1st Day at PlayGroup

Monday, August 3, 2009

1st Day at PlayGroup

Entry by Diana

It was indeed a very eventful first day at playgroup for Esther..

It started quite well, with Esther taking her own breakfast at the dining table with the other kids..In fact, she took 2 portions for Pandan cake! Next, it was the assembly with all the kids i.e. playgroup, nursery, kindergarten singing nursery songs like twinkle twinkle little star, eensy weensy spider..Esther was not so enthusiastic as she watches on, clingy on tightly to mummy..

Then, it came to the lesson proper..the theme for the month is animal kingdom..Esther participated for some parts of the lesson and even played hula hoop! (if holding the hoop counts..) But all the while, she stayed close to mummy..for some moments, she will walk around the room exploring..but will always come back to mummy for comfort..

Next, came the playground segment..Esther observed the other kids play and also tried climbing up the play area on her own..but she does not dare to try the slide yet...

The most difficult part is the Chinese lesson section..Esther lost her patience and started crying during the lesson..she also cried when we tried to put on a rabbit hat for her so that she can jump and imitate a rabbit just like the other kids did...however, there is a spark of interest when she suddenly shouted 'Cat!' when a picture of a cat is shown. However..it should have been said in Chinese 'mao'..haha!

Lunchtime is not much fanfare as Esther only took half the macaroni..but at least she sat through the lunch...

When it was time to go home, she pranced out of the room and said 'Bye bye!' to everyone before pulling mummy hands towards the school door...