My Son's First Day in School

Hi everybody,

Sorry, nothing to post other than my son's first day in his school.

Actually he went to a playgroup, but it was his first time in a group learning environment.

He was very afraid, and still is very scared, when he was left alone without me. So, I have to be near him every minute and every second! He would look back to check that I was still behind him. :P

Wednesday was his Orientation Day, so no lesson at all. It was the parents and guardians who had to listen to the teacher talking about the things to do and look out for. Also, she mentioned the holidays, the rules and when to pay for this and that. Of course, I had to buy uniforms for him. It was a red shirt with the words "Apply Tree" printed on the front and a pair of red long pants.

On Thursday, he learned about the colour 'RED' and that the apple was red in colour. The teacher played a few songs for them to sing along, but he did not sing at all. He tried to follow them with the clapping. Well, it was his first day. What do you expect? :D

The lesson continued with the teacher showing the children how to hold a crayon and colour the picture of an apple. The children were divided into two groups - one group sat on the chair with a table and started their colouring while the remaining children sat on the floor to play the plastic building blocks. The teacher and her assistant would be at the table helping and making sure the children coloured the apple using a red-coloured crayon properly. Well, my boy did a pretty good job (see photograph) and the teacher allowed him to colour the leaf on the apple green. I must tell you I did not help him with the colouring at all. I just sat behind him. :)

At the end of the day, each of the children got an apple to bring home. Anxiously, he got me to cut the apple and he ate the WHOLE apple the moment he stepped back into the house!

Today is Friday. The teacher refreshed the children's memory by playing the same songs again and talked about the previous day's learning - the colour 'RED' and the apple. This time, the teacher brought in some strawberries to show them. Oh, by the way, the teacher's name is Mdm Rahimah. The assistant teacher is Auntie Lim. The children were taught to take a strawberry and pass to a friend next to them after looking at it. Then, the teacher taught them how to paste small pieces of red-coloured crepe paper on a picture of a strawberry with glue. The children were divided into two groups again. One group would do the pasting on the table while the other group would play wooden building blocks (different from the previous day) on the floor. After that, the teacher would play some songs before dimissing them home. Well, there was no strawberry to bring home this time!

I think next week he will learn the next colour 'YELLOW'. Maybe he will get to bring home something yellow next week. What do you think he will bring back? Anyone would like to guess or give your comments? :D