Club 2002 Kids
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:hi5: Good morning Club 2002 :hi5:
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gd afternoon club2002!
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As a mother, I always thought I have inculcated some moral values and life lessons to my daughter (DD). But lately I realised that unknowingly, she has also imparted some life lessons to me through our daily interactions and conversations. It’s a humbling experience to learn from a young child, and these are the things I’ve learnt from her:
1. Do not let the sun go down on your anger.
DD never goes to bed angry. She may be a little ‘chilli padi’ at times but she doesn’t hold her unhappiness or frustration for long. She recovers quickly from any unhappy incidences and does not harbour grudges, even those who had upset her.
Many times, we adults can hold grudges from wrongs done to us decades ago.
2. Be thankful for little blessings.
One day out of the blue, DD just looked at me and said, "Mummy, thank you for making me happy!" I was a little stunned by her sudden declaration because I haven’t done anything spectacular for her that day. But I managed to recover from my surprise and gave her a hug, speechless for word because I was so touched by her attitude of gratitude.
Sometimes we are so blinded or numbed by the daily pursuit of life that we forget the little blessings that lurk behind every challenge.
3. Laugh at yourself from time to time.
I read somewhere that humor is the best medicine in life and any relationship. How true it is! Both hubby and I are rather serious folks. But since DD came into our life, she has taught us to laugh at ourselves and our silly antics at times. For example, she would make funny faces or do funny gestures just to make us laugh. She is not afraid to act silly just to humor us.
As adults, we sometimes take ourselves too seriously that we fail to view life from a humorous perspective. We are so strict with ourselves that we have forgotten how to laugh at ourselves and when life throws us a hard ball.
4. Be contented but not complacent.
There is a difference. Being contented means to be happy and thankful with what you have, and not demanding what you could not have. Being complacent means just accepting what you have without any joy or thankfulness.
DD has a deep quest for knowledge. Whenever I bought her books, she would spend the next one hour flipping through the pages of her new books. But when we went shopping and she saw a toy or book that she liked, she would not demand or pester us to buy for her. There was once when she held something that she liked very much for quite long, and when we said, "Come on, let’s go!", she would quietly put it down without kicking up a fuss. She knows Mummy and Daddy will get whatever she needs for her, and she knows what are ‘must-haves’ and what are ‘good-to-haves’.
Often people are discontented with life because they do not differentiate the ‘needs’ from the ‘wants’.
5. Have compassion and empathy for others.
There was once I went to see DD during recess time, I happened to see DD gently patting a boy’s head and talking softly to him. Later I asked her why she patted her schoolmate’s head. She replied that the boy had a fall and she was helping and consoling him. I was touched that at such a young age, she already knows how to show compassion for her others.
Sometimes life has made us so jaded that we may become immune to those who are suffering or going through a rough patch.
Life is made up of experiences. And experiences can be converted into meaningful lessons if we have an open and humble heart to learn from it.
We are living in a very fast paced country, did anyone ever stopped for a while and think about the things that you have done that made someone happy?
I am a FTWM but I always make it a point to make myself free from 5.30pm to 7.00pm. I will join my girl at the park near our block to play with her friends everyday be it rain or shine.
I hope all mothers out there can also spare some time with your kids, it is very important to spend quanlity time with the children. This way you can also get to understand them better.
Lastly, The best inheritance that we can give to our children is our time and happiness. Money cannot buy all this. -
711mum:
Hi Champion and Club 2002,
Log onto school's website and saw that the CA dates are out!Champion:
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But in 6-7 weeks.... the CA will start :nailbite:
Week 8 -- Monday 13/8/2012 CA2 - EL
Week 8 -- Tuesday 14/8/2012 CA2 -- Maths
Week 8 -- Wed 15/8/2012 CA2 -- Mother Tongue
Week 9 -- Wed 22/8/2012 CA2 -- Science
Thought can plan something for the weekend after National Day; guess now can only do the study-plan for CA2!
This exam schedule is exactly the same for DD, so National Day will be their revision day unfortunately.
Champion, I remember you mentioning that your DD is involved in NDP performance right?[/quote]i also recevied the SA2 exam timetable... 
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I came to realise that DD has so many school holidays in August.
10 August - off-in-lieu for National Day (No sch)
16th to 17th August - PSLE oral (No sch)
20th August - Hari Raya Puasa
My DD’s school CA2 schedule are as follows:
23 August - English
24 August - Math
27 August - MT
28 August - Science
Luckily the school only takes 30% from SA1 and 70% from SA2
Not so stress for us at this moment, we can take our time to revise for the final exam. -
yvetan2020:
Yes, Indeed Term 3 is a rather short one if you will to minus off all these \"Non-schooling\" days and public holidays :rahrah: :rahrah:I came to realise that DD has so many school holidays in August.
10 August - off-in-lieu for National Day (No sch)
16th to 17th August - PSLE oral (No sch)
20th August - Hari Raya Puasayvetan2020:
:celebrate: Indeed yvetan2020 - you will have more time for the SA2 and before we know it, our dear P4 kid will be graduating in about 4 month's time and moves on to the :scared: P5!Not so stress for us at this moment, we can take our time to revise for the final exam.
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Champion:
[ our dear P4 kid will be graduating in about 4 month's time and moves on to the :scared: P5!
Aiyoh, then we will all busy browsing thr 2014PSLE thread everyday !
Just don't want to think about !!! -
Just4Fun:
Champion:
[ our dear P4 kid will be graduating in about 4 month's time and moves on to the :scared: P5!
Aiyoh, then we will all busy browsing thr 2014PSLE thread everyday !
Just don't want to think about !!!
guess we have to tackle the challenging n critical P5 2013 1st!
Over lunch, my kaki was sharing with me,\" My P5 No. 2 so busy with all the school work, homework, tuitions, etc etc....there is really no time and no room for PROCRASTINATION!\"
I was like,\" :sad: --so means everything must do fast fast or maybe faster faster ---fastest fastest!\"
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Champion:
Just4Fun:
[quote=\"Champion\"][ our dear P4 kid will be graduating in about 4 month's time and moves on to the :scared: P5!
Aiyoh, then we will all busy browsing thr 2014PSLE thread everyday !
Just don't want to think about !!! guess we have to tackle the challenging n critical P5 2013 1st!
Over lunch, my kaki was sharing with me,\" My P5 No. 2 so busy with all the school work, homework, tuitions, etc etc....there is really no time and no room for PROCRASTINATION!\"
I was like,\" :sad: --so means everything must do fast fast or maybe faster faster ---fastest fastest!\"[/quote]Yeap, Champion. All is saying, from P4 to P5, it will be a major step/jump. This is the year when schools will really prepare the children for PSLE, else too late (??).
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Just4Fun:
so this last 6mths for us to enjoy ah.....
Yeap, Champion. All is saying, from P4 to P5, it will be a major step/jump. This is the year when schools will really prepare the children for PSLE, else too late (??).
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