Homeschooling 5 kids?

During Chinese new year, 8 years old Cass came over and the kids had a wonderful time. She naturally lead the group of 3-5yrs old kids, guided them to sit down with some story telling. The little fans gave her undivided attention.  When it comes to an end, Cass said : ... the end. Finished." 5 year old Shanyang said : Wait, I have more books.

As it get more interesting, the teacher stood up to continue.

The little fans also followed her to get a better view... She has a wonderful clear speech and is gentle and kind to her little followers. Check out the videos below to find out how it is possible to homeschool 5 children. In these videos you can just see how kids learn, they don't sit still!

Homeschooling

This is Xuan who is turning 3 next year on 15th Jan. He is not a classroom type of boy. He enjoys working out and is efficient with his big motor skills. He can take out his own clothes and pants b4 turning 3. I ve been thinking to homeschool him. Can save money and I will have new materials to blog about.

Xuan has been learning abc, and phonics online with his elder brother. Recently he has learnt how to navigate the page by himself using my track pad. He pays attention to the phonics sound.

I have been doing research on useful materials online. Some fruitful results today.

Mental Arithmetics & Abacus - I thought myself abacus here today.

How to fold paper star - Youtube demo

How to fold paper plane - you tube demo

Moore homeschool Formula  - 

1) Study from a few minutes to several hours a day, depending on the child's maturity. 
2) Manual work at least as much as study. 
3) Home and/or community service an hour or so a day.

In fact I tried homeschool my eldest son - Shanyang a little. He was a fast learner. He sorted out all his abc and counting b4 turning 4. Now that he is Da Ai Educare, he spends the whole year learning these 2 modules.

what is your child's talent?

Found an online quiz to roughly find out what your child's talent. There are pretty good pointers on how to observe your child.

Shanyang's talent is in : Language.

Suggestions: Some good activities for your child are as follows:
Word games such as scrabble, crossword puzzles, anagrams, spelling games and most of all, reading. Your child will probably start writing at a young age, so have plenty of pencils, crayons, and paper handy.

While Xuan (still too young to tell, 20 months) is in : Adventure

Suggestions given: Here are some ways you can nurture your child's talent.

Any type of sports, group or individual, such as soccer, karate, and dance. These children usually love large motor activity. Some ideas for their physical activities are jungle gyms, balls, tricycles, and skates. Also they may like active handwork such as clay, playdough, sewing, and finger painting.

Some other great activities would be wall climbing, playing in the children's play area at your local fast food restaurant, the slides, pools of balls are great free activities for your child.

What's your child's talent? Check it out now!

And it seems to work for adult too! I am categorised under "creativity"

Shanyang and drums

Shanyang played on a drum demo set. He seems to know what he is doing.

Playgroup day

It's friday. Myra and kids are coming to play. The children keep themselves occupied, while the mummies enjoy their tea and snacks. I baked non butter muffins recipe for them to try. It's good to see the children get to know each other better.

Youngest Rider

On Merdeka day, we went horse riding in the in bkt tinggi. Xuan is only 1 1/2 years to ride on his own. It was a wonderful outing celebrating papa's birthday.

Yang the builder

Shanyang is 3 1/2, always ask us to build the train track for him. Recently he is able and confident enough to build his own. This track is entirely built by him. I am such a proud mummy.

kids enjoying the outdoor

It' s 4pm time to go to the garden!

Chickpea Maths

Today Shanyang had his first maths lesson. Learning to count. He regconises the numbers, but not counting correctly yet. This session of maths was not fruitful. the chickpea might be too small for him to pick up.

Sadhu to Shanyang!

Shanyang is 22months old, and likes to sing.