HIGH FIVE Child Development Center

A simple day, a big lesson. 💙

Our Valentine’s activity,
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 – 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻,
reminds us that Valentine’s is not only about roses, chocolates, or sweets,
but about kindness, generosity, and learning to care for others.

Through this meaningful activity, our learners experienced the joy of giving by sharing toys and school supplies that they personally prepared and gift-wrapped with their own hands.
In that simple act of sharing, they learned that love is not measured by what we receive, but by what we are willing to give.

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to
𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗮 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 (𝗗𝗡𝗖𝗦)
for partnering with us and for allowing us to share this meaningful experience together.
Thank you for helping us create a day filled with kindness and learning.

To the 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗡𝗖𝗦,
thank you for being part of this special day and for showing us a valuable lesson in perseverance, dedication, and good character.
You were chosen by your teachers because of your effort and performance in school,
and today you reminded us that kindness and hard work always go together.

To the 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗡𝗖𝗦,
thank you for honoring our invitation and for allowing your children to be part of this special moment.
We hope you enjoyed this day as much as we did.

Our sincere appreciation to the Principal of DNCS,
𝗠𝗮’𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗥. 𝗦𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲,
for the support and trust given to make this activity possible.

We are also grateful to our dear friend
𝗠𝗮’𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮,
for helping facilitate this event and for continuously supporting programs that bring kindness and opportunities to learners.

To our 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, thank you for participating with joyful hearts.
To our 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, thank you for guiding the learners with dedication.
To our 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, thank you for your generosity and full support.

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 is now a yearly tradition at HIGH FIVE,
reminding us that even the smallest hands can give the biggest love.

Today was a simple gift-giving activity,
but the lesson it left in our hearts was bigger than we could ever wrap.

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Phonics every day, learning thoughtfully.

🚚 Everyday Number Stories: Loading the Dump Truck

For this counting activity, our little construction workers pretended to load a dump truck. One piece in… count one. Another piece in… count again.

Changing the theme helps keep counting interesting. This time, counting felt like real work — loading, counting, and checking again.

One-to-one counting is a very important part of early math. Through activities like this, our little construction workers practice counting carefully, one item at a time 💛

🔩 Nuts and Bolts Play 🚧

Turning, twisting, trying… and trying again 😄
Little hands figuring it out one turn at a time.

A Montessori-inspired activity that builds focus, coordination, patience, and fine motor skills — because learning happens when we keep trying 💛

Walk Around, Run a Little, Jump Over! 👣🚧

We set up a simple obstacle course using construction cones. 🚧Our busy construction crew were guided to walk around, run a little, jump over, go left, go right, and move all the way to the finish line.

It looked simple, but a lot was happening. They were practicing their gross motor skills, body control, and listening as they followed directions step by step.

Moving, trying, and learning through their bodies 💛👣

📖✨ Everyday Phonics Stories ✨📖

Teacher Tin guided our learners as they explored the letter M.

M for milk — mmm, mmm! 🥛
M for mama — mama, mmm! 💛

To deepen their learning, our little learners also practiced the /m/ sound through tactile letter tracing, feeling and forming the letter /m/ with their hands while saying the sound aloud.

🔨🏠 “I need more nails!” 🏠🔨
“This is my house. I’m going to build my own house.”

That’s what one of our little construction workers said while carefully tracing the shape of a house and hammering golf tee nails into cardboard — tap, tap, tap!

What may seem easy for adults is actually a big challenge for little hands. Hammering takes focus, strength, coordination, and patience — and they enjoyed every tap and every nail they added.

And the best part? Even the girls joined in happily. Today proved that building, creating, and being a construction worker is for everyone. 💛

Boys needs to run around..

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Everyday Number Stories 👀

Cute or scary? This one was absolutely cute.
With googly eyes and friendly monster faces, counting turned into adding eyes…
one eye 👁️, two eyes 👁️👁️, three eyes 👁️👁️👁️… and one more! 😄

There goes our six-eyed monster! 👾👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

Our learners were eager to count and curious to keep adding. So visual, simple, and really fun to watch 🎨✨
Changing the theme each week makes counting feel new again and something to look forward to ❤️

Back in November, we tried a simple experiment called the "HIDING MONSTER". Each learner was given a paper with a hidden monster.👻
At first, some of them were a little scared. They wondered what their monster would look like and watched closely as they started.
Using a special magic ink 🪄✨, they slowly painted over the paper.
Little by little, the monster appeared.🧟🧟‍♀️

“Ohhh.”
“Wow.”
“Monster!” 🧟‍♀️🧟

What started with a bit of fear slowly turned into curiosity and amazement.
Our learners were introduced to something new and discovered that monsters are not so scary after all.. ✨💛

Everyday Number Stories ☝️✌️🔢

🔥 For our Firefighter Week counting activity, we stacked cups like fire and used balls to knock them down. The plan was to throw the ball and count how many cups fell.
At first, we tried counting… but soon our learners became more interested stacking the cups. Tall towers, little towers, falling towers...🗼🎳
Counting happened in little moments, stacking happened more, and everyone joined in their own way. That’s how learning looks at this age — playful and full of trying 💛