Last nite while trying to put the brat to bed… Chloe said she wanted to do a puzzle. It was late .. i was tired.. and hungry.. and trying to chomp my food down.. and didn’t wanna fight with her.. so i said.. yes. So off she sprinted away to the computer room where PB was.. and looked for her puzzle to fix it onto the fridge. She came back after abit.. it was closed to 10.30pm. . and turned around and asked me.. “Mom, were you paying attention to me… when i asked you about the puzzle..??” in which i was shocked. .and i said “yes.. ! what do you mean??” in which she replied.. “well you always just say .. uh-huh, without really paying attention to me” *Slap forehead* See they know..what you are doing.. donch you think they donch know.. ! note to self : better give undivided attention to your brat.
Slaver Driver We Are
Yes, we make the brat clean after herself most times. .and she does it willingly. She loves to think that she is helping and doing something the adults do too.
She does a good job too ..! and she is really earnest about it.
Mommmmmmmmmmmm…!!!
Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…!!! Phil is ANNOYING me..!!!!
Yes.. !! she knows her big words.. when she wants too.. but yet.. she is not up to par..??!!!?? *roll eyes*
Learning The Fun Way
Chloe comes home with work sheets. .and songs she had learned in pre-school, this is one of her craft work she did at the pre-school. Unlike her other school, she really seems to enjoy it.. because she said .. it was so much more fun. So yes, learning the fun way should be the way to go .. in the very first place.
Please note that i’m writing my experience here .. so that you won’t make the same mistake we did with Chloe. We were very brave to had thrown her into school.. without giving her anything to bring along in terms of preparation and knowledge beyond the everyday stuff. She must really enjoy school now, since she puked this morning. .and still wanted to go to school. It is also a nice change to see .. both teachers eagerly greeting us first thing in the morning.. whereby .. it wasn’t the same in chloe’s old school. A talk with one of our customer tonight .. may see Chloe attending not her old school but another — but we’ll see.
New Teachers Said They Are More and More Confused Each Day
Chloe settled nicely into her new school this time. No crying goodbyes.. no waving till the classroom door is closed, no asking why i didn’t go pick her up from school and after just 1 hug each.. she didn’t even look back when we closed the door behind us.
On Monday, her new teachers handed out the worksheets that they worked on that day.. and told PB that they were more and more confused everyday. Confused about what..?? Confused that Chloe’s old teacher/s didn’t think that Chloe was ready or that she needed special help – with speech and other aspect. As far as her new teachers can see, they felt that Chloe could understand them.. and them her.
But having said that, I am really glad we pulled her out of grade primary because I was reading another blogger’s blog.. and her daughter is a few months older than Chloe.. yet she is still in Kindergarten .. but she can write full sentences already.. because she had been in a child care that nurtures the kids and prepares them for Primary School in North Carolina.
So for those in Canada, I just hope you take note that Pre-school does play a very important part in preparing your kid for real school. Even if your spouse did not go for pre-school when he was a kid.. nor his cousins or brothers and sisters.. please note that we are in a different time now. I wished i had done it differently but better late than never right.
Video Games
As you all know we own a video/gaming/computer store, it is therefore inevitable.. that the brat would be seen playing video games at the store.. or watching a movie.. if she just came back from school. On school days, we are usually not too anxious to push her to do extra homework.. but believe in letting her choose the thing she wants to do. Plus, it is a good way to bond with her daddy .. when they are home during the weekend, since PB is into games too. As you can see, most times.. i feel that the lighting is not good enough when she is playing or reading and I don’t like it when she sits too near the tv for fear of having to use eyeglasses in the future. What about you ..?? are you worried about that too..?? I started wearing eyeglasses at a young age of 9 .. but the kids here.. some even younger than chloe.. but already wearing glasses like the chicken shit neighbour’s kid.
Why Chloe Likes Her New School?
We’ve chatted with a few parents from different schools and chloe’s old school.. and all of them feels that we’ve made the right choice to pull Chloe outta school now and return this fall. But having said that.. and having heard from a parent from Chloe’s old school where they are encouraged to use only french for show and tell, we might not go back to the old school for French. And because of where we lived.. we just might have to send Chloe to the closest school which is what is expected if she was gonna be in just English.
I took Mandarin as my 2nd language .. and English is compulsory as first language back home but my teachers back home didn’t say we can’t speak in other languages when we were in school. Over the last week or so, we had spoken to several parents who have had kids in high school doing French too, and from what’ve heard.. the French classes were quite NAZIs . .if you know what i mean. That kinda scare me a little.. because .. hey..!! we spoke in English & Mandarin and dialects plus a little of Malay back home.. and we all coped.. and none whatsoever gave me the feeling while growing up.. that the schools or teachers were NAZIs about the language. And here i thought .. Singapore was a NAZI country.. muahhahahahaha!!!! I guess i was wrong eh.
Die Laughing
When you bring your kid to work.. like we do, you have gotta be careful what you tell them.. because they will in turn tell the customers. I’m sure you all know we own a video store.. and yes.. we rent adult movies and sell them. They are stored in an adult room.. and we tell the brat that she cannot go in there.. because it’s a “yukky” room.
Today a customer came in and went into the “yukky” room. .and guess what the brat said to him.. ??? She said.. “Eeeewwwwkkkk… you went into the yukky room..!!! that’s gross!!!!” muahahahhahahaha!!! can die laughing or not.. ?? in which the customer replied.. beet red in color .. “yes.. it’s a yukky room” .. muahahahha!!!
First Day At New School
So I’m sure you want to know how Chloe coped with her new school and new environment. She didn’t wanna wake up in the morning, due to the fact that she didn’t go to bed till late, even though we had warned her about waking up early to go to school the next day. She even choked a little this morning and tried to puke.. but having said that.. she said she wants to go to school (which is a real change because before she would try all means to NOT go to school).
We sent her to school.. and she didn’t fuss or cry.. just changed to her new school’s shoes .. and went along with her friends.. hugged us twice and didn’t look back. No calls from the school either.. and when PB went to pick her up.. she didn’t wanna leave. The teacher in the new school said she did fine.. no crying nor any fuss. I have a video to put up later.. so come back and see what she thinks of her new school eh. I’m happy she is happy.
A Very Hard Decision
It was a very hard decision to pull Chloe out of grade primary now and send her to a private pre-school for the next six months, then send her back to grade primary again in September this year. I know she likes school, she likes her teacher and she is learning really well. From singing Christmas carols to writing out our phone number this evening. But as parents we need to make sure she is adequate and is prepared for the school environment, instead of struggling with her lessons.
We already knew that she didn’t recognize all her ABCs and 123s, but we had thought that that was the whole point of Grade primary, a place to learn the early stuff. Alas, we were so ill-informed and for that I feel terribly sorry for my daughter. Had we known that they had expected so many things of the little ones, we would not have let her go to Grade Primary this year. See, due to her age she normally wouldn’t have been able to start regular school yet this year anyway. As much as Chloe wants to go back to her current teachers class on some days and speaks well of her, we feel that another 6 months in the class is not gonna do her well and in fact may scar her. Having a child stressed up about school is not a good thing and during the last few days, the closer we got to school going back in session after the holiday, the more she would complain of tummy aches, and make frequent trips to the bathroom.
So we hunted down some pre-schools and chose one which we felt comfy with, a woman with 23 yrs of experience under her belt, so we trust that Chloe will excel. The setting of this private pre-school is almost classroom like but in a more relaxed atmosphere, I can see how understanding this teacher is just from talking with her for a half hour. So I just want to let everyone know that this decision was a very hard one for us, and we only confirmed the placement at the pre-school today, so yes we have given it a lot of thought. We thank everyone for their support during this very trying time and appreciate everyones concern. I will update with Chloe’s progress in this new & private pre-school.