Sight words slapping game

Today I wanted to have a revision activity to assess and reinforce the sight words we have learnt so far. So I used recycled paper, wrote them down and taped them to the wall. Invited the boys over and introduced the game to them. Both of them have to stand a short distance away from the wall, and I have their names written down on the chalkboard for their scores charting. They got so excited with this mini 'competition' and I also mentioned the winner will get chocolate!

To play, I just call out random sightwords and the first one to run over and slap the correct word gets one point.

 

What happened? Aidan started crying after the first game caused he slapped on the wrong word and Allen won the first round. I was shocked!!! OMG! After consoling him and lots of encouragements, he perked up and we continued on our game, this time with happiness and laughers. No more wayangness...

 

My wayang boy... Sigh...

 

Fast recovery.

 

After about 12 rounds, both of them get their chocolates as both are winners! A fun and super easy game to play. You can easily use this idea for other words, numbers and even names!

 

And the scores charting also intrigued the boys a lot. When I was busy making breakfast, both of them are 'playing' the game themselves and charting their own scores. Goodwork boys!

 

Busy mum lactation cookies recipe

Previously read about lactation cookies online and since I am breastfeeding little princess, I ordered the special ingredients needed from amazon. Golden flaxseeds and lecithin granules. But taking care of 3 kids = tired and lazy mum. So I improvised the cookies and brought oatmeal cookies premix and just added the 'extra ingredients' to the dough, mix well and bake according to instructions. Tadaa! Lactation cookies within 20 mins including baking time. And the cookies taste great! My boys love them too.

Dun ask me how many tablespoons of the seeds and granules I added, cause I just poured them in happily.

Effectiveness of this cookies? Not sure as I currently only latch on for my girl, so cant measure the amount of bm I had. But my little princess is getting chubbier n chubbier and ahem... should be enough and they tastes great, so who cares? Better than spending lots of $$ on the cookies sold online right?

If you tried it do leave a comment and let me know what you think of it?

Thanks for dropping by!
XOXO
Ashley

 

So far I have tried 2 flavors of cookie premix: oatmeal and oatmeal chocolate chips. The second one tastes awesome (cause of the choco of course) while the first one seems less fattening and healthier.

 

A new blog, a new lifestyle

 

Some facts:

I am a mum of 3. 5yrs old big brother Aidan, 3yrs old small brother Allen, and lastly a 1 month old baby sister Abbie. We made a big change in our lifestyle on last year September by starting to homeschool the 2 boys. We started collecting books and educational games and toys and a bookshelf was purchased and placed in the living room. And a daily routine of bed time stories are also implemented. I am so happy to see the improvement in both of them and regretted never starting the change earlier. But better late then never right?



Now I am starting this blog to share our weekly activities and I will also be sharing some DIY pintables as well in future. Hope that you all will enjoy this blog as our family embark on our learning journey.

Meanwhile this is our achievements since september last year till now so:

Aidan:
Literacy: Learnt and able to write all the 26 alphabets and says their sounds, knows how to write his name. Knows 32 short a families words and able to read and spell them.
Math: Counts and write up to 30 (used kumon workbooks and diy games) Meanwhile I am introducing simple additions to him.

Chinese: Pathetic.... I am using my first Chinese words to encourage them to read and speak Chinese. My husband n I converses between each other in Chinese mostly, but somehow the boys only prefer to speak English.



Allen:
Literacy: Learnt all the 26 letter sounds (leap frog letter factory is awesome!), we just started on reading the alphabet curriculum by thisreadingmama.com with additional activities added. He's not keen on holding any writing materials yet so I am trying very hard to encourage him to scribble or draw more.
Math: Counts and recognizes up to 10 (used flashcards, sandpaper numbers and mini games)
Chinese: Very pathetic too... LOL

Just a few months into homeschooling the boys, and i thoroughly enjoyed this journey. Especially the satisfaction whenever the boys learnt and gained knowledge through the activities we did. How about you? Do you homeschool your kids at home?

Thanks for dropping by:
XOXO
Ashley