My Transition to Primary School

A brief recap..

I attended infant care since i was a year old, move on to Child Care at 18 months and now to Student Care. One would think that integration to Student Care will be easy coming from a full day child care environment. My experience was a total flop.

Three weeks before the school terms started, the Centre head of my Student Care resigned and left the Centre in a Chaos. I was placed in the wait-list even though confirmation was given earlier. Mummy called the Centre and got them to revert my enrollment status. 

Prior to the first day of School, Mummy pre-empted me on what to expect at School such as how to buy food, use the pay phone, read the clock, not to follow strangers etc. I was overloaded with information. 

Finally, the big day came. I woke up early in the morning at 6, had some bread and left for School. I guess i was too nervous and started to experience tummy pain. 

The first half of the day was fun. I was introduced to my form teacher (Mdm Kartini), my classmates and had my first recess with my parents around. I made my first p1 friend, Clesias and we talked a little in class.

Soon, it was dismissal for the class. I was upset seeing other kids being picked up at the gates by their parents while i had to remain in school for Student Care. I began to wonder why i have to go to Student care while others gets to go home. I miss my Mummy and tears began to flow down my cheek as i was directed to Student Care.

Student care was terrible...However, i still manage to make friends subsequently, on the third day with Janelle and Wan Sing.

Rach@6yrs5mths

My Mummy's Notepad (0 - 4Yrs)

This is a log of what i like to do at each growing up phase :P

5 Months: Rollover

6 Months: Sit, Assisted Stand, Babytalk(mamaa), Eat whole grain cereal and purees

7 Months: Crawl, Clap, Babytalk(babaa), Throw tantrum

8 Months: Ask for food, Shout aloud, Eat baby puffs, Eat fish porridge, First airflight to China

9 Months: Wave, Twinkle-twinkle, Faking cough, Blowing air to Daddy's tummy

10 Months: Open mouth wide, Screaming(Gesture for food/attention), Play games with others such as peek-a-boo, Have food preference , Display liking for water play, Display excitement during play, Stand without support for 1-2sec, Crawl around the house independently and locating support to stand up, Splatter water

11 Months: Monitors animal movement(cats, dogs,birds), play iphone, eat Stage 3-4 Nestle baby cereal(Likes:wheat&ikan bilis, multigrain w mixed fruits, yoplait. Dislike: rice w chicken) for breakfast/lunch then porridge for dinner.

12 Months: 2 front bottom teeth, play iphone stage 2, say cat whenever she see Hello Kitty, Stand on her own momentarily, refusing to get out of bathtub, Ask for food via scream n shouts, long baby talks, escape from pram and high chair when half secured, pick and put puffs into mouth subsequently everything else eg. iphones. Says birds, cats, dogs whenever she sees one.

13 Months: 2 front top teeth, free herself from high chair,walk w/o support, hymn twinkle twinkle, walk independently

14Months: 2 bottom teeth, Dance to the music, grin, signal for food, point to the items she wants, finish a bottle of Yakult, reads words such as hats, cats on screen, hi and lots more in v3, listen to simple instruction such as "pass controller to daddy","sing" and "dance"

15 Months: 3 front top n bottom teeth, can walk steadily, prefer more solid food, dislike and reject cereal, eat dinner with us, got uti and recovered, perform simple task like pass bottle to daddy, put item in cart,difficult to go shopping with as prefer to walk, call "papa" aloud, knows toys.

16 Months: 4 front top n bottom teeth, start to accept hairband, gave mummy a kiss to wake her up, wave goodbye when asked to. gave daddy a kiss when asked to, say n recognise apple.

17 Months: > 25 vocab, shows more enthusiasm in playing, drink from kids water bottle, able to communicate slightly(ask to sit on a chair, take sth from the table), join us for meals, able to recognise daddy's car, love to take the driver's seat, Visit Yokohama Japan and Tassie, Australia, Stands in front of the fridge and says "mum mum"

19 Months: Count from 1-10 without prompting, Loves Mickey MCH, Loves Gummi Bears Vitamins & Yakult & Rasins & Cold Drinks, Feed herself messily, Able to identify people who are close to her.

21 Months: Loves singing nursery rhythms, Give instructions like" hands behind your back, come, sit down, running, Pose at camera, Push shopping cart, Mastered Eagle's eye hunt for sweets, biscuits rasin & all toddler edible food

22 Months: Recognised coffee store to buy drink, can eat in a cleaner manner

34 Months: Dance to her fav music - Price Tag(JessieJ), likes to watch mickey mouse clubhse, winnie the pooh, little einstein, use ipad/iphone

40 Months: Communicate adequately, fav music - Everything at once (Lenka), loves Dora and story books, Loves fruits(Kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, green grapes)

44 Months: Fruits Monster, Loves Princess, Purple(Fav Colour), Hi5, Katy Perry

4yrs: Performs with move from Katy Perry's MTV, Likes Subway, Took up ballet

Japan 2014

Daddy and mummy brought me to Japan on a holiday. The montage pretty much summaries my trip. We visited Tokyo Disneyland, Onsen, Hakone, Odaiba and Yokohama. We had a wonderful trip making my cup noodles too. Not forgetting all the goodies i bought back. I love all the restaurants too as i get to choose a small toy everytime i dine in.

Rach@4yrs11mths

Young Shopper

This is me shopping at NTUC AMK Hub and making my own selection on my clothes. 

Rachelle@4yrs11mths

My Little Secret @ K1

Tonight, i whispered a secret to mummy by her ear.
I told mummy "I want to marry Jacob. Jacob wants to marry me. Jacob says he want to marry me and hui shane. I told him teacher zhang say one boy can only marry one girl then he say want to marry me." Mummy finds the conversation amusing. She kept laughing and shared it with Daddy. Daddy told me whoever wants to marry me must first seek permission from him and Mummy.

Rach@4yr5mths

Angelina Ballerina Inspired

After months and months of searching, i am finally signed up & loving it.

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Trial Lesson 14 Sept 2013

What i love most about my ballet school is the well lighted classroom and teachers. It's ballet dress is the nicest i have seen as well. Don't you think we look quite pro?

Ballet Must Have

My first leotard, ballet tights and shoes :)

Trial Fee

1st Sem Fee(3 classes left)

Rach@4yrs1mth

Outing to "Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb"

There were three June holiday camps/outings organised by my CC this year.

Initially, mummy only signed me up for 1 of the camp on Manner and Etiquette.

A few day prior to outing, i express my interest to visit "The Mummy". I told Daddy and Mummy on separate occasions that i am a brave girl and i want to go to the Mummy camp. Don't be mistaken by the word "Camp". I am not really staying overnight with those Mummies, it is actually a 1 day outing event spread over 2 days. My parent discussed and i was signed up for it :p

This camp consists of the following:

Outing to ArtScienceMuseum and SingaporeArt Museum (2-days camp - 9 to 2 pm)

1^st Day : Guided tour of two exhibitions “Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb” and “A Journey through Creativity”

2^nd Day : Visit to the Singapore Art Museum which will showcase contemporary art from local and international artists.  The children will be involved in making a kaleidoscope and mask after the visit.

(060613_070613: June Holiday Outing 1@$55)

Here's my outing pix and take home...

Middle Pix: HuiShane, Yolanda, me and Kai Ye@ Nursery

What i have learnt and told mummy back hm:
Day 1:
1. "The mummy die already".
2. "The mummy wrap wrap wrap, wrap two feet, don't have hand to say hello".
3. "We sit in a circle somewhere near the mummy and play a puzzle"
4. "I saw a dog and bird bird. The dog is dead."
5. "I saw a snake on the mummy tummy"
6. "The mummy lie down in a box then i saw the eyes"
7. " I am a brave girl. I am not scared!"

Day 2:
1. "I see Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, the egg crack and the bird disturb it"
2. "The blue colour Humpty Dumpty take the biscuit and walk away"
3. " The egg yolk come out"

Rach@46 Mths