Today is the 3rd and last day that I'll be bringing Kendrick to attend his playgroup class. In the morning, he was in high spirits when his Ah Gong and Ah Ma came along and fetched him to school. However when we first arrived at the centre, Kendrick was rather apprehensive about entering the classroom. He did not want to move in at first. I encouraged and moved him in and told him to play with his friends. The teacher then passed him the small play mat to get him started. With that, I slipped out of class quietly. Once Kendrick got started on his free play, he seemed fine. No crying, no fussing. Just playing. I continued to observe him for an hour and noticed that he knew how to put back the toys to the shelf when the teacher asked him to. He even learnt how to keep back his play mat into the common basket. As for music and movement, he's still stiff. Ha ha... not much participation unless the teacher pulled him in to hold hands in a circle, etc.
As for the rest of the time, I believe the class did some simple artwork together. Through it all, I'm pretty certain Kendrick was quite obedient, following the tasks as per asked. By the time I came back again to check on him, he already finished his snack that I prepared for him and was moving into some Chinese video time. The teacher played some Chinese songs DVD and Kendrick was very interested since it's got to do with the TV! He readily sat ahead and even close to the Chinese teacher! Eventually when it was close to 11am, he saw me and his Ah Ma standing at the window watching him. We could tell that he called out towards us, but did not really worry too much. He sat down again eventually to finish up the class.
I would say that overall, I'm quite glad that Kendrick appears to be settling into the playgroup class. It certainly helps that he feels comfortable so far. I tried asking him about what he did but I don't think he's able to really articulate that yet. So hopefully in time, he will be able to tell us about his day at school!
As for the rest of the time, I believe the class did some simple artwork together. Through it all, I'm pretty certain Kendrick was quite obedient, following the tasks as per asked. By the time I came back again to check on him, he already finished his snack that I prepared for him and was moving into some Chinese video time. The teacher played some Chinese songs DVD and Kendrick was very interested since it's got to do with the TV! He readily sat ahead and even close to the Chinese teacher! Eventually when it was close to 11am, he saw me and his Ah Ma standing at the window watching him. We could tell that he called out towards us, but did not really worry too much. He sat down again eventually to finish up the class.
I would say that overall, I'm quite glad that Kendrick appears to be settling into the playgroup class. It certainly helps that he feels comfortable so far. I tried asking him about what he did but I don't think he's able to really articulate that yet. So hopefully in time, he will be able to tell us about his day at school!
Kendrick playing with some new stacking toys
Kendrick learns to keep the toys back onto the shelf when the teacher asked him to
Kendrick plays a new type of toy
During the music and movement segment, Kendrick continues to appear rather shy and uncertain about what to do. It's only when the teacher holds his hand or gets him to hold other children's hand then he does so
Some art and craft time
The last segment on Chinese involved watching some video on Chinese songs. This was the part where Kendrick seemed to open up and relax more. He was pointing animatedly at the screen a couple of times. I suppose he was telling the teacher what he knew
Kendrick spots Mummy and Ah Ma through the glass window!
