My Little One Has Grown Up

Little Bee had been going to school for the past 1.5 weeks, after a hiatus of 3 weeks since her stomach flu. On the second day of school, she was whisked into class amidst much wailing and crying, as the teachers refused to let my mum into the classroom to accompany Little Bee. My mum told me she felt like tearing when she heard how Little Bee was crying inside the classroom. 

1.5 weeks later, she is now coping very well in class. She will walk smilingly into class these days, and recently started looking forward to going school in the mornings. Last week, she was rather moody in the mornings before school, but I am glad she had transformed fairly quickly. She has also gotten used to not taking naps in the afternoon as her session in school is in the afternoon, and I am very thankful for this swift adjustment. 

On the first day of school last Monday when my mum was still accompanying her in class, the teacher asked the class about the types of transportation the children's parents take to work. Most of the class replied "Car", whereas Little Bee uttered excitedly "Airplane!" My mum told me the teacher looked at Little Bee and then my mum hesitantly, probably wondering if Little Bee understood what was being asked, and she was only reassured when my mum told her that I indeed went to work on an airplane that very morning on a business trip. 

She is learning more from school, coming home and singing songs that she learned in school. She is beginning to repeat what she learned in school to me. For example, last night, when I was reading Eric Carle's "Brown Bear, What Do You See?" to her, she was able to anticipate what I was reading to her, uttering the last parts of the sentences on every page, and even re-enacted how the teacher read the book to the class. Incidentally, this book is excellent for teaching colours to young children. 

It is wonderful that Little Bee is now like a little adult - picking up our conversations at home, fully comprehending our activities and the social world around her. She is also a great conversationalist, always chatting chirpily with jie jie now. They make fabulous companions, although there are the regular sibling fights, of course. 

2 Fridays ago, she plucked a little assortment of flowers for me from the shrubs in my estate, and presented me that bunch of flowers with a sweet smile saying, "For Mummy!" It certainly melted my heart and made coming home from a tough day at work so much more glorious :) 

Sweet flowers as presents for Mummy :) 

Basic Math: Sorting. During free time at home, I will let her sort out brightly coloured beads into different containers, and she would be able to sort them out by colours independently.