Lately Kai got really interested in soccer and we have been spending quite a bit of time out in the field kicking balls and teaching him the skills of getting a ball from an opponent.
We have been having fun in the field, running and kicking and trying to see who could score more goals. It was good to get him out in the field running and at time rolling in the sun.
And this couple of days, it was pouring and we were struck in the house and we longed to get out there. Hoping to get Kai to start running with me in the early morning instead of doing different sessions with him in the late afternoon.
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
Monday, 27 October 2008
1 Timothy 6:11-19
This week we focus on our bible-study on 1 Timothy 6:11-19. In this passage, we learnt about serving a Great king and true riches. In our mad rat-race world, many of us are so catch up in the race that we lost track of our christian faith and at our convenient that we go to God instead of seeking God wholehearted and honour Him in our daily life, workplace and even home.
And when Daddy and I decided to teach Kai about Contentment and find joy in serving God, this passage came to our mind and we decided to learn it together. We shared with Kai that everything we have is from God and that we should be thankful and share what we have with the poor like buying food for the beggar. We also told him about being thankful for what we have and to use it to honour God and to extend his kingdom. We should him online videos of some Africian countries where children has no food to eat, no school to attend and no toys to play and in some of these videos, children are dying of diseases or even hunger and many of them lost their parents. We told him about Jesus who came to die for all of sinners and that Jesus loves these children in Africian too and if we can and have the mean, we should extend our hands and help them.
Daddy share with him how he can help these children so that they too can have food and clean water to drink. And Daddy thought him to look outwardly to people out there in the world who needs help and God, he told Kai to share with them what God has given us is also sharing with them God's love and it is a way to reflect God in our lives.
And we chose the verse below as the main focus of our bible study for these week and we hope to reflect it in our lives and living up to what God commanded us to do.
17Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
And our memory verse for this week, 1 Timothy 6:17,
"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment."
And when Daddy and I decided to teach Kai about Contentment and find joy in serving God, this passage came to our mind and we decided to learn it together. We shared with Kai that everything we have is from God and that we should be thankful and share what we have with the poor like buying food for the beggar. We also told him about being thankful for what we have and to use it to honour God and to extend his kingdom. We should him online videos of some Africian countries where children has no food to eat, no school to attend and no toys to play and in some of these videos, children are dying of diseases or even hunger and many of them lost their parents. We told him about Jesus who came to die for all of sinners and that Jesus loves these children in Africian too and if we can and have the mean, we should extend our hands and help them.
Daddy share with him how he can help these children so that they too can have food and clean water to drink. And Daddy thought him to look outwardly to people out there in the world who needs help and God, he told Kai to share with them what God has given us is also sharing with them God's love and it is a way to reflect God in our lives.
And we chose the verse below as the main focus of our bible study for these week and we hope to reflect it in our lives and living up to what God commanded us to do.
17Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
And our memory verse for this week, 1 Timothy 6:17,
"Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment."
Comprehension Skills
After a good break from Church Getaway Camp, we are fully refreshed spiritually though physically still tired from the fun at the beach. It was a good weekend to spend time with church families and building bonds.
It is time to go back into our daily schedule to learn and work together again. We started our day with lots of reading and listening to Kai's reading aloud. And he is getting better each days and putting in his phonics lessons into use to blend the words together and read out loud.
We have been working on comprehension skills for Kai like picking out the main points of a passage and teaching him to look for answers from the passage and looking for the meaning of words using the context text and look for clue. And yesterday, I got him to narrate the passage back to me using his own words and he also summarize up the main points in a few sentences.
It was interesting to see how he could comprehend when he read a passage, newspaper articles and also non-fiction books. And one thing I have noticed that he also look for important details and points to take note.
I told him that for Comprehension Passage, it is like story in a book and that he should read the passage first and then look at the questions and re-read the passage again slowly to understand what the writer write. And do not rush into answering the questions.
We have been working on Oxford books and at the end of the book, there are a couple of questions for Kai to answer and I am glad that he took time to think about it before answering and he would look through the book again to look for answer before answering.
It is time to go back into our daily schedule to learn and work together again. We started our day with lots of reading and listening to Kai's reading aloud. And he is getting better each days and putting in his phonics lessons into use to blend the words together and read out loud.
We have been working on comprehension skills for Kai like picking out the main points of a passage and teaching him to look for answers from the passage and looking for the meaning of words using the context text and look for clue. And yesterday, I got him to narrate the passage back to me using his own words and he also summarize up the main points in a few sentences.
It was interesting to see how he could comprehend when he read a passage, newspaper articles and also non-fiction books. And one thing I have noticed that he also look for important details and points to take note.
I told him that for Comprehension Passage, it is like story in a book and that he should read the passage first and then look at the questions and re-read the passage again slowly to understand what the writer write. And do not rush into answering the questions.
We have been working on Oxford books and at the end of the book, there are a couple of questions for Kai to answer and I am glad that he took time to think about it before answering and he would look through the book again to look for answer before answering.
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Number bonds and addition number sentences
Kai is graspping the concept of addition very well and could master without using any manipulatives and just using his head to count forward by verbalise it. And we have reinforce the concept by allowing him more time to work on the quiz on the computer. He started to go beyond the number 1 to 10 and he could add more than double digits and I am not forcing him to master up to double digits since we will be coming to that later part.
We were looking at number bonds and transferring the data from it to form addition number sentences and helping him to see the part-whole concepts before we move on to story sums or problem sums. I would always ask him how he came up with his answers to check on his understanding and to see the processes that went through his heads. I am focusing more on this process then how the correct answer as I think it is important to check his understanding and the journey instead of the products. And many a time, I required him to explain to me the process and how he derive the working (number) sentence. At time, I would pretend to be the teacher and Kai would guide me to the process. It is amazing to see how he master the technique and also to crack his head when the question differ from the usual style and come up the answer and explain the processes to me.
We were looking at number bonds and transferring the data from it to form addition number sentences and helping him to see the part-whole concepts before we move on to story sums or problem sums. I would always ask him how he came up with his answers to check on his understanding and to see the processes that went through his heads. I am focusing more on this process then how the correct answer as I think it is important to check his understanding and the journey instead of the products. And many a time, I required him to explain to me the process and how he derive the working (number) sentence. At time, I would pretend to be the teacher and Kai would guide me to the process. It is amazing to see how he master the technique and also to crack his head when the question differ from the usual style and come up the answer and explain the processes to me.
Doctor and Dentist
Being really busy this week, we have been following the schedule for homeschooling, just that I find that I hardly have time to do the recording and blog them for my reference.
We are focusing on two occupations each day for vocabulary where we learnt words link to the occupations, equipments used, etc. And we have been reading books related to these occupations. Kai was able to relate his own experiences too.
It was interesting to hear him tell me about his visit to the dentist and he has such fond memory of the particular dentist as she was able to bring herself down to his level, allowing him to try to continue the dental chair, show him how the drills, polisher works and how to fill up his cup with water. He also learnt his technique of washing his teeth and tongue from this dentist. And he remembered that she used a new glove, blown it up into a balloon for him and drew a smiley face on it for him beside giving him sticker for his cooperativeness during the checkup and clean-up session.
And when we went on to learn about the doctor and related vocabulary, he was able to talk about his paediatrican who he is very fond of.
We are having alot of fun reading and learning about all the words and equipments relating to these two occupations. We are working on the rest of the eight this weeks and moving on to work on more occupations (I hope to at least teach him 25-50 occupations.)
We are focusing on two occupations each day for vocabulary where we learnt words link to the occupations, equipments used, etc. And we have been reading books related to these occupations. Kai was able to relate his own experiences too.
It was interesting to hear him tell me about his visit to the dentist and he has such fond memory of the particular dentist as she was able to bring herself down to his level, allowing him to try to continue the dental chair, show him how the drills, polisher works and how to fill up his cup with water. He also learnt his technique of washing his teeth and tongue from this dentist. And he remembered that she used a new glove, blown it up into a balloon for him and drew a smiley face on it for him beside giving him sticker for his cooperativeness during the checkup and clean-up session.
And when we went on to learn about the doctor and related vocabulary, he was able to talk about his paediatrican who he is very fond of.
We are having alot of fun reading and learning about all the words and equipments relating to these two occupations. We are working on the rest of the eight this weeks and moving on to work on more occupations (I hope to at least teach him 25-50 occupations.)
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