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This was a fun idea and it was great to see 3 year olds and 7 year olds enjoying the same activity. The craft pack came with dried flowers and leaves. But it would be the best if the kids explored the park to find things to add to their jar.

I found these GIANT leaves in Chater Garden and shamelessly collected the fallen ones for my classroom. Natural materials are the best learning materials.
What would you use these leaves for?
The moment I took the leaves out, the kids immediately started exploring. They were eager to touch and feel the texture, at the same time discovering different ways to play with them. Like using it as a fan and flapping around with two big leaves as wings.

It's been a while, IG! Happy to be back on here to share again. Hope all of you teachers are having a great start of the school year!
If you ever come across teaching long vowels, this unicorn craft is perfect for helping kids remember the long "u" sound. Disclaimer, I did not come up with this craft idea, it's from Pinterest. It's so easy to make and it looks so pretty. After making this, my student literally said, "I'm so happy!!!!" Happy learning!

Toys are not just for young kids, older kids can definitely still benefit from playing toys too. Here are a few "toys" that this primary student likes to play with to de-stress: slime, sudoku, and the Rubik's cube.

One of 's mindful habits cards reminds us that play doesn't have to stop just because we're growing older 😉

There are soooo many creative ways to introduce 3D shapes to kids. This day, we used a pack of Japanese gummy blocks to build a 3D structure. It worked pretty well to my surprise and of course, my student decided to eat his structure afterwards.

有好多唔同嘅方法去教小朋友立體形狀，呢日我地用左一包日本啫喱糖砌立體模型，原來都幾易砌，砌完之後佢當然成個模型食落肚。

Still in the mood for painting Easter eggs. Can never get enough of those spring pastel colors :)

仍然復活節mode, 仲係油緊復活蛋，春日粉色好吸引 :)

It's getting hot here in Hong Kong. I'm sure you'll want something that begins with the 'f' sound- a FAN!
We were exploring the sound 'f' in class and brainstorming things that begin with that sound. A kid suddenly said, "Fan! I want to make a fan!" And that's exactly what we did. She took the lead and taught everyone how to make a fan with paper :) let the kids take the lead in learning, it can be quite fun!

香港天氣開始熱了，我深信你一定好想要呢樣 f 字頭嘅東西- 冇錯，就係 FAN, 一把扇！
上堂嘅時候，同小朋友一齊諗 'f' 聲開頭嘅英文字，有個小朋友突然間諗起 FAN (扇子) 然後話想整一把扇, 我就俾佢做主導，校其他小朋友用紙摺一把扇，俾小朋友主導自己嘅學習，都幾好玩架!

Did you go outdoors this weekend?
The weather is warming up here in Hong Kong and it's been so nice out. Playgrounds aren't open yet but you can still find tons of things to play with outdoors. It's good for kids to interact with nature and see what kind of play they can come up with!

今個週末你有無出去玩呀？
黎幾排香港啲天氣都唔錯，雖然遊樂場仲未開但室外都可以有好多野玩。小朋友多接觸大自然對佢地成長發展好有幫助，睇下小朋友喺室外可以諗到啲咩玩！

A useful tip for beading: tape the string to the table!
When I was teaching in a school, I used to set up beading activities for kids to make bracelets and necklaces. This tip saved me from a lot of beads splattering all over the place moments. Also, kids are more motivated when the set up helps them succeed, especially younger kids with developing fine motor skills.

穿珠仔小貼士：將條繩貼上枱面
以前係學校教嘅時候，我通常都會準備穿珠仔活動比小朋友，穿下手鏈或頸鏈，哩嗰小貼士幫左我好多，避免左d珠仔散到週圍都係嘅場面，仲有小朋友穿珠仔嘅時候成功感都大啲。

To all the teachers who are feeling like you are not doing much, the little things you do can shape the future of a little one. I was talking to teachers recently who are constantly drowning in paperwork and admin work on top of the day to day teaching. It's easy to lose sight of the purpose of what we do oftentimes. But I just want to say, you're doing something lifechanging every single day.

老師們好多時都會做到好無奈同埋覺得工作無意義，但其實老師做緊嘅野係可以影響小朋友嘅將來。最近我身邊都有好多做到好沮喪嘅老師，做教小朋友以外嘅嘢做到傻咗，呢d情況好容易令到老師們忘記教學初心，但我想提醒老師們，你每日做嘅嘢都係改變緊小朋友嘅生命。

Happy weekend!
Any moment can be a good learning opportunity for kids. Here's a photo of a spontaneous cookie math time while having snacks.

週年快樂!
任何時候都可以係小朋友學習嘅時候，相中係我同d學生食茶點時玩"曲奇數學"遊戲 :)

*Spoilers Alert*
I've Broken My Bum by Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird is one of the most hilarious books out there. It's such a fun read for kids and I totally enjoyed it myself as well. They have a series of bum related books, go check them out!
My students decided to recreate the bum being stuck on a tray situation and glued the little rubber figures onto paper trays that they cut out. We then built a long paper slide and had so much fun sliding them down.

同大家介紹下Dawn McMillan 同 Ross Kinnaird 嘅書I've Broken My Bum，超搞笑，我自己都好鐘意，佢地有一系列有關屁股嘅故事，可以去睇下!
我d學生睇完呢個故事後就決定效法書入面既主角，將一個圓形紙托盤貼係公仔屁股，然後我地用紙做左一條滑梯，將公仔放係滑梯上，我地玩左好耐。