Wednesday, June 09, 2010
crystal senang gambar dan prakarya tangan
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
tidak ada anak yang bodoh
Monday, April 13, 2009
children learn.. (tri-lingual)
With what is your child living?
你的孩子是在何种环境下成长的?
Bagaimanakah anak Anda dibesarkan?
Children Learn What They Live
Copyright � 1993 by Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn what envy is.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If children live with encouragement, they learn to be confident.
If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to find love in the world.
If children live with recognition, they learn to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn to be generous.
If children live with honesty and fairness, they learn what truth and justice are.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those around them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn that the world is a nice place in which to live.
If children live with serenity, they learn to have peace of mind.
孩子從成長的環境中學習
在指責中成長的孩子,容易怨天尤人。
在敵意中成長的孩子,學會好勇鬥狠。
在恐懼中成長的孩子,容易畏首畏尾。
在憐憫中成長的孩子,學會自怨自艾。
在嘲弄中成長的孩子,容易消極退縮。
在嫉妒中成長的孩子,學會勾心鬥角。
在羞辱中長大的孩子,容易自責難安。
在鼓勵中成長的孩子,充滿自信。
在寬容中成長的孩子,學會忍耐。
在讚美中成長的孩子,懂得感恩。
在接納中成長的孩子,學會愛人愛己。
在稱許中成長的孩子,容易喜歡自己。
在認同中成長的孩子,容易掌握目標。
在分享中成長的孩子,慷慨大方。
在誠信中成長的孩子,學會真誠處世。
在公平中成長的孩子,懂得剛直正義。
在善良體貼中成長的孩子,學會心存敬意。
在安全中成長的孩子,對自己與身邊的人充滿信任。
在友善之中成長的孩子,自覺身處於美好的世界。
在平靜之中成長的孩子,可以具備和平的心志。
Anak belajar dari kehidupan
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan celaan, ia belajar memaki
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan permusuhan, ia belajar berkelahi
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan ketakutan, ia belajar gelisah
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan hinaan, ia belajar menyesali diri
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan cemoohan, ia belajar rendah diri
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan iri hati, ia belajar kedengkian
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan dipermalukan, ia belajar merasa bersalah
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan toleransi, ia belajar menahan diri
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan dorongan, ia belajar percaya diri
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan pujian, ia belajar menghargai
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan dukungan, ia belajar menyenangi diri
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan penerimaan, ia belajar mencintai
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan pengakuan, ia belajar mengenali tujuan
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan rasa berbagi, ia belajar kedermawanan
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan jujur dan adil, ia belajar kebenaran dan keadilan
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan rasa aman, ia belajar menaruh kepercayaan
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan kasih sayang dan persahabatan,
ia belajar menemukan cinta dalam kehidupan.
Jika anak dibesarkan dengan ketentraman, ia belajar berdamai dengan pikiran
Friday, March 27, 2009
call 110
Not too many years ago, people had to find the right phone number in an emergency; such as the fire department, police, ambulance, etc. Finding a number for any of these emergency workers could be very confusing - especially if a person was in a hurry or in an unfamiliar area.Today, in the US, it's as simple as dialing 911, an emergency operator, called a dispatcher, immediately connects you to the person you need.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
writing alphabet
Thursday, January 22, 2009
3rd grader's chatting
My colleague has a 3rd grader son. In vacation, he lets his son get online every night from
It takes a big effort for a 3rd grader to type in Chinese. After successfully sending a message, he will wait for his friend, who surely takes similar effort to reply.
When near to
He has a cousin who is fewer years older than him. She doesn't like chatting with him because of being have to wait for long time for each reply. Whenever he excitedly chats with her, she mostly replies him with a “Yupe”.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Toy and Box
As a mom, now I like to use bottles, medicine boxes, cake boxes, etc. for playing and having fun with my daughters.

Below are short and (I think) useful reading, from the book "Brain Child: how smart parents make a smart kids" written by Tony Buzan (author of "mind maps for kids") .
Expensive Toy and Cardboard Box
Another manifestation of child's limitless creative abilities, and of our adult trained-away-from-the-child-thinking occurs regularly at present-giving times.
Parents / relatives often go to extreme trouble (not to mention expense) to find latest new toy that has bright colors and a number of working parts. What causes adult confusion is the fact that the child will, with all his senses, devour the toy in a few minutes, and then discard it. For the next hour, day and often week, the child will then play with the box.
The beautifully colored toy often has a rigid structure, only a few working parts, and often only one or two functions or uses. It may be battery-operated and just be for looking at.
What about the box?
For a child's creative imagination: it could be a boat, a car, a spaceship, the entrance to a giant cave, a sled, a hideaway, a house, and so on ..
Each one of possibilities opening up the possibilities for infinite adventures of the imagination.
Provide your child with toys that stimulate, expand and encourage the development of his imagination, rather than toys that bore or restrict. Look around your home for playthings – there's no need to spend a lot of money on toys. Used yoghurt pots, egg cartons, washing-up bottles, measuring jugs, and a plethora of other kitchen items can be used in the child imaginative play.
There is no need to provide suggestions, just provide the raw materials and let the child use his imagination. ***
Crystal and Smarty use our television box as their house, they put stools and sit in it. another time, they use the box as their train and go to Beijing, Nanjing, everywhere else. last year, Crystal and Smarty played with birthday cake cardboard. they sat inside the boxes and said they were taking bath in a washing basin. another time, Crystal put the cake box on her shoulder and walked around the house saying that she was delivering goods.
below was a bus i made for Crystal from cough medicine box, which she liked it very much. i made this because she was fighting with Smarty over a bus toy.i pretty much agree that we dont have to always spend money buying toys. our kids could also be very happy to play with things inside the house, by their imagination, those things become other things.
a door grip becomes water dispenser; a bicycle basket becomes a microwave; a sand digger becomes a giant-spoon for eating; etc.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
25 Piece Mickey Mouse Puzzle, Oma Buyut dan Gadis Kecil
Gambarnya Mickey dan Minnie mouse lagi main ayunan, ada Goofy, trio kwek-kwek, Midas si serigala jahat, Donald dan 2 tupai kecil.
dia senang sekali, tiap hari dimaini, gak bosen-bosen. terus kalo lagi masang, sambil ngomong sendiri, "kancingnya Mickey mana... aku ketemu kakinya bebek kecil. ini serigala jahat. ini kupingnya Goofy. topinya Donald Duck di sebelah sini. ini di sini kan? in bukan di sini kan?" dstnya.

kalo udah gitu mesti diingatin, "pelan-pelan pasangnya, pasti bisa. jangan gregetan gitu dong, sabaran dikit."

setelah Crystal lancar dg puzzle ini. mak suka ngajakin dia pasang dengan arah terbalik dari guidancenya. awal-awal dia agak kebingungan juga, kadang ngikutin potongan puzzle, kadang ngikutin gambar di bawahnya. tapi lama-lama bisa juga. dan mulai suka ngebalikin sendiri board-nya kala main. atau kadang suka gua ajakin main tanpa menggunakan guidance-boardnya. jadi langsung dipasang di atas meja, sofa atau tikar alas tidur.

kadang kita suka bilang, "Jing-jing, ajarin oma-buyut. oma buyut kurang bisa main puzzle."
nah, gayanya kalo lagi ajarin oma buyut gini nih...
dia gak ikutan masang. tapi dia ngambil sepotong demi sepotong puzzle, dikasih ke oma-buyut, sambil nunjukin posisi potongan puzzle mesti ditaroh di mana; bikin kita ketawa, habis dianya serius banget.
kadang kalo oma buyut masangnya terbalik, dia akan bilang ke oma buyut, "balikin...balikin." (sambil praktek dengan gerakan tangan).
kalo udah kelar, dia akan mengangkat kedua tangannya, sambil lunjak2 dan bilang, "aku sudah berhasil. yeeee...!" terus kadang disambung, "masih mau main lagi!" atau "gak mau main lagi. aku sudah capek."
nak, kalo kamu memang senang banget main puzzle, ntar mak beliin 1000 piece puzzle buat kamu yah, biar mak juga ikutan main .... huahahahaaha.... !


Friday, May 11, 2007
telling the time
this few days, everytime during dinner, i ask Crystal what time it is. she will look at the clock and say, half pass seven. yes, most of the time, we dine around 7.30pm.
i think she has learnt that 7.30 is dinner time.
yesterday, on 7.15 i ask her:
mom : Jing-jing, look at the clock, what time is it now ?
Crys : 7 o'clock.
mom : it's 7.15
1 minute later:
mom : Jing-jing, what time is it?
Crys : 7.15 (daddy and grandma heard it and laughed)
on 7.30, i asked her again
mom : Jing-jing, look at the clock, what time is it now?
Crys : 6 pass 7.
mom : no. it's 7.30 . 6 means half.
Crys : 6 pass 7
mom: no. it's half pass seven
Crys : half pass seven
after 10pm
mom : Jing-jing, what time is it now?
Crys : 3 pass 10
mom : no. it's 15 pass 10.
Crys : 15 pass 10.
another 15 minutes went by.
mom : Jing-jing, look at the clock, what time is it now?
Crys : 6 pass 10
mom : no. it's half pass 10.
Crys : (playing with our new TV carton box) half pass 10... it's already time to sleep.
(mom, dad & grandma laughed)
while she was around 4 months old, i often asked her, "what time is it now?" she would find and look at the clock in our living room. she started to differ the numbers 0-9 when she was around 14 months. she learnt from the playing mattress, which is quite popular in china.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Where is it? It is here!
i often read books for Cyrstal before bed time. or sometimes she looks at the pictures by herself and i ask her questions.
there is one content like this:
eye-eye-eye.. where is it?
eye-eye-eye.. it is here.
nose-nose-nose.. where is it?
nose-nose-nose.. it is here.
mouth-mouth-mouth.. where is it?
mouth-mouth-mouth.. it is here.
(i usually improve with other parts of body that she knows, such as neck, fingers, thumb, hair, etc.)
this afternoon i fed her a 'lu-gan' orange (jeruk lokam) in our bedroom. i asked her to put the orange peel into the trash bin. she went out to the living room and said by herself :
trash bin, trash bin..where is it? it is here.
few days ago, i asked my mother-in-law where Crystal's moisturizer cream was. Crystal was sitting on a stool in living room, drinking her milk and watching TV. out of our expectation, she came to our bedroom, holding her bottle with one hand, and the other hand pointed at the shelf telling us,
"it is here. it is here."
not only i was surprised, also her daddy, grandpa and grandma. it's the joy that you would get when your toddler starts to talk more and more.
the other day, i was looking for her milk-bottle-straw, but couldn't find it. then i asked her, "Jing-jing where is your straw?". She was drinking milk with her bottle, there was another straw in it. She's pointing at the bottle and said, "it's in here." and this one surprised me 'coz i found out that she understood the word: in
two days ago, she wanted to change her shoes. she brought her red shoes to me, saying , "wear big red shoes." actually the shoes are a bit bigger, i often hide it, not let her wear it. but sometimes she just could find them. if i dont change for her, she will cry insistedly. so i change for her.
later on i went to balcony to put some laundry on the clothsline. she went following me bringing her pair of orange winter shoes and said, "dry for a while..dry for a while.."
i never taught her these words (to dry something in the sun). she must have heard either one of us saying it.
another day, her grandma told me that she tested Crystal by asking, "what's grandpa doing?" she answered, "grandpa's reading a newspaper." and as usual her grandma feels surprised!
usually if i play with Crystal and at the same time seeing her grandpa is reading a newspaper, i will tell Crystal what her grandpa is doing.
if you want your toddler to speak more, talk more to her/him. it enlarges her vocab. and you will feel surprised and also you will feel the joy!





