Author Archives: Angie Chan

About Angie Chan

“Early Childhood is the foundation on which children build the rest of their lives. And I believe learning can via many different ways to explore and experience. It is so much fun when seeing the children finds their ways to learn and love to learn which drive me to keep the passion on working with children.”

Montessori Philosophy (Self-Construction)

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Angie Chan

Child Pre-determinded Psychic Pattern Law of work Law of independence Power of attention Development of will Development of intelligence Development of child’s imagination/creativity Development of emotional/spiritual life Stage of child’s growth These Pattern is revealed throgh the process of development … Continue reading →

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Spend some time to sing songs with your child 每天都要跟孩子唱兒歌

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Angie Chan

當有人問我跟囡兒在家做什麼？如何教育BB等等，我都會答多跟孩子唱歌及聽音樂。可能我喜歡music, nursery rhyme, play。由我抱Abbie回家那天開始，我每天會跟她唱歌或者哼著歌，當她能坐時我會邊唱邊給她一點互動的動作，所以每天我會安排不少於10分鐘唱歌的活動，我倆都非常亨受。 唱歌對語言發展有莫大的裨益，如果時間有限最少也要跟孩子唱一、兩首啊！ Row Row Row your boat 握著孩子雙手，讓他的上身可以前後移動，可使BB前雙肩/臂強壯有力，對動作發展有幫助!而另一方面也可以增強他的空間感。   Hello Song 基本上每天一早起床也會唱給她聽，我唱得很快樂，Abbie也聽得很愉快。我希望我的孩子能夠建立樂觀愉快的態度，所以這歌可以給她知道每天都是新的開始，懷著愉快的心情享受每一天^^

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Using mirror to introduce body parts

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Angie Chan

有學說關於幼兒的 self awareness/ self-recognition指出幼兒最早的記憶與他對自己的概念有很大關係。 即是如果他有”自己的概念”就等於他記得所發生的事/物。鏡子便是其中一件道具讓我們知道孩子的”自己的概念”是否形成，參考”rouge test”   大部分的BB約在1歲左右便知道眼、耳、口、鼻等身體的位置，可以學的方法很多有家長/Playgroup老師唱”Head & Shoulder, Knee & Toe” 或者我喜歡 Super Simple Song 的 “one little finger”   http://www.supersimplesongs.com/cd1-4.html  我發現有些家長/老師教身體位置的時候會握著BB的手讓BB觸摸自己的身體位置，認為這樣BB便理解身體位置的名稱。 但回心一想如果自己是BB，老師握著我的手摸自己的鼻子說：「鼻子」，我可以感覺到鼻子的形狀但我看不見啊！ 所以當我做老師或者媽媽時我會用鏡子。 我把鏡子放在Abbie的面前然後說：「這是Abbie的眼晴,……..」，接著我會唱One Little Finger給她聽。可惜是我家中沒有連身鏡子。(我會用英文/普通話/廣東話三種語言但每次(天)只用一種) I put the mirror in front of Abbie and Sing the … Continue reading →

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Using both hands (左右手一起用!)

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Angie Chan

大概5至6個月BB已經有捉夠的力量抓握玩具，只要看到喜歡的物件又或者是新的物件BB就會用力地抓住，也會用舌頭舔甚至會放進口「品嚐」，這也是學習的一種。 所以在安全的大前提下可讓BB隨意抓物及讓他們把東西放進口或用舌頭舔，別剝奪他們學習的機會啊。 曾經看過一些有關腦的學說，大家也知道左腦控制右身動作而右腦是控制左邊的身體。我想若果左右手一起用的話可能刺激兩邊腦學習。讓BB可以嘗試比較兩手所握著的物件，平衡兩邊的力量，視覺及手眼協調也應該有幫助。 反正兩歲前BB都未發展慣用手(dominant hand)，所以我會間中讓Abbie左右手抓不同的物件(可能一件玩具會發聲、另一件玩具顏色會較吸引)，最終，Abbie會兩邊手看了看(數秒)，便會掉下其中一個玩具，專心Explore一件玩具。大概可能BB每次接收訊息是有Quota的，就像初生的嬰孩他們會閉上眼睛專心吸吮牛奶吧！ 大家不妨可以試試： 讓BB兩手抓握玩具 讓BB把一件玩具由一隻手轉移另一隻手   Abbie tries to hold the toys in both hands! And then as you see in the pictures, she loves the “pink dougnut” and let go the rattle!  Try to let your … Continue reading →

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Abbie @ The Little gym

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Angie Chan

Today, we brought Abbie to The Little gym to have some fun in the class named “Bugs” (for the baby from 4-10mths). We arrived at 12:15, 15 minutes earlier before the class started.The environment is great. Neat and tidy, enough … Continue reading →

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My first happy Diwali

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Angie Chan

Our school celebrated Diwali yesterday. We had have a lot of fun and did various activities. We made rangolis, diyas and ate samosas(好似咖喱角but not spicy). However, I was very stressful when I needed to tell the story of Diwali. I … Continue reading →

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Hooray Phonics Class!

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Angie Chan

This is the second class which can resume after my centre is closed. Thanks for the parents who trust and support me. Thanks for the teacher put her effort make the class run smooth. Even though the environment is not … Continue reading →

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Montessori Maths – Cards and Counters

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Angie Chan

One of the exercises which help children arrange the sequence of numeral 1-10 and the proper quantity for each numeral. The child also learn how to assoicate between the numeral 1-10 and the loose quantity. Moreover, it gives visual impression … Continue reading →

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Montessori Practical Life – Transfer object with tongs

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Angie Chan

It is very easy to set this kind of activity at home what you need is a tray, 2 bowls, marbles (or any objects that can transfer by tongs). This activity aims are refine children eye hand co-ordination, fine motor … Continue reading →

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XXX幼稚園開放日 2011

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Angie Chan

今早上午十時左右便到場參觀人家幼稚園開放日。 感想如下： 全校佈置十分美觀 每個課室都安排不同的活動給到場的家長及小朋友參與(大部分活動要逹1.5歲以上) 很多人感覺好擠擁。 學校安排部分幼兒在indoor playground踏三輪車，但因人太多好容易撞到別人。 因為每個課室都有活動安排，老師很忙碌，所以沒有機會了解他們學校的教育方法及理念。 部分老師給我的感覺像PR，不太像老師。 學校應該是用Thematic Approach (主題教學)但感覺有點像Project Approach，不過沒有機會問。 問到如何教英文拼音，得到的回答是：「PN和K1同Letterland而K2和K3同Synthetic phonics。」接著我又問：「Letterland和Synthetic Phonics又何分別？」接著她回答說：「Letterland同擬人法來教字音而 Synthetic Phonics會將 /c/及/h/合音介紹/ch/的音。」 我心中不太明白但我沒有追問 首先，Letterland都有教/ch/的音，而將兩每而將兩個英文字母拼寫變成另一個新的音叫 digraphs (two letters that make one sound e.g. /sh/, /ch/, /ng/……)相等於 Montessori Language 的green scheme. Synthetic Phonics的精髓是(a carefully selected … Continue reading →

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