Visit to GK Organic Farm 6 Apr 2011

Visit to an Organic Farm actually is one of the guided educational trip organized by Tadika Brainchild as their annual trip.

The difference this year is only previously only Daddy accompanied Issac for the trip, whereby this year Annabelle already 4 years old and she is allowed to join the trip.

Thus, Daddy accompanied Issac and Mummy accompanied Annabelle this year. We all were allocated in the different bus. Total there were 2 buses together.

We assembled at the school at as early as 8:00am. All the kids were wearing their school T-shirts and pants. Of course, as usual there were kids who were late due to the parents cannot send to the school early on time.

Then, we took off around 8:30am towards to Bangi. It was quite a far journey on the bus itself. There were games, singings and cartoons going on inside the bus.

After we came out from the Toll, we were entering the more winding roads towards the farm surrounded by the oil palm plantations in the Kampung Sungai Buah. The buses just stopped at the entrance of the road. We walked down and start to walk to the farm itself.

Once we entered to the farm, the first thing caught our eyes is the compost. Then, we came to know the owner of the farm, Mr. Gan himself, we were given a briefing on what is organic and save or love our environment, then we had been took for a farm walk with our bare foot!

Yes! bare foot. It was not really comfortable in the very beginning but after sometimes then we will get use to it. Of course, not every child are get use to it, and Annabelle is one of them. End up, Mummy have to carry her all the way.

We were been introduce what is the shapes of vegetable of Sawi, Long beans, siau pak choi, brinjal, lady fingers, and so much more, including the fruit trees as well.

All of the vegetables are without pesticides and using man hours and labor to grow it.

At the end of the farm, we came to an empty land where we are ask to harvest sweet potatoes which we can take back home.

Our farm tour ended and gathered back to the open hall. All the teachers and children were sweating and tiring. Then, we had been introduced to the enzyme making demo. It is not really difficult to do the homemade enzyme!

Then, around 12.30pm we had our full organic buffet lunch. Mummy will never think of the vegetarian or organic food can do such a lovely aroma and taste. It is so refreshing! All of us go at least for 2nd round for the buffet.

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Later, some of the parents and teachers were had the chance to shop in GK’s homemade organic products, fresh vegetables and fruits.

We left around 1:30pm and reached school around 2:30pm, nearly 3:00pm. During our journey back, all the children were so tired and most of them fall asleep in the bus.

This is actually a quite an experience for both Issac and Annabelle, as they are considered city boy and girl.

Bare foot walking, in fact Issac had more experienced on that, because Mummy had carried Annabelle all the way, in the end, Mummy was more tiring than Belle.

G is for Goat

Here come the ‘G’ for the week – Goat. and the rest of G and g for the next week too.

What You'll Need:

• White and brown foam sheet/construction paper
• Scissors
• Pencil {to outline/trace letter} 
• Googly eye
• Crayon {if you want to color your goat}
• Glue

How to make the 'G' Goat:

1. Trace and cut an uppercase 'G' out of the foam sheet or construction paper.
2. Using the extra white foam, cut out two small triangles for horns.
3. Cut out a ‘beard’ and ears from the brown foam {you can choose the colour for the goat’s beard}.
4. Fringe the goat’s beard with the scissors so it looks more like hair.
5. Color your letter G with a brown crayon to give your goat a little colour {if you want too!}.
6. Glue the ears, beard, eye and horns onto your letter G to make your goat.

Mummy do not have the brown foam sheet or construction paper, so as usual as previously use the exercise book cover to replace it.  As usual the followings is the source that Mummy got for the craft and art we are doing here.

Resource: http://totallytots.blogspot.com

Alphabet Book : f

This is the fun art which Mummy learned the ideas from Mummy Lee Siang on Facebook. Both kids are happy with the water colours ‘project’ again!

 You'll Need:  

• Drawing paper
• Water Colours
• 2 no of Flat Sponges
• Paint Brushes
• Colour Palette
• Straws
• Markers

To Make:

1. Draw out a big fish shape on a sponge and another triangle shape of fish in another flat sponge. Mummy manage to draw another small fish on it.
2. Cut the two sponge fish out, put it aside.
3. We choose the black colour and orange colour for the fish, blue and green colour for the water and plants. Pour the colours into the colour palette separately.
4. Dip the sponge in the colour and then help the kid to press it onto the drawing paper.
5.  Let kids make whatever design they want.
6. Use the straw to make some bubbles design for the blue colour water.
7. Use the paint brush to draw some water plants.
8. Put the paper aside to let water colours to be dried.

 

f is for fish

A fish for the day. Quite a small fish, it is a lowercase letter ‘f’. Both having fun gluing the tiny scales: yellow, green and pink construction papers and the tin foil too.

What You’ll Need:

• blue and a variety of coloured craft foams
• tinfoil
• wiggly eye
• glue/tape
• scissors

How to Make the ‘f’ for fish:

1. Cut out a lowercase ‘f’ from a piece of light blue foam sheet.
2. Cut out scales for the fish.
3. Cover several of the scales with tinfoil, just like Rainbow Fish’s glittery scales.
4. Cut out some fins and lips for your fish.
5. Glue/tape the head of the fish, the tail and the flipper fin onto the lowercase ‘f’.
6. Glue on the wiggly eye and lips.
7. Glue on all of the pretty scales for your fish.

Resource: http://totallytots.blogspot.com

We Love Toys! 27 Mar 2011

       

Kids always love Toys! Their play time!

Alphabet Book : F

Since we had our last very enjoyable water colouring session, thus Mummy intend to do it again our our Alphabet Book for the letter uppercase ‘F’. Well, it is just a simple one – Fire.

Issac did not finish his logs colour but Annabelle managed to complete hers.

You'll Need:

• Drawing paper
• Water Colours – Red & Yellow for the fire, Brown for the logs
• Pencil

To Make:

1. Draw out a large fire shape on the drawing paper.
2. Draw out the rectangular shape as the logs.
3. Have kids just colour it. Started with the yellow colour first, then follow by the red colour, let the mixing colours of both do the miracles.

F is for Fox

We are going through letter ‘F’ this week, thus everything related to the letter F: fish, frog, fire and here we are, the Fox.

What You'll Need:

• Brown foam sheet/construction paper
• Scissors
• Pen {to trace letter}
• Fake fur
• Googly eyes
• small pom pom for nose
• Glue

How to make the 'F' Fox:

1. Trace and cut an uppercase 'F' out of the foam sheet or construction paper.
2. Using the extra foam, cut out two small triangles for ears.
3. Cut out a tail from the fake fur.
4. Glue the ears, tail, eye and nose onto your letter F.

Mummy had modify some art materials here.

We do not have the brown construction paper neither the brown foam sheet, thus we just using the used exercise book brown colour cover as the substitute materials for that.

And, the fake fur too, Mummy just using the shopping paper bags strings, so happened that we have some gold colour in the house, so Mummy just cut it out and become our materials today.

The small pom pom as well, using the hole puncher to punch the tiny small round black nose out from the black colour construction paper.

Resource: http://totallytots.blogspot.com