The fifth unit of K1, this time, is “The Cow Eating Fruit”. In this unit, young children can learn about different fruits. During the process, the children, accompanied by the teacher, had the opportunity to make fruit salad themselves and taste the results. The process was exciting, and the children were very engaged. In addition, during the drawing activities, children can observe the cross-section of the fruit and use the cross-section of the fruit to print out fruit paintings.
This is the fifth learning unit of K2. The story is about Grandpa planting a persimmon tree in his home. He gave the persimmon stems, leaves, and branches to Grandma, who used her creativity to turn these things into toys. In this unit, children learned about the structure, color, and appearance characteristics of persimmons. They also attempted to plant persimmons and learned about the growth process of plants.
The theme of K3 is a 100-story home under the sea. Children use crayons and watercolors to draw the underwater world and different marine life. They also have opportunities to engage in outdoor activities such as visiting the Discovery Hall in the Cultural Museum and going out for sketching. The theme content is exciting and rich, and the children are very involved and enjoy it.
Our school organizes ‘scenario experience activities’ for children to learn about Chinese culture and history. These activities allow children to immerse themselves in Chinese culture by trying on traditional clothes, making flour dolls, and playing conventional competitive games. Through this process, children can develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture and enhance their knowledge of Chinese traditions.
Many children and their parents go outdoors in the summer and feel very hot afterwards, so they want to go into the shopping mall to enjoy the air conditioning. At this time, if someone sneezes, children are easily susceptible to catching a cold or flu. How should parents deal with this problem? The first part is how to take care of them, and the other part is the diet to strengthen their immunity.
First of all, we should not enter the shopping mall immediately when it is too hot. When you are sweating a lot, you need to wipe off the sweat. In fact, sweat carries away the heat from our bodies, so the process of wiping off sweat makes it easier for the sweat to evaporate and carries away some of the heat from our bodies. It would be better for us to enter the shopping mall when our bodies are a little cooler.
Also, always be prepared with a jacket. Adults are the same; they need to have a shawl, which can be relatively better. On the other hand, if a child’s clothes are soaked, we should prepare an extra set of clothes to replace them, so that the clothes won’t stick to their back and cause them to catch a cold. In fact, the current towels are very long and can be placed on the back. After wiping the sweat with a towel, the clothes can remain dry.
In terms of diet, we can pay attention to whether children have a balanced diet. However, we must remember that children are picky eaters because they are still young, want to be independent, and have many opinions. But when we insist on letting them continue to try every food, even if they don’t eat it today, they can try it again another day. They may try it and get used to it after eating it many times, and then they will not be picky eaters. Perhaps the first time they try it, they may feel like vomiting just after putting it in their mouth, but it doesn’t matter because they have already tried the taste. But we can all be indomitable and keep trying.
In addition to having children eat their meals, I always recommend adding some millet to the rice when cooking because millet contains many different vitamins and minerals that can enhance the immune system, especially the rich vitamin B complex as well as calcium and iron. Also, remember to eat all kinds of vegetables and fruits; don’t just focus on studying and forget to eat fruits. Vitamin C can also help us increase our immunity.
Having such things can help children build a foundation, and we don’t need to take supplements. because it’s difficult to know if supplements are taken in excess, especially now that many people are taking fish oil capsules. In fact, the amount of fish oil capsules may be too much, and it may cause the blood to become thinner.
Another issue is the source of fish, which may be at risk of pollution if we don’t know where it comes from. It’s better to eat fresh fish, and red snapper is rich in Omega-3 fatty acids.
Finally, you can cook some soup, which my own children drink and which helps to improve their immunity. They don’t often bring home sickness after school, nor do they often miss school. It’s called “soup with walnuts, cashews, and chestnuts.” I buy two ounces of walnuts, two ounces of cashews, and half a pound of chestnuts, and I add some corn and carrots. You can also choose whether or not to include lean meat. Because it already has a sweet taste, the whole family can drink it, even babies over one year old, to strengthen their immunity and prevent illness.
In a family environment, it’s not a competition between parents because the real victim will always be the child. So when parents are in a heated argument and cannot compromise, one of them should step back, cool down, and leave the scene. This would be better for everyone involved.
Source: Family Dynamic Psychotherapist, Yuen Wai Man
Parents’ upbringing backgrounds, education levels, or family of origin may differ in parent-child interaction, so it is quite normal for parents to have differing opinions on something.
When there are indeed different opinions, parents should find a calm environment to discuss their own perspectives and views on the problem. In any situation, we don’t want parents to argue directly in front of their children. For example, Dad can explain to Mom, “When I’m unhappy or under work pressure, I use my phone to vent and reduce stress, so I don’t think it’s a problem for kids to play with phones.”
And the wife can also express this to her husband: “Actually, I hope you can support me and understand that taking care of children is also very difficult for me.” Everyone can discuss calmly and equally in a peaceful environment. In fact, in the parenting environment, parents’ steps must be consistent.
Parents, for example, are like dancing partners in parenthood. When the father steps forward, the mother should step back. When the father raises his arms, the mother should spin around. This is a natural rhythm. If they can work together effectively, not only the dancing couple but also the onlookers can enjoy the dance. But if everyone insists on their own stance without compromise, the dance will be a mess.
In the family environment, children are often the most faithful and loyal audience, always standing in the center of the hall watching how their parents dance. So if the parents dance poorly, the audience will also be restless, the atmosphere will become tense, and more problems will arise. On the dance floor, parents will also trample on each other, causing more pain.
If there is a situation where the parents cannot see eye to eye and are in a heated argument, we would suggest that one of them leaves the scene. It’s not a matter of winning or losing or saving face, but rather allowing everyone to catch their breath and take a break.
In a family environment, it’s not a competition between parents because the real victim will always be the child. So when parents are in a heated argument and cannot compromise, one of them should step back, cool down, and leave the scene. This would be better for everyone involved.
The principal and teachers of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Ma Chan King Ha Kindergarten would like to extend our warmest wishes to all parents and children for a happy and prosperous New Year. 🌸🌸🎉🎊🌸🌸We wish you all good luck, health🥳🥳, and academic success this coming year.👍🏻👍🏻🧧🌸🧧🌸
A group of students from our school recently participated in the 75th Hong Kong School Speech Festival Competition, and we are pleased to announce the results.🎉🎉🎉
In the K3 children’s English silent reading :
Thirteen students achieved excellent grades, one student achieved a third grade, and one student received a good grade.
In the K3 children’s Cantonese reading
One student received A grades, ten students received B grades, and two students received C grades.
In the K3 children’s in Mandarin Speech : three students received A grades, fifteen received B grades, and one received C grades.
We want to congratulate all the award-winning students. We are incredibly proud of their achievements.
Written by: Family Dynamics Psychological Counselor, Lai Shun Mei
Every time a child does homework, he or she falsely claims to have a stomachache, to go to the bathroom, or to go to sleep. Thousands of lies and excuses. Parents who value character development are naturally outraged because they have zero tolerance for dishonesty in their children. But why do children always avoid doing their homework? Why do they have to lie to cover it up?
Often, children avoid doing homework not because they don’t want to, but because they can’t. Children want to be good and smart, but when they find out they can’t do their homework, they think they are not smart enough. They can’t accept this and will lie to cover it up and avoid it. Generally speaking, children with normal intelligence but learning disabilities will have their academic performance affected to some degree, but they can excel in other areas as well. And regardless of their intelligence level, as long as they use the right approach, coupled with the right amount of training, they can also build the corresponding ability.
But why do people lie? When a person feels that he or she is in an uncomfortable situation, he or she will activate the defense mechanism to protect himself or herself. Lying is one of the ways to cope with a crisis by avoiding it. If parents want to help their children, they should allow them to tell the truth so that they can understand what their children really don’t understand.
How do you instill in children the courage to speak the truth? You have to let your child know that even if he is not smart enough, you will still love him so much, take him as your joy, be patient with him, and find ways to help him solve his problems together, thus building up his sense of security and making him feel at ease to reveal his inner uncertainties and difficulties. On the contrary, if his experience makes him think that he is not smart enough, which will lead to his mother’s anger and complaints, he will not dare to tell the truth and even activate his self-protection mechanism to protect himself with lies that adults can uncover at first glance.
At this point, the child will not only fail to protect himself but will also get into more trouble because the mother will be rehabilitated and will take the initiative to admit her mistake and promise not to lie again. But in fact, his homework difficulties are not resolved, creating a vicious cycle.
Therefore, we encourage parents to learn to accept their children’s shortcomings so that they will have confidence in you and feel safe to open up to you.
In this unit, K1 students learned about “The Little Goldfish Escaped.” They observed the growth of a little goldfish and even tried to feed it. The children also made goldfish tanks during the drawing activity, which they found exciting.
Moving on to the fourth unit of K2 students, the story of “Shana’s Red Sweater” is about how Grandma gave Shana a red sweater. However, Shana found that the shirt did not fit well, so she tried to change its size. During the activity, children explored the texture, color, thickness, and materials of clothes.
Finally, the theme of K3 this time was “The Angry Prince”. Through the content of the picture book, children learned how to manage their emotions and relax. During a mini-game, the children guessed the emotional pictures they wore on their heads. The teacher also allowed the children to draw different expressions during the drawing activities and captured their emotions with cameras so that the children could imitate the drawings. Overall, all the children were engaged in the theme activities.
The third unit of K1 is “My Brother.” In this unit, through the activity, the children get to know about their family members and learn to care for them. Apart from that, the children made a family picture frame to share their family members!
It was the second unit for k2; this time, it was an “ animal park.” In this chapter, all the children get to know different animals’ names. Terrariums were also made, and the children observed the growth of shrimps when they were grouped. The process was fascinating.
K3’s topic was “Drawing Lover.” The children try to create the story’s ending with others in the theme. The teacher and the children play together to become the story’s protagonist – Ah Fei likes to draw again and even engages in role play. The children are asked to try to play the role of Ah Fei and his good friends in the story to share their own experiences—interests, and things they like to do. During the activity, the teacher also made paintings with the children. The children used their favorite paints to create, and finally, their works turned into beautiful butterflies, using their imagination and creativity to engage the children in the activity.
Written by:Dr. Wilbert Law, an assistant professor in the psychology department at Hong Kong University of Education and a registered educational psychologist.
How do parents react when their children coax and pamper them, ask for different things, or play with them in a baby-like voice? Do you think children are troublesome? Or do you feel that your child is just messing around, doing nothing serious?
But why will children pamper? Research has shown that adults are particularly sensitive to the sound of pampering, so it is easier to catch their attention. It is possible that the child is pampering his parents because he needs your attention at that moment. Sometimes adults are so busy with their lives that they may neglect them, so children will pamper their parents when they see them.Another possibility is that when children are tired or feel powerless, they may pamper or act like babies. These behaviors are very common in the growing-up stage.
How can parents respond when their children are pampering their parents? In fact, when we understand the possibility of our children’s pampering, we know that they are notdeliberately provoking parents, they can try to sit down and talk with their children to understand their needs, especially if the child is pampering because he or she is tired. We can help them express themselves with some words. For example, ask your child, “How do you feel?” “Are you very tired?” “What can I do for you?”
Of course, you may also want to reduce your child’s pampering behavior by encouraging them more, using age-appropriate words and behaviors, and praising and affirming them more often. When they are pampering you, do not scold or mock them.
