2013 YOUNG ACHIEVERS' DAY

2013 YOUNG ACHIEVERS' DAY
BY MIMI SAY

16th Nov marked a great milestone for our young ones. They have completed one academic year in a preschool. What have they achieved? They have learnt to be more independent, confident, motivated, conversant in languages different from their mother tongue, competitive, creative, social and able to move on to the next level.

To further encourage them, we have initiated a ceremony to inspire them, to have the courage and passion to move on. The following photos are taken where children can proudly show their parents, "I can do it!" and parents can share their joy.

Capturing moments with our young 'graduates'

Guests are welcomed with speeches by young ones in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.

PK1 (4-year-olds) start the ball rolling with Lungi Dance

Every child is appreciated with at least one trophy.

Other 4-year-olds (PK2) mesmerised the guests with a Bollywood number

Our little darlings (3-year-olds) did not fail to amaze our guests.

Confident 6-year-olds with a Chinese number.

Best Performance of the night from K2 (the Fox)

Sweeties from K1B (5-year-olds) executed a Phillipines dance.

A confident Damia telling a Malay Story

Jung Jung Inai performed by K1A1.

Candy coloured K1A2s enjoying and having fun with Oh! Oh! Oh!

Me and my exes (almost 30 of them, and some are reaching my height)

Wonderful little 'graduates' of the night.

CHILDREN'S CLASS PHOTOS 2013

WONDERFUL YEARS FAMILY ALBUM 2013

 BY MIMI SAY

Sexual Development and Behavior in Children

http://hss.state.ak.us/ocs/Publications/pdf/sexualdevelop-children.pdf

Malaysia Independence Day Celebration

By Mimi Say

We always believe that whatever wholesome activities we need to instill, is best to do it from young. Hence we have lined up a host of activities to disseminate patriotism within our multi-racial young children on the eve of our Independence Day (30-8-13)

Our young ones are trained since a month ago to sing "31 Ogos" one of our patriotic song
http://koleksi-lagu-patriotik.blogspot.com/2008/12/31-ogos-tanggal-31.html

We begin the day with colouring competition. We are surprised that some 4-year-olds are so keen on colouring. They colour so well that some of them are better than 5 and 6-year-olds.

When they have finished, we host them with an array of delicious food.

With full stomach, they parad around the kindergarten waving flags while singing "31 Ogos" loudly and enthusiastically.

We ended with a group photo where children wave the flags madly and joyfully.

Wishing for a PEACEFUL country.

Enjoying the colouring activity!

Hi! How are you?

Enjoying the FUN of doing things together!

Mrs. Say explaining the features on Jalur Gemilang (Malaysia flag)

4-year-olds are not left out

A 3-year-old colouring the Hibiscus intently

Showing of their finished products proudly.

We want to join in the FUN too!

We love to colour!

Children dressed in their traditional best!

An array of children's favourite...

YUMMY!!!

Singing  '31 Ogos' loudly, proudly and eagerly!

Parading around the Kindergarten while singing and waving the flags enthusiasticlly.

The Leap of JOY!!!

MERDEKA! MERDEKA! MERDEKA!

Malay Storytelling Competition "Sang Kancil yang Bijak" by Heng Yi Jun

Chinese Storytelling Competition

Poem Recitation "Ladybug! Ladybug" by Muthu Murthi (5 Yrs)

Poem Recitation "Meet My Dog" by Savitta Ram

Parents' Day Performances

By Mimi Say

The three-year-olds braced the crowd of more than 100 and put up a brave performance

A light and happy performance

A serious front from these 'poker faced' 5-year-olds

A stellar performance from the 6-year-olds

MOTHER'S DAY & FATHER'S DAY PERFORMANCES

By Mimi Say

Children feel most comfortable if they are able perform something. This can boost their self esteem and be motivated to learn more.

Last year there was a child who refused to cooperate to practise dancing. She told her mum that she doesn't want to learn dancing. Her mum hesitated to pay for the performance costume. I informed her mum that each child will be given the opportunity to perform on stage. This in future will enhance their confidence in themselves. Even if she did not perform, she will have the opportunity to experience that going up on stage is not a big deal neither is it a scary experience. Reluctantly she paid for the costume after being informed of the advantages.

Finally the dreaded day arrived. The girl went up on stage. She froze on stage; refused to dance and was led by her partner.  (*I earlier reminded her mum not to reprimand her if she did not dance on stage. Being there is already an achievement!) But the moment she came down from stage, she was praised for being able to go up and stayed there until the end of the dance. We praised her for not breaking down too. (*I won't do this to a three-year-old unless accompanied by children's mums)

Surprisingly after this experience she cooperated with us during the year-end concert. She did not give us any trouble at all. We always encouraged her during the practises. And, during the most recent performance, she danced better than anybody else. This is the power of POSITIVE reinforcement.

We always try to find ways for children to boost their self esteem.
We do not stress on best performances but we do give a lot of encouragement for children to perform even though it's not the best but it's their very best!

Do enjoy some of these special and magical MOMENTS!

Elina having fun dancing

Kirtana doing Bole Chudiya

Dancing to the beat of a Monggolian number

Sha La La

Damia is so into Poker Face

Cross cultural performance - Malay dandut song, with an Indian costume performed by a Chinese girl.

Cross nation dance - Macarena

Fun time dancing

A confident beauty on stage