Caring Kangaroo Newsletter

Hello! How was your week? Mine was filled with fun activities and I can't wait to fill you in on them! Are you ready? Here goes...

According to our theme, we talked about fire-fighters all week long and we couldn’t seem to get enough of it. We learnt fire-fighters not only help put out fires but they save animals up in trees too! We were also taught that in the case of a fire, we have to call 995 to get help from the
fire-fighters.

While at the station, fire-fighters rest, read and exercise but once they receive a call, they immediately put on their masks, coats and boots, and slide down the fireman pole to head off to put out the fire! That's really tough work, don't you think?

Oh yes, before I forget, we did role-play and took turns being firefighters as well as the victims of a fire. You bet we had lots of fun driving the fire-engine, spraying at the ‘fire’, and using our mattress cover to wrap ourselves so we can escape!

In phonics, we were taught the letter "j". Our new friend this week is Jumping Jim. We learnt how to write the letter and came up with words that start with "j", like, jigsaw, jeep,
jungle, junction, juggle, jam and jelly.

For craft, we did our very own Caring Kangaroo's fire-truck. We painted it red and Ms. Dee
helped draw the outside of the fire truck for us. We also did charcoal drawings, and mind, it was quite difficult. For messy play, we had our hands on mango pudding. We cooked it and it was really easy. You can buy the instant, powder mix from the supermarket with simple instructions on it. You know, we didn’t add sugar to our mango pudding and it still tasted very good!

I am sure that by now, you would have heard all about our trip to West Coast Park and how we enjoyed ourselves. Although it was a hot day, we were not afraid as we were armed with water guns! With those, we pretended the park was on ‘fire’ and went around ‘putting out’ ‘fires’.
We, too, went in search of a fireman's pole and took turns sliding down it. You bet we were delighted to go down the pole just like a real fire-fighter! Sad to say, it’s time for me to say goodbye. Stay tuned for more updates next week! Till then, take good care and enjoy the long weekend ahead! :)

Hugs and kisses from your Caring Kangaroo
26 March 2010

给爸爸妈妈的信 (from Del-care)

三月十五日至三月十九日

亲爱的爸爸妈妈,
你们好！很高兴我们又见面了。上一周我们结束了“医生”的主题之后这一周我们走近“邮递员”去了解他们到底是什么样的人，他们每天的工作是什么。

星期一，有很多小朋友都从家里带来了许多信件，广告纸等等。通过认识邮递员这一职业才明白这些都是邮递员投递到自己家里的邮箱里的。为什么会有信件呢？原来除了打电话，上网联络之外我们还可以通过书写信件来表达自己对他人的想法和感受。就让我们从了解信件开始吧。我们发现有许多信件中都是有一个小小的‘信封’装着的，在这些不同颜色的信封上面都会有一到两张像贴纸一样的“邮票”，邮票上还有一个圆形的“邮戳”信封的上面会写上收件人的“地址”。有了这几样的东西这封信经过一个长途的旅行之后到达收信人的手里。不过这些都是“邮递员”的功劳，他们每天都会到各地的“邮箱”里收集信件，然后把它们分类整理检查，最后面盖戳，最后剩下的就是送信了。别看这个过程简单，做起来要特别仔细呢？为了让我们也体验“邮递员”的工作，老师让我们也过了一把做一名邮递员的隐。首先，扮演邮递员的小朋友需要到每个老师那介绍自己是邮递员，然后在每个老师的手中接到信件，根据信件上的地址（形状）找有相同图案形状的邮箱并把信件投递到信箱里面。

除了邮递员送来的信件，很多小朋友对大家带来的广告纸也很有兴趣，于是我们展开了一次“谈话活动”我们分成几组围绕“广告纸的内容”话题自由交谈自主选择广告纸。将自己交谈的内容大胆地讲给全班小朋友听。而老师将收集好的语句反馈给全班幼儿，让我们学习用连贯的语句表达自己的想法。

在欢快的游戏中, 我们结束了主题“邮递员”的学习，我想每位小朋友都会对这次的活动留下深刻的印象吧.O(∩_∩)O

这次先聊到这，我们下周见！

关心袋鼠

Failed attempt with JSSL-Arsenal Football Club

After visiting the JSSL-Arsenal training ground at Kallang for two Sundays, we decided to let Oliver have a trial football lesson for kids under 5s. There were about 10 over kids close to his age of 3+, made up of mostly boys. A young girl caught my attention. She was probably around Oliver's age, but very independent. On the first Sunday which we went to recee the training ground, she was there wearing her own clothes, meaning she was trying out for the first time. She didn't seem too bothered being alone without her parents around, only a little bit lost and the coach had to guide her along, but she was able to understand instruction clearly. Last Sunday, she wore the Arsenal jersey and started practicising with the group. Today, she has fully adapted herself to her new training regime. Definitely my idol!

Oliver, on the other hand, did not break any new ground. We had, with a tinge of hope, that Oliver would enjoy the ball and submerged himself to the fun. Not quite at all. Oliver sticked to Boon Heng all the time, and refused to join 'in' the team. Mostly, he was in his own world, not listening to instructions and even ran off a few times while the coach was conducting the lessons. Boon Heng had to bring Oliver back to the ground, which exhausted Boon Heng when our initial intent was to exhaust Oliver's high energy level.

NOT ready, the coach said... How familiar is this word. We heard the same when we brought Oliver to MYC music school. Well, perhap Oliver's mommy is just being a little bit too enthusiatic for a socially conscious boy.

Oliver shares his dream job

How lucky of us to have such caring boy.

JSSL Arsenal or Little Shaw Fun?