Jez's 24MOS - 35MOS (28Jul2010 - 27Jul2011)

On 28Jul2010, Jez had her first actual lesson in her Xiamen school... Everything was taught in Mandarin and Jez did have some difficulties to communicate with the teachers coz' she will speak English to them & they couldn't understand... Nevertheless, she enjoyed the lesson every much... The school is called 亿婴天使早教中心... They actually taught Montessori concepts in their lessons... The first lesson she took was called 启智 which is more all rounded lesson which consists of music, singing, playing different musical instruments, exercise by going thru obstacles, doing science experiments, and doing a art work... On the same day, we celebrated Jez's 2nd Bdae in Xiamen house.... Papa ordered a 喜洋洋 cake for her... The present we gave her is actually her 1 yr old present from our fren, hahha... It's a kitchen set & she loves it...


When Jez is about 25 months, we start to stop diapers for her even when we are outside... I actually did not plan to train her that early coz kids in spore seem to wear diapers til 3 yrs old even... But bcoz kids in China dont wear diapers since 1 yr old, so it seems quite shameful when other people see her still wearing diaper.. Jez was very cooperative on this, she will tell me whenever she wants to pass motion so we never see her wet her pants outside..


At 亿婴天使, she also took other lessons called 特色课 eg. 蒙氏生活，蒙氏音乐，美劳 & 分享阅读

She learnt more lifeskills in 蒙氏生活, the lesson includes teaching them how to sweep the floor, how to wash towels & hang towels, how to display books in order, cleaning the vase etc... During one of the lessons, the teacher actually, requires them to use chopsticks to pick beads & group them in different colours... At that time, Jez was only abt 27months old... Initially, I thought the teacher was requiring too much for such a young kid to hold chopsticks... But when Jez was given the chopsticks, she immediately hold it at the right position & able to pick the beads & separate them into different bowls based on the colours... I was really surprised & the other parents thought that I have taught her how to use chopsticks... But that was the first time she get to use chopsticks... From then on, I let her use chopsticks to eat noodles... We took a 3 months course for 蒙氏生活.

She also learnt from the Music lessons, whereby they teach kids to listen to different sounds made by different things & different animals... Eg, the sound of a worker sawing the wood, or knocking a nail, sound of thunder etc... They use games for the different themes to interest the kids... Eg, for a music of anxiety, they play a game by creating a scene that the small fishes are chased by the shark... They introduced the kids to different tunes and different expressions when making different sounds... It was really alot of fun, the songs are very nice & me myself enjoyed it very much... The full of course of Music lessons actually took us 1 year to finish which is a total of 4 x 3 months course... 同唱，同揍，同拍手，同舞...

As for 美劳, there are a total of 3 parts.. Part A is more on colouring & drawing. Part B is to use recycled materials to create an art piece & Part C is using soft clay to make into different objects... Jez is actually the first one to complete the full Art Course in her school... Feel proud of that coz many students drop out half way & we persist thru out... It's a 1 yr course...

分享阅读 consists of 6 sets of storybooks... This set of storybooks includes mainly science & math contents with creative narration & pictures... We did not complete the full reading course because of the change of teacher midway but I still buy the storybook for Jez to read at home...


In Mar 2011, Jez start to attend half day lesson in her school... The lesson starts from 9am til 1130am... Jez did not cry at all during the first lesson... Was quite proud of her and going to school is a happy thing for her... This is when I start to have a short break for myself... However, this short break is for me to do household chores & to prepare lunch for her when her school ends....

On some of the days, after she ended her half day lesson, she will come back for lunch & nap then we will go school again for the 1 hr 特色课 at 5pm... Each week we can have up to 3 特色课... It was quite tiring for me tho' coz when Jez takes her nap, it's difficult to get her wake up again, she usually can slp up to 3 hrs for afternoon nap... but still, we persevere through and complete the courses we want...