Teaching & Learning Moment - Crocodile

~ Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 8:53 AM ~

Recently we received a free tube of Play-Doh party pack and our 4 year old girl came up with this:

Teaching & Learning Moment

She told me 'It's a crocodile!' and I was amazed at the way she crafted her crocodile's body, the contours and bumps on its' back. Quite realistic I should say. Then I remembered weeks prior to that, I was explaining and showing to our 3 kiddos using my laptop (I googled for the images) on the differences between alligators and crocodiles. Good memory! Glad that somebody's paying attention to what I said hehehe...


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Play-Doh "Shape a Colourful Community"

~ Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015 at 5:54 AM ~

We received a tube of Play-Doh Party pack recently and got ourselves busy to roll and flattened and shape creative stuff. Being a parent who simply loves to use whatever we have on hand and to teach whenever the opportunity arises, I immediately got our kiddos to do the following before opening the Play-Doh party pack. I asked our 6.5 year old boy to count how many mini tubs of Play-Doh there are in the party pack. Then I asked both our 6.5 year old boy and our 4 year old girl to name the colours of the Play-Doh in the party pack.

Play-Doh Shape a Colourful Community

The usage guide for the Play-Doh is for children 2+ years but I do let our youngest kiddo (turning 2 years old on 30th Sept) try out since her older siblings are enjoying themselves with the Play-Doh. However, the attention span from our 2 year old is really short and she left our play table in few minutes time to play with other things hahaha.

Play-Doh Shape a Colourful Community

This is what our 6.5 year old boy did...

Play-Doh Shape a Colourful Community

This is what our 4 year old girl did...

Play-Doh Shape a Colourful Community

And this is what their 35 year old mummy did.. don't laugh!

Play-Doh Shape a Colourful Community

And this is the result of teamwork between all of us! Fruits you can find in Malaysia!

Durian, apple, mangoesteens, banana, strawberry and grapes!

Our kiddos rolled and mixed the dough colors while I made the harder ones like durian and banana.

Play-Doh Shape a Colourful Community

I'm a full-time mummy

Between 1st to 27th September 2015 at Ground Floor HighStreet 1 Utama shopping mall, adults and children alike get the opportunity to create their own Malaysia-inspired masterpieces out of Play-Doh. The most creative sculptures will get to win exciting Play-Doh prizes! On top of that, on 26th Sept, you also get the chance to participate in The Malaysia Book of Records attempt for the most Play-Doh sculptures created in a single day.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the products in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.  

 

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Chinese Steamed Eggs

~ Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 6:25 AM ~

For this post, I am sharing my next food recipe, Chinese Steamed Eggs. My late mum used to make this for me so to be able to make this now is just awesome! I remembered the days when I got home from school, college or work and seeing a bowl of Chinese steamed eggs waiting for me... Ahhhh... such nice memories. As with the few other awesome dishes that my late mum used to make and I didn't get the recipe from her, I've always been wanting to replicate this. Every trial and attempts is a step closer to cherishing and bringing myself back to the times when my late mum was still around.

The recipes that friends gave to me doesn't work well for me. In fact this is like my 12th attempts (2nd after I decided to ignore recipe and just follow my guts and check like a hawk while making this LOL) I think what works this time is my RM48 (about USD11) frying pan/wok which I bought a month ago as a to treat to myself.

Without further ado, here is the recipe for Chinese Steamed Eggs:


Ingredients:
* 3 eggs (try to crack into half gently as you will need to use back the egg shell later
)
* Water (1 egg = 2.5 portion of the half cracked egg shell, so 3 eggs mean you need 7 to 8 scoops of water in the half cracked egg shell)
* Salt and pepper for taste
* A wee bit of oil
* Chopped scallions or mixed herbs or sweet soy sauce to decorate steamed egg when ready to serve.

 

Methods:  

* Fill up pan/wok with water and boil it.
* Gently crack 1 egg into a bowl (make sure you still get half cracked egg shell)

* Cracked the remaining eggs.
* Using the half cracked egg shell, fill up water (room temperature) and pour the water into the bowl with the eggs. Remember, 1 egg = 2.5 times of water.
 
* Add salt pepper for taste. Add a wee bit of oil.
* Gently stir the egg mixture and using a sieve, pour the egg mixture into the bowl/plate that you are going to steam the egg into.
* When the water in your pan/wok starts boiling, add in your bowl/plate of egg gently, making sure the boiling water does not get into the eggs.
* Cover the pan/wok for a few minutes, gently opening the cover every minute to release the hot steam out. Every now and then, use a fork to gently poke into the steamed egg to test whether egg is cooked properly.
* I also gently shake the bowl/plate, if the egg surface moves, I will steam a bit longer. When you use a fork to poke the egg, it will come out clean when it's cooked.
* You can add some chopped scallions (I threw in some mixed herbs) or drizzle a bit of sweet soy sauce before serving the steamed eggs.

 

Outcome:

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