R for Rainbow is a theme where we focus on colours. We set up our second shelfie and here’s what we have: (from left right, top down) 1. DIY egg carton colour sort activity 2. Rainbow stacker from @raduga_grez 3. Geometric stacker from @melissaanddougtoys 4. Xylophone that is tune that we bought from Australia. 5. Duplo 6.… Continue reading Letter R for Rainbow
A little throw back to our very first sensory bin, which marks the beginning of our sensory play! What made me try out the sensory bin then, was the haze. Singapore was plagued with really bad episodes of haze and we stayed indoors most of the time. I was quite bored of the usual toys… Continue reading Our First Sensory Bin: Floral (and pandan)
Letter L was about love, leaves, lavender, lemon and lime. Process Art Since Letter L coincided with Valentine’s Day, we worked on two love-ly process art. Crayon resist: And TP roll heart stamping. Heart stamping also progressed to fingerprinting and hand printing. I am loving the shades of red and pink here Sensory Bin A… Continue reading Letter L
And finally the last instalment for Letter A: Airport and Aeroplanes We spent so long working on Letter A because I prepared an extensive resource pack with our toys and materials while the rest are all packed for the move. We brought learning out of home and went to the airport to watch aeroplanes fly… Continue reading A for Airport, Aeroplanes
For the month of January, we worked on a mini unit on Chinese New Year, together with Letter N and Letter Z. It was much fun as we basked in the festive mood and we took the opportunity to do a little more Chinese. I also tried some baby sensory activities for J which works… Continue reading Chinese New Year – Year of the Rooster
After so many rounds of different activities that I tried out the past months, I figured that sensory bins, play dough kits, and tinker trays work best for us. These are the activities that require minimal set up and can be revisited again and again and again. It also allow open-ended free play which suits… Continue reading Chinese New Year Sensory Bin
Nope, I’m not going to start a long post ranting about something that made me angry. I am going to post some activities I did with my 13+ month old, to introduce her to the world of colours, and in this case, the colour red. Now the blog entry title makes sense huh? 😉 Red… Continue reading Seeing Red
So for Letter A, we are big on activities that requires minimal preparation. As minimal as possible because we are preparing for the move! Most of our time for the past 3 weeks are spent on sourcing for lightings, fans, deciding on paint colours,overseeing paint job, electric works, carpentry works ETC ETC. We have also started to pack up… Continue reading Letter A: Apple and Alphabet
Besides the sensory bin and making pancakes (I’ll be sharing the recipe soon), this gotta be one of my favourite activities for Letter P. Because P for Paris! It has always been my dream to visit Paris and I did 4 years ago. It is now my dream to visit again with the husband and… Continue reading P for Paris; P for Play-Dough
As part of the learning activities for Letter P, I included 3 puzzles of animals that start with Letter P: pig, penguin and polar bear. It was set up as an invitation to play, together with the sensory bin. She went for the sensory bin first, ignored the puzzle for 2 days before showing interest… Continue reading P for Puzzle
To Mamas; For Kids 