Who Say Pre-schooler Need To Attend Art Class??

Ok ok…last post for today… till I come back 2 weeks later.

Early childhood educations and enrichment classes is a lucrative business nowadays. There is this demand by the parents in the market to enrich these next generation, either they are too busy to spent the time with their kids or they lack the patient.  These classes including art class. Art school for kids are mushrooming everywhere. They accept children as young as 3, as long as the kids can grip the pencil firmly. (JS actually requested to go for those classes after seeing all the colourings pasted on the wall of a art school…but sorry…NOPE!)

These art schools that accepted kids as young as 3 are actually merely teaching them how to colour and mix colour (配色). It’s more of a colouring class then teaching a young kid how to draw. 

I personally feel that colouring class for pre-schooler is unnecessary. Why give them a rigid set of standard of what is nice to the adult’s eyes instead of letting them explore and experience with colours.  A kid’s own drawing and colouring reflected very much of how she visualises the world and surrounding. It also shows the kid’s creativity.

Look around at those kids colouring competitions. Those who have won attended colouring classes, the end result is so much adult like. The colouring of the kids is not longer been judge if it’s in the line, it’s neat but instead of how they mix the colours.  Many of these kids have been given guide by their teachers and practises over and over again at home before the competition. The end result is the outcome of endless practises and no longer coming out naturally from the kids. The end result of the colouring and drawing does not reflect the childishes and kids true self anymore.  (失去了童真)

JS’s done these colouring all by herself without my supervision. I wasn’t even sitting beside her when she did this. These were the true colours of things and the world in the kids eyes. To them, the more colours the merrier and to them it’s nice. I believe if the colouring teacher in the art school sees these, the teacher would have alot to correct her on the shadings , using of colours etc etc and I believe she can’t even make it to the top 50 if these were sent to the colouring contest…. to me this is already good enough. Unless one day she decided for herself to become a professional artist/painter or graphic designer and enrol in art college, in the meantime, I rather keep the money for better use.

Birthday Celebration

This was how I celebrated my 30th birthday.

Hubby pretended to have forgotten but quietly brought in this cake that he hide in the car after dinner.

 I’m only 3… not 30 . LOL (3 candles only!! )

Thank you everyone for the well wishes by leaving wishes in my blog’s comment to the sms-es that i’ve received, emails and also through MSN. Thank you , thank you.

Greeting Cards

When I was younger (during primary school days) I enjoyed making greeting cards. Every year I would make birthday card for my mum and grandmother and also christmas card for my pen-pals. That’s the only greetings that I can think of as for a kampung girl without much pocket money, there wasn’t much that i could get.

Each time I presented the home made greeting card to my maternal grandma and my mum, I feel very proud of myself on the effort and thought that I’ve put in it. That was also a way to show that I care.

Sadly I have given up making greeting cards for a long time.

JS is into art and craft now, and I’m getting her to revive this hobby.  Home made greeting cards is so full of personal touch and in today’s electronic advances, many young generation has lost the feel for this.

JS and WH did this for MIL’s birthday. I helped, but both kids enjoy the process of making it.

Busy

The lack of posting in my blog this week, the lack of appearing online this week, all because….

… busy packing

… busy rushing off 2 assignments to be handed in next week

… busy compiling a video slide show for my MIL’s birthday.

… busy cathching up with other assignments writing which I realize is a little behind schedule

… busy researching and reading up for resource to write up those essays

… busy dont know with what somemore..

All these because of poor time management and my last minute attitude. 

Will only catch up with the writing when I’m back and hopefully able to steal sometime to update what I learn next week using my bro’s laptop.

I’ll Be On A Two Weeks Blog Break!

Wood Annivesary

Five years ago, this day, I tied the knot with the love of my life.

5 years down the road , we have 2 kids and have gone through many ups and downs. I’m very grateful to have met this man of mine.

HAPPY ANNIVESARY, DARLING!