Dear parents,


For phonics class, I continued with the letter “w”, and I started the letter X. The letter “W” is a little hard for the little ones to imitate. They thought it is like the letter “M”.

For math class, we worked on “long and short” and “high and low”. After, we practiced a few exercises on the white board. I asked them to work individually in their books. They had to draw a long string for the kite and a short string for the balloon. For another exercise, they had to circle the bird that is low on the ground and color the bird that is flying high in the tree.

For motor skills class, we practiced cutting circles with numbers on them. When they finished cutting one number, they had to glue it on the paper. The kids were supposed to cut each circle, and then put them in order. It was sort of like a box of chocolates with numbers on it.

For art and crafts class, we made “Squirrel Paintings”. This craft is unique in many ways. We used brown coffee bean powder to fill in its body and paws. The kids were so excited to glue the powder with their brushes onto its body and paws. Then came the easy parts; the arms and face.


For social studies class this week, I introduced “Things Made by Nature” and “Conditions of the Weather” They were amazed that water, sand and rocks aren’t manmade. Mother Nature creates all sorts of things on earth. We talked about “windy” and “snowy” days.

Individual comments:


Leetrue and I are working on his grammar since last week. I’m correcting him to not say “the Jason….” instead of just “Jason…….” It’s difficult for him because he is so used to say “the” in front of everything.

Jason wanted to stay in T. Cory’s class on Wednesday. I let him stay there in his class for an hour. I explained to him that in order for him to go to K2, he has to learn his ABC’s.

Casper sometimes whines that other kids are too loud or that someone shouted in his ear. In fact, he does the same thing to others. Casper loves the letter X; for him it’s like cross. He crosses things that are not wrong and puts X wherever.

Jae knows the consequences of not wearing a helmet while riding on a scooter. She looked tired these last few days because of her nose and tonsils. I hope she feels better after taking her medication.

Christine mentioned that one windy day, her balloon got blown away. She also told us that she likes snowy days. Too bad we live in Taipei.

August is capable of identifying numbers and their sequence. He is slowly working on his writing.


Theresa showed so much improvement on the scissors practice on Wednesday. She is able to cut objects that are round without making mistakes. She wasn’t the first one to finish, but she did a great job!