I'm a full-time mummy

I like to bring our kiddos to the playground whenever situations and weather permits. As usual, one morning after dropping off our oldest kiddo at kindy, I brought our girls to the playground and it rained earlier in the morning so the place was still a bit wet and the playground equipments are still wet so we ended up just walking around the playground while I tried looking for things to show our girls to keep them interested.

Then I saw this peculiar flower / leave looking things on the ground and I realised there are quite a number of them. Probably flowers falling off from one of the trees at the playground. So I called our girls over, told them to pick up some of them and I sort them out on the ground. Then I started counting and arranging them in a straight line and then into pairs and even purposely mess up the arrangement and let our girls sort it back themselves hehehehe... Both girls happily counted and arranged it back and it was fun while it lasted.

Now why this falls into the 'Teaching & Learning Moments!'?

* I get to teach our girls and reinforce their basic counting (until 10 for both girls now).

* I get to teach our girls to arrange objects in order/sequence and grouping.

* I get to let our girls practise their motor skills and finger grasping skills when they picked up the flowers and carefully arranged them on the ground.

Win-win!

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I recently bought this small little dustpan thingy via eBay (it's about USD1.28 including shipping to Malaysia) and I personally feel it is a cute and neat trick to get our kiddos to be involved in a bit of house chores as well. It is just the right size for their tiny fingers and small hands, perfect for them to maneuver around.

Now why this falls into the 'Teaching & Learning Moments!'?

* I get to teach our kiddos about responsibilities - clean up after making a mess.

* I get to teach our kiddos to practise their motor skills and dexterity - to sweep and aim the dust/rubbish into the pan.

* I don't need to lug the vacuum cleaner or bring in the big broom and dustpan into the room to sweep up minor mess.

Win-win!

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I received a Mother's Day gift from our 6 years old boy earlier today after picking him up from his kindy. It was one of his kindy activity for the coming Mother's Day celebration, I thanked our dear boy and gently opened up the envelope he gave me.

I do love to eat spicy stuff, so it was real cute seeing what he wrote and drew when it comes to his mummy's favorite food heheheh...

Awww... tears started welling up as I read on what he wrote and drew... sob, sob...

It's been 6 years since I quit my IT job to be a stay-at-home mum.

Is it worth it?

You bet! :)

Happy Mother's Day to all of you - everyday is our day :)

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