BM tahun 4 - karangang - Suasana di Dapur

 

credit to cikgu mozello for the karangan title & photo.

BM tahun 4- karangan - Suasana di kantin sekolah

 

Y u work so long?

Yesterday my 3yr 8mth old baby asked , 'Papa y u work so long?' meaning why you spend such long time working away from home. I rarely reach home earlier than 8.30pm. and to this I have no answer, except for a silent smile to my dear little gal.

 is this a wake up call, to FEAR?

Only god knows when my chance will come. It's definitely been some crazy times so frequent change of directions, under a mad warden, and after a mad king ascended the throne. Well as a friend used to tell me:

'He is crazy. We can never understand crazy people' - no use trying to figure out what he wants

Lazada: My first time use experience - microSD card

This is my first time using Lazada and it's pretty impressive what good deals you can find, if you try hard enough searching. After searching & comparing for a while, i got a grasp of average pricing for a class 10 microSD card 128Gb which is around RM90+/-. Good thing about lazada is they do free shipping.

Placed my order on this date: 9th-Jan-2017
Received on

Thumbs up for the efficiency.

I received additional items along with my order, which is a nice surprise. A USB LED light, well still its free even if it's not very useful and a SD card reader, now that is pretty nice.

Upon plug in , my Mate 8 detects a potentially slow card on a class 10? sd card. Hmm..maybe it's a pirated version and some message saying that this card maybe corrupted. Google a bit & after formatting the card , i have not seen these 2 message anymore.

Don't notice any sluggish response when i take photo, view gallery & play video. So it's all good enough for me. Let's see far/long this little guy-huge capacity can go.

Thumbs up to Lazada for giving me a pleasant purchase experience =)

Update: nothing comes too cheap. Let this be lesson to my silly self LOL...Can't be a RM35 price for 128GB...It's practically useless since it randomly corrupts files which beats the purpose of having an SD card. Well...I'll stick to market price and branded product from now i guess at least for this range of products and due to rband reliability. Should've gone with RM 90+/- Kingston or scandisk 🤔😓

Android and PC apps 2016 - What i use (or currently in use)

 image via googleimage

My concept of using tools/app, always use free ones unless it's really crucial to your daily productivity or entertainment. List of 2016 , will be interesting to compare what i have at the end of 2017.

Reading
a) Reddit
b) Quora
c) Lowyat ,use browser not really an app
d) Flipboard , open once in a blue moon
e) Pinterest , more like look look and see see
f) Google chrome, gateway to the great Mr. G

Running/Songs
a) Music Huawei inbuild
b) Endomondo
c) Spotify ,free 2GB per month
d) Mapmyrun/Myfitness/Mi Fit (retired)

Navigation
a) Googlemap - still use my good ol Garmin purchased back on 2008 i think
b) Waze

image via googleimage

Entertainment
a) Facebook
b) Summoners War
c) Growcastle
d) Pokemon Go
e) Sky Force Reloaded
f) Youtube/YTKids
g) Monkeyjunior
h) Mangafox , use browser open
i) Foobar - PC music player, superlight and nice

Others/Productivity
a) Whatsapp
b) Manis - keep my receipts and collect points
c) Photos - my cloud photo backups
d) Evernote / Keep(retired) - keep some notes on phone
e) Yahoo Mail
f) Vysor/Airdroid - use PC control & view mobile, too buggy to try.
g) Torch Huawei inbuild
h) Shazam
i) Messenger
j) VPN Master
k) Grab (Myteksi)
l) Dropbox on PC

2016 spent on App: RM0 (f2p & free app).

Looking forward to explore use of TVBox and the likes this year. Again need to evaluate cost, effort and practicality of use.

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3 yo cut paper ideas

Interesting idea to teach ur kids & do recycle handcraft.

http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-3-year-old-using-scissors_10329672.bc?responsys_count=0&scid=mbtw_preschooler_post3y_2m_2w&pe=MlVEYWZXb3wyMDE2MTIxMg..

all info via babycenter as link above.

Lake Valley BTHO, Little Giraffe club event at the park

Last weekend my wife told me about this book club event at Lake Valley. So we went over to Lake Valley that's like 10min drive from Mahkota Cheras. Turns out its a kindie club's event, but open to public. Quite a good idea to have it by Lake Valley park. Plenty of parking & guard will shoo you out by 7 or 7.30 pm. 

GPS Location: 3.0452118,101.7591661

The put up little stools & some mats in picnic fashion. Yeap, book reading picnic by lakeside.

Pretty cool actually, and salute the kindie teachers from Harmoni Kindie supporting this event & reading to all kids that drop by.

Books are placed in crates and free to browse. But not free to take home la hahaha

Beside it is a playground..so guess what's next LOL

image via G.street

And unfenced lakeside with giant catfish and kois. Just watch the kids yo.

Pretty big playground slides to keep kiddie occupied. This a good place for a run, will try it out someday. Not sure when is the next event but i think if interested can google up the Little Giraffe Clud or Harmoni Kindie near Cheras and you should find something. Ciao.

Joseph had a little overcoat

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This is another pretty famous childrens' book with a catchy rhythm. Pretty nice, another one added to Baby E's list. Some info on this book;

Simms Taback's Caldecott Medal-winning childrens book, Joseph Had A Little Overcoat, is animated in this excerpt from the video based on the book. 

Credit to Raul for his works shared on youtube. 

Raul voices over a song from the Scholastic video of the children's story Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.

Joseph had a little overcoat

Wow pretty catchy sing-along for this famous book. Baby E loves this, but the video is only up to the vest. Scarf, handkerchief and button is missing..

If anyone know where to find the full songbook, please holler out yo.

I won't say I'm in love - Hercules

source

Nice & catchy song from Disney's Hercules. Another to add to collection, teach baby E cartoon songs, she can sing parts of verses from songs now better than stringing sentences together.

DIY your own playdough for toddlers

This DIY recipe to make playdough is from my wife. It's natural ingredient and practically much more harmless than whatever play-dough or Plasticine you can get from marts.
The step by step as written by her shared here:

Update: no need store into fridge. Salt keeps them lasting in room temp.

1/2 cup salt, 1 cup flour, 1 cup cooking oil. Mix well.

                                                  Add water color as described above.

Cook for 5 min, medium to low fire. 

Knead with spatula.

Ready for play!

Store in glass container, can last for months.

Video from Play-Doh.

.now try to make Olaf XD

Guess how much i love you?

Another video that is nice for little tods. Yup, we bought the book from BBW as well as a reinforcement learning activity for baby E. Very good narrated video, enjoy.

Caring for Mother Earth, Our Planet, Our Home - Recycling point @ Bandar Mahkota Cheras

from tzuchi site

It's been a biweekly ritual that we bring Baby E to recycling point. First is to bring her out, she loves playground no doubt about it. But also if we can show her something about recycling, then it will be great. There we will sort our own recycled stuff and also to check if baby E bags any of her toys into the recycled bags or recycling station in our house. Do something good while we go outdoor.

Caring for Mother Earth – Our Planet, Our HomeAs a result of global warming, there is an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events, such as droughts, floods, typhoons, etc. around the world. The rise in global temperature is primarily due to an increase in greenhouse gases brought about by human activity.“If everyone makes a conscious effort to reduce carbon emissions by adopting a more frugal lifestyle instead of seeking materialistic indulgence, we can all play a part in protecting Mother Earth from further damage.”                     — Dharma Master Cheng Yen (source)

The little shed at one corner of field behind Bdr Mahkota Cheras morning market. 

 From Klinik Mahkota walk up the stairs

A bit of Tzu Chi stuff

 Open every Saturday morning except the 3rd week to accommodate the bigger recycling in front of Organic shop opposite Shell Bdr Mahkota Cheras

So much to do and so little people doing!

Illustration from here click to read more.

Brave: Touch the sky

Now this is the video i was thinking about when writing the post regarding montessori for baby and getting back in touch with nature. Remember to sit back, relax and enjoy nature especially with little ones.

Since the baby E is becoming the mini chatterbox of the house, we decided to gather some Disney sing alongs which are usually pretty genius and really help her to learn more words through the subtitle hopefully while we are at work.

Frozen movie not going to cut it since it's too long and less beneficial. Short singalongs seem perfect at the moment with moderation and someone to monitor/control. Now she already understand the deal of giving her some screen time and returning back the phone when requested.

Simple play idea: Family finger props and sing along

Since baby E really likes Frozen, wife started to capitalize on the idea. Make some props by printing Frozen characters and teach her to sing along which she really loves. Singing and jumping at the same time.

from youtube

1) Print the characters & cut out
2) Glue to cardboard
3) Attach using cello phone tape on ice cream sticks. RM2.50 a pack from DIY.
4) Start pretend play, sing & hover these guys above a table like a little showstage.

Here is the a video of family finger video if you have no idea what i'm talking bout.

Please don't tell my mum

Can you feel the rain on your face and hands?Can you catch a raindrop with your hands?

Jump in puddles! Create patter in puddles!Explore what happen to the gutter and where the water go?

Don't let the rain stop play, we love outdoor play, whatever the weather!
But please don't tell my mum.

By wife,

Stop once in a while to get in touch with nature 

To rest ,sooth our soul and recharge.

More tips for kids outdoor activities here & some DIY stuff to make with kids.

 Create some landscape art – draw or write names with twigs, stones or leaves, and then take photographs.

• Dig the garden/allotment together. Children often (but not always!) love helping with gardening tasks.

• Everyone take bags and go collecting – pebbles, shells, pottery, hazelnuts, fungi, kindling for the fire.

• • Take a bag to collect wild treasures, and a notebook to write or draw in.

Create a nature table – the perfect home for the spoils of your latest collecting mission.

 Go on a "blindfold walk" to use sound and touch rather than sight.

Go out in the rain. (checked!)

Or we go and collect stuff and make a stick man – great for kids who have read the Julia Donaldson book with the same title

Parenting - Money & You By CAROL YIP

Re-post as constant reminder to myself. Excellent article shared by ck5354

BEING a parent is a challenging job. It's a job that requires lifelong commitment, and you cannot resign from it even if you feel you can't cope. And what's more, parenting requires skills that are not obtainable from school, college or university. Parenting and managing money are the two most important skills that we learn from our parents or adults with whom we grew up, be they our grandparents, nannies or guardians.

As you go through the process of considering how to communicate with your parents and siblings about managing family wealth, you will realise the need to teach your children about money so that you are able to leave your own legacy behind for your children to communicate and manage money harmoniously as a family.

There is really not one proven or standard method of parenting and teaching children about money because of different personalities, behaviours and attitudes. We teach children about money based on how we were taught about money by our own parents or guardians, and from the environment in which we were brought up. Recall your childhood days, and how your parents taught you about money. Were you taught to save your pocket money or to spend it wisely?

Think about the environment you grew up in. Were there times when your parents had money problems and you often heard them argue about it? Or did your parents hide the fact that money was hard to come by in the family? Or were you pampered by your parents with toys, clothes and going out for fun activities and holidays?

Some parents have told me that because of the poverty they experienced during their own childhood, they now try their best to give their children a better life by lavishing them with the material goods and experiences that they themselves never had. By indulging their children, they are not allowing their children to experience financial responsibility.

Different parenting styles

While most parents learn parenting skills from their own parents or by observing others, they will accept some practices and discard others. Effective parenting requires interpersonal skills that can create some emotional demands. Experts in early childhood development say an important dimension of parenting is the style parents adopt when they interact with their children. According to Maccoby and Martin's parenting style typologies, there are four different parenting styles. Depending on the child's character, different parenting styles lead to different results:

1) Authoritarian parenting is a restrictive, punitive style in which parents exhort the child to follow their directions. The authoritative parent places firm limits and controls on the child, and allows little verbal exchange. These parents tend to be very strict and may control the children by limiting their wants and desired wants. In this case, the children may either grow up to rebel' by spending beyond their financial means to fulfil their childhood desires, or they may become very good at managing their money.

2) Nurturing parenting is a style that encourages the child to be independent but still places limits and controls on the child's actions. Extensive verbal give-and-take is allowed, and parents are warm and nurturing towards children. These parents often communicate and teach their children to spend their money wisely by explaining to them the importance of money.

3) Neglectful parenting is a style in which parents are uninvolved in the child's life. Children whose parents are neglectful often develop a sense that other aspects of their parents' lives are more important than they are. Children who grow up in this environment are often deprived of parental love and a sense of belonging in the family. As a result, they may grow up spending lots of money to fulfil their need for love from friends, and from their life partner. Or they may spend money to boost their self-esteem because of the lack of parental love.

4) Indulgent parenting is a style in which parents place few demands or controls on the children. These indulgent parents will let their children do what they want. Children with indulgent parents may often be spoilt by a variety of material things or an impressive lifestyle. The spending behaviour of indulgent parents may condition the children to spend more than they need or more than they can afford when they grow up.

Imagine a situation where the father is indulgent towards a child and provides gifts, toys, fun and pleasure, while the mother, on the other hand, is a disciplinarian with strict rules about gifts, toys, fun and pleasure. Who will the child prefer to be with, and who will the child learn more from? You and your spouse should decide on a best way to handle your children's money expectations. It is important to be consistent and fair to lessen potential family strife.

Communication

According to experts of child psychology, even from a tender age of 2 or 3 years old, a child learns by observation, and from conversations and experiences they have with adults. Hence, effective parenting warrants a tremendous amount of proper learning methods and communication skills. Understandably, today's parents are faced with more issues compared with their parents; the fact that today's younger generation is growing up in an era of media influence, technology advancement and the Internet makes parenting an even more challenging job.

It can be painful for parents to discipline and teach children about saving money, particularly when their children are easily influenced by their friends even as pre-schoolers. This is further compounded by the barrage of advertisements on television and online media that tempts your children with attractive toys, pretty clothes and accessories.

It does not really matter how much money you have or how much joy you derive from showering your children with material things. As parents, you have got to show some restraint and boundary. You don't have to feel guilty about scaling back on spending for your children. Your children may already have more than they need more clothes and shoes than they can wear, toys and games than they have time to play with.

Be mindful that while you are conscious of good money habits for your children, you need to ensure that your children's grandparents, godparents, aunties, uncles, or other adults around them do not indulge them too much with gifts. This may send your children the message that if they cannot get what they want from you, they can get it from them.

Family values

In some situations, a couple may bring different views and values about money and parenting to the marriage. Because of personality, character, family and life experience differences, couples do face conflicting personal and family issues where money is concerned. Therefore, teaching a child about money really begins with teaching your child about the importance and meaning of life values as a family.

Honesty, integrity, teamwork, helpfulness, trust, love, family support, accountability, unity, filial piety, commitment, communication, sharing, spending time with parents and siblings are some of the most important family values that your children ought to know, even if they may be younger than six years old.

Constant messages to your children about how good family values are important in life, and that money cannot buy such values, are more important than parental love expressed in the form of material things for your children.

Teaching them important life values and let them know that money is a means to an end, and not for self-gratification.

Other than sending them to school to gain knowledge and social skills, the money skills that you teach your children from an early age are the most important life education you can provide them with and it actually starts at home. It is as simple as how you and your spouse manage money and communicate about money at home. Your good money skills will rub off on your children.

May this be your new resolutions for teaching your children good money sense!

Carol Yip, founder of Abacus For Money, believes that if people understand their money mindset, behaviours and money psychology, they can be financially happy and successful. She actively promotes financial literacy and intelligence within families and for women, youths and retirees.

Play idea with kids: Xylophone song by circles & color

Wife said she read from Osbourne something about this idea. But she don't have a mini piano, so different instrument is used. Just teach your kiddo to hit following the color.

London bridge is falling down color notes. You can use this idea for any rhythm that is playable on this instrument. Maybe too early for baby E at the moment haha.

From head to toe by Eric Carle

Another of baby E's favorite since she was 1 yo +.


I can do it!

Today is Monday by Eric Carle

Eric Carle is a picture book writer/author. This info, wife got from her circle of friends/FB mummy's group/s.

This is one of his books, he is famous for "The very Hungry caterpillar" pic book. When i first open this book and read it, i'm kinda lost and sounds dumb/lame reading it.


Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

written and illustrated by Eric Carle, compiled by Maggie for my son, Andy

After the video, ahh..this is how you read it.As usual, catchy rhymes piques baby E's curiosity.