24 Novemember 2012, marks the first PTC I have attended haha but this time as a mother. Teacher Lin, Teacher Jessie and Yu Lao Shi shared with me how Le Xin is progressing in school.......We had a meaningful dialogue about Le Xin's areas of strengths and weaknesses as well as the various domains of development. Certainly I will try my best to work on her social skills as her teachers mentioned that she seldom initiate to play with her friends....Perhaps for the year 2013, I will arrange a series of PlayDates for her so that she has the opportunitiy to interact with different children.
After attending the conference, we brought back Le Xin's portfolio and her artwork in a big 2 button transparent pocket file. Le Xin was really curious what's in there and started exploring by taking all her work art to see.
She took out a collage, pointing to the blue construction paper and said Blue!
Then she showed me the next art work, using her hands to move through the paper, she looked up and said Red.
Then she took out the documentation which I did on our first collaboration "Parental Involvement- Making a Caterpillar" for MFS and she said Le Xin do one. I rephrased and asked Wow you did this? So could you remember what were you doing?
She immediately placed the documentation aside and took out the artwork which we did together - Caterpillar. Then she rubbed the "head" of the caterpillar and said Katarpilar..This showed that she was capable of making connection and could relate to what I was trying to ask her hahaha
When she spotted her name at the side of her work, she pointed at it and said Le Xin.
She took out another work of hers and said Mummy see....
Then she started to show me another work and pointed to the different prints that she has formed using paint as a media...I observed her pausing for a moment to think before uttering some of her invented words to describe what she has done in that piece of art work.
Even what seems like just a normal scribbling to us, to Le Xin-----> it's her masterpiece! As she shared it with pride :)
Le Xin pointed at her hand print, if I am not mistaken this was her first artwork at MFS as I was there to accompany her for the first day.....Time really flies......
Haha I get very excited when I see work like this......black paper and chalk and it reminded me of the provocation I set up in the learning station using the Reggio E. approach! :p so I asked her what did you do in this art work? She started rubbing off her work with her finger...and I waited before telling her That's chalk isn't it?.....you must be having lots of fun exploring with a chalk....well done!
Teacher Lin if you reading this, haha this photo is for you.. Le Xin was really happy to see what you have documented....Of course she couldn't understand what you have wrote, but she could still revisit her learning experience by looking at the photo. The words below the picture also allowed me to read to her what she has done hence helping her to reflect...
And there's goes the same for Lao Shi's documentation too. When I asked so you did this with lao shi right? She pointed to the photo and said Lao Shi Lao Shi twice haha
Le Xin used her nails to try to scrape out some of her the paint from her work....when I said Wow what beautiful colours you have used for this work...... guess what she did?
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She immediately stood up and showed it to Daddy......saying Daddy Look!
Then she went on to take a closer look at another work she has done!
She spotted another work with different materials pasted on it and was quick to peel them off.....When I said No Le Xin don't do that! That's your work isn't it? It's not nice if you peel off the materials on your work..... She stopped, looked up and gave me a sweet smile! haha
Le Xin helped to put all her work back into the file when she had finished looking through them....
Le Xin observed that I was busy snapping photos of her when she was going through her work, so she asked me for my camera. She put the camera's string through her head and confidently went over to Daddy and snapped a photo of him lazing on the sofa........whahahahaha! Well done! She really amazed me every time!
When Le Xin revisited her work, she accessed not only the aesthetic results of her representations but it also gave her a chance to express her ideas. From the above observation, I could tell them she was really proud of her work when she presented them to me. Even though, she can't really speak in full sentences yet, she tried to say a few things that she knew for example the colour she used and how she did it using her finger to touch her art work. She also expressed her ideas using her very own invented speech. I hope to provide more opportunities for Le Xin to share with me what she has done, and I am sure if she does that often, it will help her to build on her language skill too.
Leaving you guys with a very cute picture of her......haha
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