CAP Cooking Class by Ms. Pearly (Nyonya Chef)

This is our second cooking class organised by CAP.

This time we had Ms.Pearly Kee who are

so kind to have us all mommies and children

around in her Home cook class.

Ms.Pearly is our own local Penang celebrity Nyonya chef.

We are going to cook some delicious Chicken Curry and Roti Jala.

Here are all our lovely mommies and their princesses.

The children age from the youngest 4-11.

All are junior master chef in the making..... lol.

 

We first started our class by touring the herb garden.

All the children get to see, smell and taste the different herb plants.

It is good that they get to see, smell, touch and taste at the same time.

One of our mommies, smelling the leaf... nice smell indeed!

Now here are some of the ingredients that we are using to cook our curry.

We introduce the ingredients to our children and they get to recognize the items.

We are using all our senses here!

 

Now the little one get started by peeling the potatoes!

See how concentrated she is on the skill that she is about to master.

All children get excited to cook, no matter how big or small the tasks is.

Here we have one of our mommy demonstrating

how to swirl the cup of batter on top of the pan.

This is how we cook the roti jala, or the kids call it spider pancake!

Looks like spider web they say, but yummy!

 

Here's our yummy looking chicken curry after cooking for an hour.

Looks delicious right, even our little ones try it and it is not that spicy!

Well you can add more chilli if you want to.

Here's all our mommies and children enjoying

our food after all the hard work.

Some of us even forgot to take off our apron!

The kids got so hungry after all the

cooking they just could not wait to get started!

Oh we had some homemade rosella drink as well.

Here is our group photo session.

We all had real fun, and learn a lot too!

The children had a blast!

 

 

The Joy of Mandala.

It's November! We are going to learn about Mandala!

 Yes, you heard me right, mandala.

It's for the kids to learn something about

inner peace and shapes and symmetry.

According to Wikipedia, In common use, mandala has become

a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern

that represents the cosmos metaphysically or

symbolically; a microcosm of the universe.

 

Here we have the kids drawing circles and shapes,

I want them to choose their own colour and draw them carefully

and use the shapes that they like.

After drawing all the shapes they have to paint the whole picture.

This does shows the character of the child and what they prefer and

how patience they are too.

Next the children did a Family Mandala.

They get to think about what each family member like

and prefer. What colour that they

choose for their individual member in the family.

It's interesting to see how they

think and draw things that represent each family member.

Finally, We are making it big!

The children get to cooperate and create a big mandala

using recycle items. Each of the kids get to carefully place

the individual items carefully around in a circle.

I am quite amaze that they already know the concept of mandala;

before I explain, they already know what to do!

Lastly, they are proud of their creation!

It was fun and interesting for them to

play this big mandala game!

 

Thank you all for that participate, we all had fun!

Texture Sensory Bin for Baby

It's sensory bins again!

Well, I need to let my 13m old try something new.

So I call this Texture sensory bin.

Things you need:

Paper

Foil

Tissues

Cotton wool

Bubble wrap

Plastic wrap

 

Throw everything in a bin then

scrunch, squeeze and tear 

all different materials in front of baby.

I did try to let baby feel every single material on his skin!

 

Have fun!

 

Hermit Crab ~ November (ORG)

It's the month of November again! Time just flies!

We are back again this time with Eric Carle book!

We just love his books, don't we?

The children just love those stories. Lots of questions ask and answered!  

 

Now we had to do some art with it!

We are making handprints and

drawing a hermit crab should not be as hard!

Children just love doing arts!

 

Now here are those lovely artwork!

See how they draw the things relate to the

undersea world...

 

Well, we had our lovely November Baby celebrating her birthday!

Our children just love parties and presents!

We had a mini baby shower for

our 2 lovely mommies,

both are due real real soon!

A boy and A girl coming in soon!!

 

Thanks for all who participated!

Love is on the way....

Farm Animals in June ~ (ORG)

For the month of June, we gather again in this reading group for the theme:

FARM ANIMALS

Thanks to our story teller Ms.Fong.

As usual, we start off with story telling. Here our little children

practice interactive listening;

which is asking questions and learning what the story is about,

in the meantime, the children have to responds to all the questions asked.

Our reader did a good job in posing and answering all the questions.



Next we have some colouring going and

the children learn to identify the different farm animals.

 

Here we are having the Q&A sessions.

We ask the children some simple questions that relate to the

farm animals and they have to identify which animal it was.

All children did a great job in answering the questions.

I hope all children manage to learn something new this time!

We will have more Q&A sessions next time!

 

Thanks to all who participate!

See you all next time.

 

Oh something for all to share.

Animal / Baby

1. Rooster / Chick

2. Sheep / Lamb

3. Duck / Duckling

4. Goat / Kid

5. Cow / Calf

6. Pig / Piglet

7. Dog / Puppy

8. Horse / Foal

All about Insects...

In May, we attended a bugs workshop organised by Jungle classroom.

There are lots of activities for the children to understand and play.

It is mostly outdoor fun for all parents and kids!

Well here you can see that the tutors are reading a book

and explaining how the Hungry Caterpillar

is roaming around and eating all those food!

After explaining all the details about insects and how to identify a bug,

the children get to go off and catch one.

Later, they also make a colourful caterpillar.....

Do some exercise, play some games

and lastly, visit a pig farm!

Awesome!

 

 

 

Recycling Construction Art

Source: Uploaded by user via Lin on Pinterest

Here's one of the recent activity that I did with my kid.

I named it Recyling Construction Art.

 

Materials that you need:

 

Any old bottle caps

Toilet rolls

Foil

Different small boxes

Masking tape / any tape

Glue

Colour pencils

 

    What you will need to ask your kid is:

1. What do you want to make?
2. Which material you want to use?
3. What can this make? An eye? A face?
4. Where you want it to be?
5. How you want it to be? Wrap it? Glue it?
6. Do you want to cut these?

Here are some sample questions that you may like to ask your kid, so they can contruct it all by themselves. After all it is for them to create and
use what materials that you have on hand.

Lastly, ask them to draw out what they have construct.

If you like to ask them to draw first then construct is even better.



 

Exploring our 5 Senses in April ~ (ORG)

This month we have an interesting theme,which is:

Our 5 Senses!

 

 We see with our eyes, we smell with our nose, we listen with our ear,

we touch with our hands and we taste with our tongue.

 

 All children listening to the story told by our Story teller, Thanks Claris.

 

 Our activity of the day is to test the children 5 senses.

This is the first one, Smelling. All children get to guess what they are smelling and describe it!

 



Next we are observing using the magnifying glass!

Now we use the ear to hear different sounds....

Then, we use our hands to feel and touch.

Guess what is inside!

Last but not least, we get to taste different taste.... yummy!

Well, she's holding a strawberry there!

 

Overall, we all had fun!