Sunday, January 31, 2010
31.01.10
We had another new kid today! Her name is Pearly and her older sister went came for YP. There were 20 children all together today. I'm glad the chinese boys came back. It was also Thaipusam today, so some of the indian children were missing, but Nagu was there. Irene chaired and had a bit of problem with crowd control. She learnt that it impossible to get children that age to link hands with the opposite gender, haha. Calvin took the singing session game and played the 'guess the number between 0-100 while holding balloon' game. I thought the kids would not be able to get it but they did! After class, we played seated captainball where opposing teams sat in alternate rows.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
23.01.10
Attendance was poor today as many children had to go to school to replace the CNY hols next month. But we still had 2 new children! Uma, Monapriya's sister finally came. Teng2 and Serene also brought another neighbor, Jayaprakash. We played the name game where everyone sat in a circle and passed around 2 sponges. The ones with the sponge when the music stopped had to yell out the others' name. New children were allowed help. After class game was Shark, where everyone stood on chairs and had to work together to throw the ball at the person running around.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
16.01.09
After i picked Kavitha today, i suddenly remembered that i was supposed to call Lean to ask if he could fetch Bekah. Uncle Mah had messaged earlier that his car was full and after replying his sms, i totally forgot all about smsing anyone else. i called Lean but he said it was out of his way. Tried Irene and she didn't answer. So we went to pick Bekah up. It was just beginning to drizzle by the time we got to centre. Just nice actually since i had planned for us to play poison ball this week.
We had a new girl today. Her name is Pei Yee and she's Teng2's friend. Irene chaired and asked her to come up front and introduce herself. She did, loudly and clearly, in English. So much so that when my class started, the children in my class were asking if she was supposed to be in our class. Anyway, Pei Yee seemed to get along quite well. She did the actions to the songs as though she'd been before! Quite an outgoing little girl, i must say. Actually, not quite little. She's only in standard 3 but she's taller than other standard 4 children.
i was glad that Kumar and Nalini came back this week, however Sankara was missing. Also missing were Jacky, Sri, Kasevan, Jonathan, Melissa, Jesika, Yong Jian, Shiva, Chee Hao. Priya's sister Uma who was supposed to come this week also didn't make it.
Calvin lead the first game this week. We played the 'paper-scissors-stone-spray water' game.
After i picked Kavitha today, i suddenly remembered that i was supposed to call Lean to ask if he could fetch Bekah. Uncle Mah had messaged earlier that his car was full and after replying his sms, i totally forgot all about smsing anyone else. i called Lean but he said it was out of his way. Tried Irene and she didn't answer. So we went to pick Bekah up. It was just beginning to drizzle by the time we got to centre. Just nice actually since i had planned for us to play poison ball this week.
We had a new girl today. Her name is Pei Yee and she's Teng2's friend. Irene chaired and asked her to come up front and introduce herself. She did, loudly and clearly, in English. So much so that when my class started, the children in my class were asking if she was supposed to be in our class. Anyway, Pei Yee seemed to get along quite well. She did the actions to the songs as though she'd been before! Quite an outgoing little girl, i must say. Actually, not quite little. She's only in standard 3 but she's taller than other standard 4 children.
i was glad that Kumar and Nalini came back this week, however Sankara was missing. Also missing were Jacky, Sri, Kasevan, Jonathan, Melissa, Jesika, Yong Jian, Shiva, Chee Hao. Priya's sister Uma who was supposed to come this week also didn't make it.
Calvin lead the first game this week. We played the 'paper-scissors-stone-spray water' game.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
09.01.10
Kavitha grinned from the top the the stairs and motioned for me to wait. I was glad to see her because she hadn't been as regular as before. I remember in the past, when her brother Karnan, and her would be waiting below their flat for me each week without fail. Now Karnan had started working and Kavitha had other distractions too. I played with my phone while waiting and after a few minutes, she ran down the stairs and got into the car. She announced that she would not be playing games today and I wondered if she had outgrown the games in teens club. It turned out, she had just had her hair straightened and could not wash it for a week, so she had to try her best not to sweat. She pulled out a hand held fan to stress the point. She was growing from a rowdy tomboy to quite a little lady. I asked her how her first week in secondary school was and she proceeded to tell me which boys in school had a crush on her and how her teachers in school were ok. We reached centre and she got out while uncle Mah informed me that he needed help with transport for the children in his area. This was good news as it meant we had new children today.
The hall was full of energy as kids played before the meeting started. This was the first meeting of the year after a two week break proceeding the overnighter we had. Most of the girls were seated while some of the boys knocked each other down by sliding on the smooth cement. Others threw balls at the mini hoop fastened on the beam. Kesavan came up to Thiyagu and I to tell us we shouldn't have holidays for Teen's Club as he was bored at home with nothing to do. We had 3 new children. Kumar and Sankara Rao were contacts from the Kid's Workshop organised by the Young Working Ladies recently, and Nalini was from Sunday School. Thiyagu chaired and we sang heartily after which Irene led the game. We played "Do you love me?" and it turned out well despite my apprehension that the children would be too shy and refuse to ask the question. Sankara seemed to fit in pretty well while Nalini was quite quiet. Kumar was somewhere in between.
After class, we went to the field for the first rounders game of the year. It was obvious that many were 'rusty' after having not played for so long.
ps. Rachel didn't cry today :)
Kavitha grinned from the top the the stairs and motioned for me to wait. I was glad to see her because she hadn't been as regular as before. I remember in the past, when her brother Karnan, and her would be waiting below their flat for me each week without fail. Now Karnan had started working and Kavitha had other distractions too. I played with my phone while waiting and after a few minutes, she ran down the stairs and got into the car. She announced that she would not be playing games today and I wondered if she had outgrown the games in teens club. It turned out, she had just had her hair straightened and could not wash it for a week, so she had to try her best not to sweat. She pulled out a hand held fan to stress the point. She was growing from a rowdy tomboy to quite a little lady. I asked her how her first week in secondary school was and she proceeded to tell me which boys in school had a crush on her and how her teachers in school were ok. We reached centre and she got out while uncle Mah informed me that he needed help with transport for the children in his area. This was good news as it meant we had new children today.
The hall was full of energy as kids played before the meeting started. This was the first meeting of the year after a two week break proceeding the overnighter we had. Most of the girls were seated while some of the boys knocked each other down by sliding on the smooth cement. Others threw balls at the mini hoop fastened on the beam. Kesavan came up to Thiyagu and I to tell us we shouldn't have holidays for Teen's Club as he was bored at home with nothing to do. We had 3 new children. Kumar and Sankara Rao were contacts from the Kid's Workshop organised by the Young Working Ladies recently, and Nalini was from Sunday School. Thiyagu chaired and we sang heartily after which Irene led the game. We played "Do you love me?" and it turned out well despite my apprehension that the children would be too shy and refuse to ask the question. Sankara seemed to fit in pretty well while Nalini was quite quiet. Kumar was somewhere in between.
After class, we went to the field for the first rounders game of the year. It was obvious that many were 'rusty' after having not played for so long.
ps. Rachel didn't cry today :)
