The Apple's Diary!

22 April 2015 When we picked Jonathan up from school in the evening, we noticed he walked with a limp. Then we discovered the deep bite mark on his left arm. His class teachers had left so I sent an email to his teachers and to the principal the next morning. the big red bite I was quite glad the teachers and school took quick action. They called me and updated me on their investigation within the same day. The classmate that bit Jonathan admitted it and his parents were informed. They were apologetic. We didn't pursue the matter any further. It would not be fair to blame the teachers too because we all know how little children would get themselves into trouble quickly even under our watchful eyes. However, we were puzzled that Jonathan didn't cry even when he had such a deep bite. Because he didn't even make a noise, so the teachers were not even aware of this incident. As for the limp, we still couldn't figured it out too.

4 months to 4 year old, Jonathan started to show more milestones being hit. At this moment, he is speaking a lot… sentences, questions and answers. More new words came up e.g. my favourite, troublesome and today, he started to use past tense " I told him …." Besides language development, I was pleasantly surprised that he could do simple addition, finally demonstrated his proficiency in alphabets, numbers and lastly, Heguru's dot bar. Heguru's dot bar is presented in table of 3, 5 or 10. I self made this dot bar and have been revising with them for the longest time and he suddenly reciprocated. All these developments made me realised the importance of speaking good English in front of them, because they really absorb and would reiterate in future when they are ready, be consistent and persevere on imparting skills. tracing his name His school teacher also remarked the improvement in his handwriting and attitude towards learning. He is starting to show mor...

18 - 20 March 2015 Legoland Trip with my brother's family and parents. It was a dream come true for Jonathan as he had been talking about Legoland since last year. After we booked the trip, he started to countdown the days before he could sit on the coach and head to his dream land. Matt in his coach ride We went by package tour with WTS that arranged for our coach rides (2 way transfer), our 3D2N hotel stay at Legoland hotel itself and combo theme park tickets with multiple passes for 2 days plus daily breakfast. Everything was smooth. We selected Big Box as our pick up point and the coach came on time. It was a smooth ride with no delay and we arrived at Legoland before 11.30am. Legoland Hotel Entrance Playing Lego bricks at the lobby fun fun fun The boys totally loved the Legoland hotel. The reason was simple, it spelled FUN. Once we stepped into the hotel lobby, it was Lego everywhere. So while the adults were busy checking in and depositing o...