Astronaut Ahren

My son's school recently had a career awareness week wherein they asked the kids to share their dream job (and play dress up too!). Ahren wanted to be a samurai warrior, but I dissuaded him against it. He then wanted to be a President of the Philippines, again I advised him against being a politician (actually I thought, ang simple naman ng costume kung presidente...at most of all, ayoko making Pnoy ang vibe Nya noh!)

Finally, we had a consensus that he would be wearing an astronaut costume. It turned out to be a good decision because he was the only one who dressed up as an astronaut. Many of his classmates came as chefs, doctors, police officers.

The climax of his day was seeing the approving faces of the high school students. He happily recounted that the students were cheering him on as he waved the Philippine flag ( I got a small flag at national bookstore) and gave him high fives along the way (ang dami ding nagpaphoto op sa kanya). As for mommy, the most rewarding is my son's exuberant appreciation of my efforts (plus points na Lang na he was declared "The Best Dressed Little Professional").

Ahren's Homeschool activities

Still snipping here.  I'm trying to really enhance his fine motor skills 'coz kindergarten entails a lot of fine motor exercise.

My son is a very active and inquisitive boy, so keeping him  on track is always a challenge.

Morning message: to encourage Ahren to recognize the words and read mommy's message. It also serves as a copy work activity.

Of castles and Invaders

Left: this is the castle that Ahren built.According to him, the taller tower is the king's tower while the shorter one is the archer's tower. Right: an invader (see the stone) tries to enter the castle.

Ahren's fascination with castles and stories of invasion probably sprung up from these books.

CNY science experiment: Launching a Rocket

CNY experiment.rocket launcher using vinegar ang baking soda. We put 2ml of vinegar into the container(the launcher pad). Ahren then put baking soda into the hole of the foam rocket. He inserted the foam rocket into the launcher pad and shook it..puff! Our rocket flew.

Ahren's Boat Gunner

My 4 year old's drawing 

Saw this drawing and asked Ahren what it was, he said "It's a boat gunner."

Teaching the value of money

Ahren happily sorting his money for deposit to the bank

Ahren's school has a savings program to help them learn the value of money. Instead of just putting money into his bank account (they opened a bank account specifically for the program), We thought it would do him good if he really learns how to do it (the hard way). For months, Ahren would collect coins we occasionally give him and put it in his angry bird coin bank.When it was full already, we had him help sort the coins. I showed him how I inventoried the coins and wrote on the bank form.

He wrote his own name on the signatory portion. Then he trooped to the bank to deposit his money. Ahren believes he will be rich someday if he continues to deposit his money to the bank (When the time comes, I will show him how to invest his money).

Berenstain bears learn about strangers Part 2

Berenstain bears learn about strangers Part 1

All about Literature

I'm not really a literature geek, but I want my son to be exposed to good literature. There's something always intriguing in it that I wish I had discovered early on. I'm hoping to correct my lack of literature know-how by re-discovering literature together with my son.

Good thing I found this website. This would help us a lot.

Montessori activity: Alphabetical order

I got this free printable here.

Please do check out montessori for everyone.

Pasting

 

Here, my three year old tries his hands at pasting. This is also a great way to improve fine motor skills.

Singapore resource books

 

In our recent trip to singapore,I purchased some books for my curious preschooler since we will be using singapore math for his math activities.

Ahren's Lollipop

 

His lollipop drawing