This month is very special for all mummies! As part of our Mother`s

Macpherson Sheng Hong Child Care Centre
Nursery B - Helpful
May 2015
This month is very
special for all
mummies! As part
of our Mother’s
Day celebration,
Ms. Weng told us
the importance of
loving and being
thankful to our
mother. Because
of that, here’s our
simple token of
appreciation!!!
Before going to the
Singapore Zoo, our
teacher taught us
about the different
kinds of animals that
we could see there.
We used the zoo map to
locate each kind!!!
Excursion day!!!
The much-awaited trip is finally here!
We would like to give our heartfelt
thanks to Merson’s Daddy, for
guiding and helping us throughout the
day, as well us adding on to our
knowledge about the animals in the
zoo. Thank you also to Elijah’s
brother and Ou Ning’s grandma
for watching over us while walking
under the scorching heat of Mr. Sun!!!
net, nap, nut,
nine
Zookeeper’s work and responsibilities
octopus,
orange, oval,
ostrich
puppy,
parrot, pan,
pen, penguin
Counting objects
from 1-10
We were given different
activities to master
counting and identifying
numbers 1-10.
Drawing the other half of an
object/shape
Before proceeding to our lesson, Ms.
Weng first taught us the concept of
mirror image, so it would be easy for
us to visualize the other half of the
given drawings.
Our Celery Experiment helped us to better understand how plants absorb water, as well as its importance to all
living things, including human beings and animals.
We practiced on bouncing the ball and bending our bodies for a few days.
Thereafter, our teacher raised the level of difficulty and we had to jump over an
obstacle. Through this, we realized that jumping requires complex body coordination!
Hi Mummy and Daddy!!!
We would like to share with you some
activities that we are doing in school. These are helpful so you can guide
your child in enhancing letter and name-writing skills.
Air Writing. Have your child write letters in the air first. These large muscle movements will help your
child process what she is writing and make it more likely for the child to remember. As she writes the letter,
have her say the letter name or the directions for writing the letter.
Foamy Fun. While your child is in the tub, spray a bit of shaving cream on the side of the tub or wall. Allow
your child to practice writing letters, and then erase and try another set. A playful challenge will get your
child even more excited to write.
Kitchen Tracing. Pour a small amount of sand or salt in a cake pan or baking dish. Allow your child to
practice tracing letters without the pressure of more permanent writing utensils such as markers and
crayons. If she makes a mistake, she can simply erase what she wrote and try again.
Paint Practice. For a non-messy alternative to finger paint, put a bit of finger paint inside a quart or gallon
zipper bag. Remove the air, seal the bag and double the seal with some masking or duct tape. Your child can
practice tracing letters on the outside of the bag, manipulating the paint with no mess or clean up!
Learn Your Letters. When she is ready to move to paper, give her large sheets of paper and show her
the strokes to make different letters. If you can give the letters human characteristics, it will be even more
fun (or you can remind your child about her handwriting song in Letterland)!