Dear parents,

Again, we would like to remind all of the parents to join our event on Friday, November the 21st, at 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The kids can’t wait for you to see our beautiful art pieces.

Tuesday we went on our 2nd field trip to the “Emergency Evacuation Exhibition Center” in Beitou. There were tones of interactive activities for the kids to experience such as “Young hero”, “Fire Safety education” and “Metro Taipei Virtual Driving”…. And many more. They learned so many tips that they can use when there is an emergency. Some of them even put out a fire and saved some people during the interactive games. It was a very educational trip for us.

For phonics class, I introduced the letter “Q”, and the related words including: Q-q-queen, quilt, question mark and quarter. They love to write the big “Q” but are struggling with the funny small “q”.

For math class, we worked on the same and different objects in a group and what’s missing in the picture. The kids had to closely check up what is missing from the picture, such as a missing wheel on a bus or a missing nose from a clown’s face. Most of them were able to finish this exercise on their own.


For social studies this week, we started with a new unit: “transportation”. Transportation is one of the most important elements in our life. We talked about different transportation methods that travel in the air, on the land or in the water. “Why is transportation important to us? “ They were so surprised to learn about “submarines “, “UFO’s”, and “convertible cars”.

This week the temperature suddenly dropped to 10 degrees! It feels like winter is coming already. Our next big event will be Christmas. Christmas in Treehouse is so joyful and delightful. I bet you can’t wait, just like the kids and me. For song and rhymes this week, we worked on Christmas songs and chants.

Individual comments:

Jae got very excited with Casper the other day. Casper took my red marker from the white board; Jae tried to stop him from getting it. They both got so angry at each other. She wanted to teach him a lesson; he wanted to get what he wanted. I broken them up and asked them what happened. Then, they hugged and made up.

Leetrue is in Singapore for a couple of weeks for vacation. We hope he has a lot of fun.

Jason was impatient while we were doing math exercises. He didn’t care to find out which subject is different. He just circled and colored it. I asked him to go through the exercise alone during play time. I also reminded him that doing something fast or first doesn’t mean you are doing a good job all the time.


Casper was very funny when we went on the field trip on Tuesday. He was in such a good mood. He giggled and sang on the way to Beitou on the bus. When we arrived there, he asked me if we are going on an adventure trip.

August enjoys the new Christmas carols we learned this week especially “Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer.” He also got very involved with the subject of transportations. He gave a speech about his MRT ride with grandma.

Christine told us that her dad’s car runs as fast as an air plane. She is able to write a capital “Q” on her own, but she was struggling a little with the small “q”.

Theresa made a comment about convertible cars. She said if you don’t have money, then buying this car without a top, such as a convertible is better. I thought it was hilarious.