FLOATING EGG EXERCISE

FLOAT & SINK EXERCISE

"PUASA" (FASTING)

16th August 2010, Monday Afternoon

It is the Ramadan month of the Islamic calendar.  It is the month of fasting, in which Muslims refrain from eating & drinking from dawn until sunset.

Zhen's 6-year old friends in the kindy are also fasting for half a day.  Zhen wants to try fasting too.  She went to kindy today after taking her bottle of milk.  She don't want to bring any food or money for tea break.

While driving her home from kindy, she told me, "Mummy, some of my friends, they are  tipu-ing... because they shared food with other friends... they are not puasa-ing."

BHANTE

14th August 2010, Saturday Afternoon 

As usual, we were at VBG, Temoh (http://www.vbgnet.org/) for dana on a Saturday afternoon. 
 
Zhen:  "Mummy, how to become a bhante?"

Me:  "Well, they go to a monastery for meditation and stay at the monastery."

Zhen:  "I don't want to become a bhante.  You know why?"

Me:  "Why?"

Zhen:  "I don't want to shave... my hair."

(Bhante (Pali) is the polite particle used to refer to Buddhist monks in the Theravada tradition.  Bhante literally means "Venerable Sir.")

WHAT'S A CHILD'S WORK?

THE WORK OF A CHILD IS PLAY!
The importance of play . . .

• Play helps children weave together all the elements of life as they experience it.
• It allows them to digest life and make it their own, an outlet for the fullness of their creativity.
• It is an absolutely critical part of childhood.
• With creative play, children blossom and flourish; without it, they suffer a serious decline.

The nature of play . . .

• a natural part of the make-up of every healthy child.
• the child's love of learning is intimately linked with a zest for play.
• for a child, no distinction between work & play!

PLAYDOUGH

8th May 2010, Tuesday Afternoon 

Made some homemade Play Dough this afternoon.

My 2 girls just love it.  Zhen said it is much much nicer than those bought from Supermart.  I say, it is much much cheaper!  :D