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Weekend Reflections: Encouraging Creativity in Kids

Tiger girl on her  plasma car

Tiger girl on her plasma car

Tiger girl turns 31 months old in a few days time. This few months her love for singing songs and nursery rhymes have increased by leaps and bounds. She does have an array of different songs which she sings but as of thee two weeks the favourite song of the week is “Wheel on the Bus”.

It can get really annoying an irritating having to listen to her singing the same song more then 20 times a day.  To make it more pleasing on my ears I have been encouraging her to think out of the box.

Why don’t we change the lyrics to the song?

Besides people do you think we can have animals on the bus too?

Asking her such leading questions got her thinking of what she can add to the song.

She has been doing alterations on the lyrics of the songs since I started questioning her.

Now the song has been changed to the following.

The Wheels on the bus (Tiger girl edition)

The Wheels on the bus go round and round,

Round and Round , Round and Round.

The Wheels on the bus go round and round all through the town.

The bubbles on the bus go Pop, Pop, Pop

Pop , Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop,

The bubbles on the bus go Pop, Pop, Pop, all though the town.

The Monkeys on the bus go ooh-ohh- Ahh-Ahh,ooh-ohh- Ahh-Ahh,ooh-ohh- Ahh-Ahh,

The Monkeys on the bus go ooh-ohh- Ahh-Ahh, all through the town.

The bells on the bus go ting -a-ling-ling, ting -a-ling-ling,ting -a-ling-ling.

The bells on the bus go ting -a-ling-ling, all through the town.

The pig on the bus goes oink oink oink,oink oink oink, oink oink oink,

The pig on the bus goes oink oink oink, all through the town.

The END!!

Do your kids change the lyrics of songs too?

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Holistic Learning With Dominique

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From this month I am starting the kids on a slightly different journey. We will be focusing on each individual child and their personal journey together with me as I put together a customized program for each kid.

The kids

The kids

For Monkey Boy

He will be starting work as a Budgeting Accountant  and will have to work for his allowance. There will no pay if he doesn’t complete his work.   I will be focusing on the following skills with him

  • Cash flow management/budgeting ( Mathematics~ 4 Operations, %, fractions)
  • Analytical and critical thinking
  • Report writing and presentation.
  • Time management

Values incorporated:  Self-discipline, understanding delayed gratification and diligence.

For Doggie Boy

I will be focusing more on building up his auditory skills  and memory. Based on the assessment by Thinkersbox.

He will be starting his apprenticeship as a junior chef at home. I will be  teaching him how to make simple dishes and bakes.

I will be focusing on

  • Strengthening his ability to follow instructions.
  • Listening to a string of instructions and comprehending them.
  • Calculating proportions (Mathematics- 4 operations)
  • Time Management
  • Presentation skills (Visual and spoken)

Values incorporated: Self-discipline, understanding delayed gratification and diligence.

For spiritual development I will be using a combination of three books for the kids.

 

There are many differentiated activities inside the books which can be use alongside each other. We will have the bible activities.

For Tiger girl

We will be doing a lot of hands on activities like music and art and crafts. I will also be introducing her to the piano proper and also the  basic rudiments of music.

 

I will kick of these series with an introduction to Monkey’s boy’s new job and in subsequent posts follow up with their progress in the different areas.

What do you have planned for your kids this 2013?

Post in this series

1. Holistic Learning  an Introduction

2. Becoming a Budgeting Accountant- Getting Started.

3. Updates on Monkey boy being a Budgeting Accountant.

4. Holistic Learning with Doggie Boy

5. Holistic Learning- Dealing with Emotions

6. Holistic Learning- Understanding your Creative Pattern