BFIR books to Missy since last friday. the result is rearding.

Missy is able to say night night whenever i read the goodnight moon to her. She will do a hug hug with me on the last page of corduroy. that's when lisa becomes corduroy's friend and gave him a hug. Missy enjoys the bear hunt adventures in we're going on a bear hunt. she will points at the bear when we found the bear at the cave.

Shall continue to read to her so that i can continue with the rest of the activities when she is older.

I believe early education helps to stimulate toddler's mind !

Update on 20th Feb 09
One unexpected finding froms goodnight moon. all pictures have a mouse,the position keep changing in all coloured pages. i somehow noticed that. so i ask missy to look for the mouse whenever i flip to the coloured pages. "Where is the mouse ?" she will search for the mouse in the page and happily point at the mouse, when she foudn it to me ! good stimulation right ? heee.

BFIR- Books list

I try to read as much to missy as possible. Been lazing recently. never read much books to her. just engage her with drawing and scribbling. Shall not stop reading.

Am still interested with Before Five In a Row (2-4) book list:
http://www.thehomelibraryonline.com/?page=shop/browse&category_id=1018&CLSN_2260=123424998922602ea59fd4e655143f7a

This blogger homeschool her 3 kids age 8/6/4 and one coming on the way. amazing woman. which i dont think i could and i can. so i will just adopt some of the books to read to my girl.

managed to get these books from library near my workplace. many others in other library which i dont think i will get.

1. Jessie Bear - i have 4 books
2. Goodnight Moon by margaret Wise Brown - Tampines lib JP English BRO


3. Corduroy by Don freeman - tampines lib JP English FRE


3. We're going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury- tampines lib J English 428.6 ROS



Shall read for my missy these few days.

Happy Home schooling.

Raisins transfer game

Wanting to play this game for sometimes, but my initial plan is to use beans, but beans is not that safe. since i have many packets of raisins at home, thus, the idea to let my girl have a new game.

This raisin transfer game is to train my girl to follow instructions. i gave her three small bowl of different colours. I place all the raisins into the red bowl. i then show her how i transfer the raisins from red bowl to yellow bowl then to blue bowl. then, i thought maybe three bowl /thre colour might be too overwhelming. i then change my plan to just red & yellow bowl.

I demonstrated wih instructions in words, missy just cant wait to get started. she really follow what i did by transferring the raisins one by one from red bowl to yellow bowl. *proud of her*

of course, i dont expect everything to be so perfect, once she almost completed, she started her usual curiousity again. she will press the raisins, flatten it, then put into her mouth, spit it out.. then take it and put into the bowl again.. repeatedly.

Shall revisit this game.

Sponge in the water

I've got these sponges ages ago. my aim is to do some arts with missy. But, it's too early to start with water colour. she is now using colour pencils and crayons at this stage.

i started introducing sponge to missy is to let her have some sensorial stimulation as it has two different texture, one is rough (like sand paper) and another side is soft and spongy. she likes to play with these sponges with different colours, she will take the sponge to scrub on paper or floor.

since recently, i noticed missy show minimum interest with her toys, so i let her play the sponges in a basin of water.. let her see how the sponge become full with water and when i press the sponge, the water just leak out and the sponge can be soaked with water again..

i let her try on her own, she simply thrilled with it and so excited abt it. she press the sponge, put it again into the basin to soak with water, repeatingly.

of course, it wet the floor, which i well prepared by placing a mat below the basin.

a simple/cheap/fun game to engage with our litle ones which stimulate her senses and refine her fine motor skill