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The Animal Kingdom
Saturday, October 6, 2012 | 11:33 AM | 0 comments

Theme of the Term: ANIMALS! 

For the past weeks, I have been teaching my children on the animal kingdom; farm animals, zoo animals and pets while I will be covering creepy crawlies and underwater animals next. The children have had a great time learning about animals, especially reading books about animal facts or animal stories. For this term's Art & Craft project, I was inspired by LearnCreateLove's craft projects and decided to try some of them with my children!


What we used:
The children enjoyed their time while doing the craft projects and I certainly had a good time aiding them through! ♥

You can look through LearnCreateLove's craft projects that got me inspired here and here!

Love, Syafiah


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Celebrate the children!
Friday, October 5, 2012 | 9:51 PM | 0 comments

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 To all children, those who love children, those who have children and those who were children once, Happy Children's Day!


In the classroom | Transportation Theme
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 | 10:45 PM | 0 comments

Hello everyone! I guess we've been on hiatus for quite a long time but we are back here again! With this post, I'd like to share what I've been doing to my kindergarten classroom for the past few weeks. The theme for the previous term was on Transportation so I had the opportunity to doll up my Dramatic Play Centre for the children (:

With some DIY cardboard wheels and a painted picture of the front of a bus, I converted the old dressing rack into a bus!
I also added in a card-tapping machine at the side of the bus. Basically the children had to tap their entry tags onto the machine for an entry into the bus. We do have that in the real buses in Singapore! And a tiny door-stopping button (:
















I had an enjoyable time putting up the decorations for my Dramatic Play Centre and I am even more looking forward to dolling it up for next term's theme: Animals!


Last but not least, here's wishing all educators and teachers out there a Happy Teacher's Day!
Teachers plant seeds of knowledge that grow forever. ♥ 

Love, Syafiah

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DIY - crepe paper flowers
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 | 10:37 PM | 0 comments


This month's dramatic corner theme is on plants, and I have decided to set up a flower arranging activity booth for the children to play with. Amidst all the assignments, I did get to spend some time getting crafty!

To make these crepe paper flowers, you'll need

Follow the template and instructions provided by Martha Stewart and you'll be fine. Have fun!

Love, Saliha

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More Art Journals
Friday, June 8, 2012 | 3:34 PM | 0 comments






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Fun with Art Journal
Sunday, May 27, 2012 | 2:23 PM | 0 comments

So recently I've started doing art journals during my free time. Some hours spent on pasting, cutting, and rearranging the materials do help me put away all the stress from work. So here are some art journal pieces that I've done and I'd like to share them here. I love how you can just mix and match your materials and resources on a single piece of paper and turn it into a masterpiece ♥




 Love, Syafiah

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we need a fix
Saturday, May 26, 2012 | 11:38 PM | 0 comments

Ceriseskies is currently under construction ♥
Fruit Stall
Friday, May 18, 2012 | 9:34 PM | 0 comments

Well this month, the home/dramatic corner theme is on Fruits. I had to transform a portion of the corner into a fruit stall. So Tada!
It is far from perfect though. I originally planned it to be a standing stall where children can peer through that window and play pretend to buy and sell. However, there wasn't enough space for that in the home corner and that whole cardboard might fall. I didn't know how to make it steady enough, so yeah, had to place it against the wall instead. 

I definitely had fun setting this up and enjoyed hanging the paper buntings. They look kinda cute don't you think? After setting up the stall, I just had to play with it and pretended to do my fruit shopping using those tiny shopping carts. <3

With love, Saliha
Get Inspired | Mother's Day Craft Ideas
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | 2:16 PM | 0 comments

If you are making something crafty and special for your mother this year, here are some useful links:
Hope these links are helpful to get you started with your bright ideas!
Love, Syafiah

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Children | Our little heart project
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Since Mother's Day is coming, I had my children to do a simple Mother's Day art project of their own! I gave the children a heart template on a drawing paper (size smaller than A5 paper) and had them to write 'I love you!' in the middle of the heart. Next, they had to colour their hearts and I helped them decorate the sides using red crepe paper and UHU glue. Simple isn't it? I'd be putting on straws and ribbons after this - making the whole heart project look like an upsized lollipop! ♥


That's all for now.
Love, Syafiah

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je t'aime ma mere
| 1:51 PM | 0 comments

Mother's Day is coming! So what are you giving your beloved mother this year? A gift, a lunch or dinner treat, or a super duper special hug for the most super duper special woman in your life? Either way, we are sure they would be lovely especially when it comes from the bottom of your heart. Mother's Day is a great day and a great platform for you to share and express your love and care towards your mother. Throughout your lifetime, they've done plenty of things to make you who you are today and appreciating them on Mother's Day is a fantastic way to let them know you always love them no matter what.

My mother is a poem 
I'll never be able to write, 
though everything I write 
is a poem to my mother. ~Sharon Doubiago

Make everyday of your life a Mother's Day, let your mother know she is always cared about. If you are rather shy, make small and simple gestures such as thanking your mother for preparing your lunchbox for you, giving her a smile whenever you see her, make small talks about what's going on in your life or the world, help her buy groceries or her favourite drinks, help out with the household chores whenever you are free or simply help her with some cooking. These little things go a long way in a mother's heart.

Love, Syafiah


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children's portfolio | and so we have been busy
Saturday, April 21, 2012 | 10:30 PM | 0 comments

We apologise for the lack of updates for the past few weeks. There are so many things to share but apparently time is not always by our side. Both of us have been busy with work and projects and as for me, I'm currently working on the children's individual portfolio. So, in preparation for that, I had the children to do a simple cotton-bud painting for their personal artwork folder. I was thinking of saving other more sophisticated artwork ideas for their other terms this year. Below are some of the artworks done by the children!

 
This girl loves the movie 'Tangled', it's clearly seen in her artwork ♥
And of course, the teacher herself had to fiddle with some paint too hehe!

That's all for now!
Love, Syafiah
DIY Books
Friday, April 20, 2012 | 1:30 AM | 0 comments

We're back. Yes, with our promised DIY Book post! 
I was browsing through the resource books in school (my school has an awesome range of creative resource books, really) and I found one interesting book titled 'Step-by-step Making Books'.  It became an inspiration for my new personal project that I'm currently making. I've decided to make DIY books for my 3 dearest friends.

Materials used:
 Read on to learn how to make your very own DIY book.
Read more »

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Get Inspired | Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft
Saturday, April 7, 2012 | 9:45 PM | 0 comments

There are plenty of ideas and inspirations on how to make different types of cards in this Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft magazine. It is friendly and definitely handy for us especially when our friends' birthday season comes on! Browse through some of the designs available in this issue and get inspired. You can get them at your local bookstores or libraries!




PS: We are still working on our own DIY Books and the post itself so do stay tuned!
Love, ceriseskies

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coming soon (diy books)
Thursday, April 5, 2012 | 11:12 PM | 0 comments