I loves to buy educational products for Shi Xu and I always brighten up and thinking how he would love this and that and can’t wait to show it to him. This math counting set caught my eye when i was shopping at Novena Square in MPH book fair 2 weeks ago.
This colorful set of 30 counting puzzle cards provides children with an excellent introduction to mathematics and the concepts of number recognition and counting . Each card features the number of pictures that are associated with the matching number. Simply match the number to correct quantity of objects to complete the puzzle. The puzzles are self correcting as no two puzzle cuts are the same.
Shi Xu love this matching set .Everynight he will clamor of playing this . He doesn't know to do counting yet(because i don't teach him counting as i intend to teach him quantity recognitation - PERCEIVE real quantity instantly without counting,that is part of right brain training )
Shi Xu can match the puzzle perfectly although he doesn't do counting and yet to have quantity recognition.We just directly tell him the quantity(eg: i would say "5 wagons!"), then he will pick the correct numeral to match with it . He can renognize the numeral 1-10 so far .
I hope one day my effort will pay off , he can have quantity recognisation that will make Mathematics interesting and easy to learn .
**shi Xu @ 27 months
Finally I have time to upload my last month loots from malaysia :
a) Robin audio story book - Let's read more !
These are the fairy tales come with colourful illustration .It gives live sound to all existing text and images .when the ipen contact the page number,it will read the story for that page .You can simply point at the text in the book to listen the correct pronounciation read aloud as well .It doenn't stop here ,the characters in the story can even "come live"(with sound )when Ipen touch on them . Children can read the books independantly with little supervision and this can arouse their interest in reading .Robin and Ipen are available at any Popular book store .
I bought it without hesitation despite it stated for children 4 years old and above . I just use it as a media to read story book for Shi Xu ,I do not expect he can read the words at this moment . I am happy that I dont need to read the story book by myself anymore, Ipen will do for me :P
So far Shi Xu only interested on certain stories like "The three billy goats gruff " and "The ugly duckling " . When the story's character speaks ,he likes to mimic them .This is good for his pronunciation and reading .I certainly hope he can cultivate a lifetime reading habit from them .
Last week daddy was down with high fever followed by severe joint and muscle pain .We all suspected it was Dengue fever as his syntom pretty much similar with it except he did not have rash,nausea and vomiting .
on 3rd day , his fever was subsided ,however he still had severe joint and muscle pain ,it was so painful that he even unable to hands up to wear his clothes and squeueze toothpaste !He even had difficulty to walk due to his joint pain .
Daddy headed to hospital for blood test and the report shown was not Dengue . This made us even more worry as we had no idea what disease it was .He had to admit to hospital for observation .
Doctor still unable to dianose by doing a series of testing and scaning on various part of his body including brain,lung ,etc .No medication was given except let him getting plenty of bed rest , drinking lots of fluid and he was on drips for few days .Various of testing still were done daily to make sure his condition did not get worse.
After few days of dripping , his condition was getting better . Thanks God he could skip the lumbar puncture (initiall doctor had proposed to do this spinal test if he couldn't recover within few days ) .
Doctor discharged him after 4 days and concluded is Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) .He was advised to rest at home for another one week.Actually this was first time we know about this disease . We did some study on this disease .
GBS is relatively rare , it only happen in 1 or 2 people per 100,000.It is an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process .It is frequently severe and usually exhibits as an ascending paralysis noted by weakness in the legs that spreads to the upper limbs and the face along with complete loss of deep tendon reflexes.Here are more information about GBS .
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs/gbs.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/guillain-barre-syndrome/DS00413
http://www.neurologychannel.com/guillain/index.shtml
As toddler is not allowed to visit patient in hospital .My poor little Shi Xu , he has missed his daddy so much when his daddy was hospitalized .Nevertheles ,I have no qualms in admitting that he had behaved very well during that period . He did not fussed and grouched at all .When he was taken care by his grandmother ,he knew to tell his grandmother that "爸爸 not feeling well " , " mummy goes hospital " and he patiently wait for his daddy coming back from hospital .
Let wish daddy has a speedy recovery !
**Shi Xu @27 months
An annoying cockroach visited our house on last Sunday .Not to mention , we wouldn't let it leave our house alive !hehe ...
When daddy was busy hitting the annoying bug ,our little Shi Xu blurted out "Mummy , 不要怕！“ ， “cockroach 死了“. Guess what is my response ?Needless to say ,he touched me to the CORE !I suddently realized that my little baby has grown up to be a brave little boy , he knows to protect his mummy now .
**Shi Xu @ 26.5 months
It was a small celebration of Mid-autumm festival at Cherie Heart Little Angels own premises on last Friday .The evening started off with small delightful party .They specially invited their cook-Aunty Nancy to present mooncake making to parents and the children.Children were given a chance to involve in the making as well .It gave a good opportunity for us to appreciate our chinese culture .
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa My little chef is presenting his culinary skill The highlight was the parent children games .parent were bind folded and was asked to find out their own kid among the children .Both parent and children have their great time and enjoy in the party .
Last but not least, before we bade farewell to one another,all of us walked around the neighbourhood with colourful ,decorated and musical lanterns !
Terrible TWO still going on. . When Shi Xu throw his tantrum ,he intends to beat us when we say "NO " to him .I will explain to him the consequences of his actions , sometimes he unwillingly succumb to me .
Shi Xu : "I beat mummy (?)" ( trying to ask"permission " if he can do that )
Shi Xu : "I beat 爸爸 (?)"
Mummy : "Shi Xu can not beat mummy , can not beat 爸爸 ,can not beat people ,we will feel pain if you beat us ,ok ?"
Shi Xu :" I beat zoo animals . "
Mummy : ...........
He has his mind of his own , mummy only mention that can not beat people but not animals.
hmm .. well , i should tell him can not beat ANYONE includes animals . Seem like i should use word wisely from now on .
We usually have our "indoor " breakfast in either Swenson,Hong Kong cafe , Han's during our weekend .Today daddy came out with a good suggestion of taking breakfast in Sembawang park .
We headed to Sembawang Park with our Mac breakfast .It's therapeutic to take in the greens and morning breeze in the park .We had our wonderful first breakfast in the park .
We took a leisure stroll after a full breakfast , it was great to hide away from the hustle and bustle of city life and indulge in an oasis of greenery and tranquility .
Sometimes a little "difference" does add a little spice to life, doesn’t it?
It rained on mooncake festival this year .It was wet and still dizzling after dinner .The kids(Shi Xu and his cousins )got their lanterns and candles ready ,went to grandmother downstair and had their delightful time playing lanterns and candles despite the drizzle.
How did adults celebrate their mooncake festival ? well ,we bought 9 big premium durian -猫山王 and ate them all up to our heart’s content !They were fleshy and taste fantasticly delicious !*Yummy yummy*.
Burp! I was too full and my stomach was no more room to put in the mooncake .
(Dont ask me why we ate durian in Mid Autum Festival but not mooncake , we just crave for that :P)
Anyway , HAPPY MOONCAKE FESTIVAL! *burp*
1st october is children day . This year would be different as Shi Xu would have a chance to celebrate with his friends in school .We prepared some goodies for him to exchange with his little friends ( we just bought some candies , chocolate , titbits ,etc , all are junk food !hehe ..)
Children are allowed to wear party clothes to school during children day . When i changed the clothes for Shi Xu , he was puzzled why i did not put on the uniform for him . I told him as today was children day ,he would be going to school for the children day celebration PARTY! He lit up when he heard of this . **I doubt he understand the meaning of children day **
Tomorrow we will take half day off to celebrate the belated children day with him .
HAPPY CHILDREN DAY !!
**Shi Xu @ 26.5 months
