Shekinah Montessori - Term 1 Lesson 2 & Ikea

The lesson starts with a Good Morning song and the singing cum dancing session continued for the next 30mins. Kelly can now dance and move about better with the music. She knows when to clap her hand, stamp her feet and turn around.

Walking to centre...

walking...walking...walking...

Waiting for temperature, hand and feet check...

The next half of the lesson, Kelly works on sensory kit. The objective is to remove the different sizes of wooden cylinder from the tray and to replace them in the correct sizes. Montessori kits are all self-correct kit where children will know that they had placed in the wrong hole when the size don't fit.

Daddy showing Kelly how to remove the cylinder...

Kelly at work...

It is a must that kids put back their toys after they finished. Good practise!

After class, we head off to Ikea for yummy yummy chicken wings and swedish meatballs.

Kelly with the Ikea bibs and chicken wings.

Activities filled day

Daddy says we can start our routine of swimming again, yipee!! Off we go to Sentosa!! We had breakfast at McDonald before proceeding so as to avoid the morning rush. We reached Sentosa at 10am and Kelly starts her warming up in the childrens' playroom while Daddy inflate Froggy.

Maybe it's been too long since our last dip in the pool, Kelly clinched on to us while in the childrens' pool. After a while, Mummy thought that she might be too cold since the upper body is exposed to the wind so we moved over to the Jacuzzi pool. Kelly seems to take the bubble better and started to play but still refuse to sit in her Froggy.

Skeptical...

Test water...

Kelly enjoyed better in Jacuzzi pool!

After a nice dip, we had sushi for lunch.

Kelly finished a bottle of Yakult!

At shower time, Mummy trimmed Kelly' hair for the first time. Now her hair is so much neater.

Notice the neat trim at the back!

Shekinah Montessori - Term 1 Lesson 1

After 14months of being SAHK - Stay At Home Kid, Mummy decided that it is time for Kelly to start playing with kids of her age group so that she will know what sharing is. We concluded that a centre near our place will be good, that will also give us no excuse to miss class.

After scouting around, we decided on Sekinah Montessori due to the nice, clean and cozy airconditioned classroom that they have. We like the idea of sanitizing all hands before entering the classroom to keep cleanliess to the maximum. While talking to the Principal on the courses available, we found out that the Parent-Toddler course starts with 18mths old and the youngest they will accept is 16mths. After much persuasion and assessment by the Principal, Kelly is accepted!!!

We arrived 15mins earlier to complete the registeration and Teacher Liana will be with us for the whole Term. The class starts with singing and dancing for the first 30mins and the last 30mins, the kids are allowed to work with any practical or sensory kits they want from the shelf. Kelly is the most active kid in her class, she goes around waving hi, smiling, dancing till we have difficulty getting her to settle down.

Entrance of Shekinah...

Kelly at work with practical kit...

Daddy showing Kelly how to thread the bead...

Threading is believed to improve hand-eye coordination and concentration...

Kelly did it, good job Kelly!!!

McDonald Breakfast

After many days of away from home, all we want to do is to spend as much time with Kelly as possible. Mummy gave Kelly a nice, cool shower in the morning and we went to McDonald for breakfast. We call Uncle Quan and Uncle Fraddy along too.

Kelly with her Hotcake n Sausage meal...

Working on the sausage...

Mummy and Kelly!!!

A Day at Home

Everyone wonders what Kelly does at home the whole day...

Wakes up with a morning stretch...

Hold on to the keys so she knows when Daddy and Mummy are going out...

To distract her, Aunty Su will bring Kelly go shower...

Kelly usually takes bread, cheese, biscuits or cereal for breakfast...

After breakfast, Kelly starts playing with her flash cards...

Kelly goes to nap with her little friends before lunch...

Around evening time, Kelly will keep a lookout for Daddy and Mummy...

Kelly loves it when Daddy and Mummy are home to play with her!!!

Fathers' Day!

Every weekend we will have headache thinking of where to bring Kelly for breakfast as now she starts eating what we eat and of course we want to find a nice place that serves good food but good things normally don't come in pair. In the end, we end up at Sin Ming Road trying out the famous Bak Kut Teh. The result is disappointing, even Kelly don't like it, she normally can eat a lot at Uncle Frankie's shop but here, she only had a few mouthful and refused to eat.


Heading off for breakfast...

After breakfast, we head to United Square to scout for courses and materials for Kelly. No course suitable for her and we ended up at ELS buying several D-I-Y products where Kelly can start doing finger painting with non-toxic paint. Kelly ran around all the shops on her own and at some time, we have to go around looking for her, that's how active and mobile she is now.

Mummy suggested dinner out but Daddy disliked crowd, he just want to stay at home, cook his favourite pork chop, drink beer, have ice cream, chocolate and durian. Since its Fathers' Day, we agreed with no choice.


Kelly waiting in the car while we buy durians!


Mummy's ai-xin birthday dinner for Daddy!

This is Kelly's second attempt on durian, she did not take on well at first but after a few tries, she seems to like it. How can Kelly don't take durian when Mummy and Daddy are huge lovers for durian!


Looks familiar...

Its DURIAN!!!

Big mouthful of durian...

Tasting...

Satisifed!!!