[Book Activities/绘本活动] A Color Of Its Own 自己的颜色

A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
自己的颜色

Let's start with summary of this story:
A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have a color of his own like other animals. He is very sad because he cannot move around without changing colour. Because he wants to have a color of his own so badly, he finds the greenest leaf and decides to stay there forever. This works until the seasons start to change, and the leaf turns to yellow and then to red. Finally, he finds another chameleon who suggests that they travel together and they set off on a new life of adventure.

This book talks about the color of other animals and how they are all different. It is important that all children know that they are loved, even if they are different, and that they know that it is okay to be different. You do not have to be like everyone else to be happy!

It talks about friendship too, and shows how other people can help you get through difficult times.

A great book about accepting yourself, friendship and art.

 

一本很有意思的绘本。故事讲述一只困扰没有自己的颜色的变色龙如何去寻找自己的颜色。虽然最后还是没办法拥有固定的颜色，可是它遇到了另一只变色龙。那只变色龙陪同它一起到处走动，那么它们就永远拥有一样的颜色啦！

 

很有意义的一本书。故事教导孩子们该如何接受自己的特色。当然还有友爱的可贵。通过这个故事可以间接的介绍颜色给孩子，以下我们进行的活动。

Prepared a Chameleon using transparent plastic sheet.
可以用透明塑料卡来画出变色龙，然后裁剪出来。

 

 

Chen play around with her chameleon when we read the story book
在阅读故事时，晨就开始把玩这只变色龙。

 

 

My very colorful table calendar is another good tool to use for this book activity.
恰好我有一个颜色很丰富鲜艳的月历，那么就拿出来一起使用吧！你看到变色龙藏在哪里吗？

 

Color Hunting : Chameleon started to walk around and hunting for color that mentioned by mummy
找颜色游戏：妈妈说出，变色龙现在藏身于“XX"颜色中，然后晨就在游戏范围内寻找妈妈说的颜色，然后放上变色龙。

And of course we have some book activities for it as well, you may refer link below for details (Thanks Bear Lim & Jennifer Lee :) )
http://bearlim.blogspot.my/2015/09/tot-school-picture-book-play-color-of_16.html
http://a-nutritionist-mom.blogspot.my/2015/08/toddlers-book-color-of-his-own-by-leo.html
也进行了一些作业纸环节，详情可以参考Bear Lim & Jennifer Lee的介绍（上面的link)。她们的介绍都很精彩，我就不再浪费网络资源咯~ :)

 

 

 

 

[Busy Bags] Castle Puzzle & Robot Mix N Match 城堡拼图 及 机器人拼贴

近来在准备四岁侄女的生日礼物，打算做一些File Folder Games 及 Busy Bags给她打发时间。
恰好看见网友分享了城堡拼图 及 机器人拼贴，快手做好。其实已经做好了好几个星期，现在才有一些精力分享。
Preparing birthday gifts for my 4 years-old's niece, and saw this Castle Puzzle & Robot Mix N Match games sharing from FB. I like the design so i printed out and make for the little girl. :)

Castle Puzzle

Source / 源自：
http://dadaenfantterrible.blogspot.my/2014/05/chateau-de-poche-kapesni-hrad.html?m=1

Print out --- Paste on Eva Foam Paper (or felt/cardboard/anything suitable material) --- Cut out --- Done
将网页中文件打印出  ---  粘贴在泡棉纸上 （不织布/纸卡/或任何适合材料） --- 裁剪  --- 完成


I make a box for the instruction cards. Box cover can get from above link as well.
因为网页有提供盒子设计，所以我也制作了。





12 Intruction Cards
共有12张指示卡

 

 

Robot Mix N Match

Source / 源自：
http://picklebums.com/build-your-own-robot/
Print out --- Paste on Cardboard --- Cut out --- Add on Magnet on back --- Done
将网页中文件打印出  ---  粘贴在纸卡上 --- 裁剪  --- 在背后加磁铁片  --- 完成

You may try this out if you were trapped at home together with your children due to worse haze situation. And, Haze Haze, Please Go Away!
近来大家大多减少外出了吧？烟雾情况实在太糟糕啦，还是在家和小朋友们一起进行些简单活动吧~

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教材里面有些图片是取自网络，所以我们的打印教材只供个人用途，不能够转售或作商业用途~欢迎分享我们的教材，但是记得是连接到我们的部落格或面书，而非直接连接至教材哦~谢谢当中我们也提到了一些很好的资源，我们已经在文内直接连接至资源本文啦！也谢谢大家的分享！ ^^

在家学字母 Now i know my ABC's : Letter I & J

Letter I&J week activities字母I&J的系列活动:

Basic content of this Letter I & J Learning Week is similar to Letter A&B, do refer to Letter A Learning Week Post, if you would like to get those free printable links. :)
基本内容都和字母A,B相同，这里就简单介绍一些另外添加的活动而已 。如果你需要打印教材的连接，请翻阅我们的字母A活动周介绍~

Combined Letter I&J. I was sick (coughing badly) from early of September until now. I got no MC to take, haha~ So life still have to going on as usual. But i got no energy to write post for blog, so combined I&J, i'm going to have a very short and brief post for both of the alphabets.
整个九月我都在咳，当然日子也是一样要过，tot school 也继续。但是都没什么碰到电脑，也没有精力写博文。仍未完全康复，但是再不记录，我大概也不会记录了。所以都只记录重点~哈哈！结合字母I&J 的重点文啦 ~

❥ I is for Ice, Ice Simple Science Experiments 和冰块有关系的实验

Simple experiments to show ice cubes melting speed in water with different temperature. 
简单的实验，让孩子观察不同温度对冰块融化速度的影响。

 
 
Little girl doing steps by steps followed my instruction and observed.
小人儿根据指示来操作。然后观察结果。是夜爸爸放工回来，小人儿将这个试验告诉爸爸。过程中她其实没有特别开心的举动，我还以为她玩完就会忘了，但是其实亲手操作真的能够让他们留下比较深刻的印象呀~

 

❥ I is for Ice, Ice Painting with Light Box 

 Material List: Color (blue, red & yellow) ; Ice Cubes & Light Box.
You may refer to DIY Light Box for more photos.
简单的活动材料： 冰块，颜料（红，蓝，黄），DIY Light Box。主要是让孩子在灯光下观察颜料混色的变化。部分照片在这里： DIY Light Box

 

We spent more than 1 hour for this simple activity. And this little girl do handprint happily and press her palm on the top of the lightbox~

这个简单的活动小朋友很enjoy，最后开放起来开始做掌印画，都按压在灯箱上然后观察。我来不及拍下，因为我很快的就被要求加入一起做掌印画~

 

 

❥ Letter J Puffy Paint Play

 

Trapped inside home due to serious haze condition. Bored lil gal kept requested for outdoor activities(normally we will have some outdoor activities every evening), but of course rejected by mum~ No outdoor activities, but we tried out something new, ok? Puffy paint, which i finally prepared for her.

Ingredients:
All purpose flour 1 cup
(I used super fine flour which already expired)
Water 1 cup
Salt 1/2 tsp
Mixed well and add in food coloring, ready! 

 We put the drawing inside oven, microwave [40s or longer time] it until dry will do.
Lil gal said, Mummy, this is really fun!

After she finished her first batch of paint, and i prepared second batch for her to continue. And, i add in 1/2 tsp baking powder. And the result looks more puffy after microwave. But anyway, i feel no need to add in baking powder, follow original recipe will do.
Happy trying if you are trapped indoor due to haze also!

 

很简单的home play, 看别人玩了很多次，我不知道为什么我一直没有玩Puffy Paint。最近霾害很严重，常困在家，突然就想到Puffy Paint了。很神奇的上色活动，微波炉叮叮后颜料就干了。小人儿很喜欢~

 

材料：

面粉 1杯

水     1杯

盐     半茶匙

加入食用颜料，搅拌均匀，即可。

 

 

❥ J is for Jam
Jam spreading art~
涂上自己喜欢的果酱 （小人儿说是草莓还有橙）

 

❥ J is for Jellyfish
Jellyfish artcraft
水母手工

Made from transparent plastic bag, do you know what is that?
这是什么呢？看下去就知道了~(用透明塑料袋制作）

Can you see the lovely jellyfish inside? I can't get an even surface bottle, so quite difficult to take clear picture. But you may refer to link below to make a jellyfish observation bottle like this, it is really interesting~ Refer here to make your jellyfish ~

你看到我们饲养的“水母”吗？我没有表面平滑的瓶子，所以拍照起来不清楚。但是你可以试试，这个很有趣。当你翻转瓶子时水母就会徐徐升起。把触手的部分再剪细一些，效果会比较好。待我找到合适瓶子再做一个~但是这个已经让小人儿欣赏把玩好久~ 点击这里查阅如何制作水母观察瓶。

 

❥ J is for Jelly

Jelly Sensory Bin with Light Box
Sensory bin is good in encouraging children to observe, feel, and touch on particulars that they seldom handle with during their daily life.
Chen used to be a baby who really dislike and refused to play with sand , beans, or whatever she never tried before. After seeking advice from Mummy from Funplay Parent Child Studio 玩fun天亲子馆, i decided to have more sensory related activities with this little gal. Sensory bin is one of the useful selection. And after continuous trial on sensory play, she finally overcome it and enjoyed a lot in messy play now. And with light box, children can concentrate on the object inside and help them to observe too.
Jelly inside sensory bin is really pretty and attractive. With few simple moulds and tools, we played for more than one hour. You may try it too!

今天初尝试 Jelly Sensory Bin, 想象这些Jelly透光应该很漂亮，所以就配合 DIY Light Box一起进行。我给小朋友几个迷你的饼干模型，和一些汤匙就让她自行探索。间中我也让小朋友用手去按压 jelly, 感受一下 jelly的 texture。同时也叫她比较 jelly和模型的硬度，看看哪一个是硬的，哪一个是软的。整个探索进行了一个小时多，小朋友还是不肯停止～Sensory Bin 真是小朋友们的最爱啊～

To touch and feel
感受Jelly的硬度

 
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教材里面有些图片是取自网络，所以我们的打印教材只供个人用途，不能够转售或作商业用途~欢迎分享我们的教材，但是记得是连接到我们的部落格或面书，而非直接连接至教材哦~谢谢当中我们也提到了一些很好的资源，我们已经在文内直接连接至资源本文啦！也谢谢大家的分享！ ^^

Click here for quick reference list of our alphabets learning (From A to Z)
[we attached the list at the end of our Letter Aa post]

DIY Lantern 中秋自制灯笼

Recently i saw a lot of sharing about DIY lantern for Moon Festival which is coming soon, and among it there are some which made from recycled material. It is very meaningful (for me) if i could lead my girl to make one DIY lantern too~

And i came across DIY Peppa Pig Lantern which is created by Mummy Winnie Chew. Mummy Winnie is really talent, she used just few simple materials to create a very cute little Peppa Pig Lantern for her son. I must try it too as my gal is also another big fan of Peppa(recently).

Main material:
★Pipe cleaners to create hand, leg & tail.
★cardboard to create main body and head
★Pink color paper
★Maker Pen to draw
★bottle caps[any with suitable sizes], i used it as shoes for Peppa and George
★LED light, from Daiso

This is the only design available in Daiso Aeon Bukit Indah. It is quite big, maybe you can try to smaller LED light. 

★Glittering Paper or any suitable material to cut out clothes
★ Super glue for attachment

Main Steps
※ Draw cartoon outline on the pink color paper(or you can use pink cardboard directly) and paste it on recycled cardboard. Cut out followed the shape.
 

※ Make very small holes to tie up pipe cleaners （hand, legs, tail）.
※ Make holes on bottle caps too, tie to leg as shoes

※ Paste on the clothing to the cardboard.
※ Add eyes and mouth for them
※ You may out LED light inside any suitable plastic container. For Pegga, i used recycled plastic cup. For George, i put the LED on Farm Fresh milk bottle cap to make it as ice-cream. The LED i bought is quite big, so i modified the design with what i have on hands.

 

It is a great activity for our coming Moon Festival, as we sit together and using some of the recycled materials to make our lanterns. It is meaningful, you may try out too~

Actually i planned to make Peppa Lantern only, but my little girl requested to have George too. So i used another LED light which supposed to make a DIY Jellyfish (J is for Jellyfish) Lantern to make George Lantern. Anyway, tot school is having activities together so i just followed little girl request.

To try out more Moon Festival related activities, you may get our Moon Festival Activity Bag too! ;)

DIY Light Box

Finally started up my DIY Light Box project ( which i delayed for about 2 years XD). I stucked on two issues that i can't solve:

 

1. I don't want a lighting source which got long wires. I hope this light box is "on the go" type, which i can move it to any suitable point.

 

2. I don't have any accessories which is transparent based.

 

Due to above reasons, i just leave it aside until i finally came out with ideas to solve above problems. Yes, i spent about 2 years to solve simple problems! LOL~

 

Ok, here is what we need to for simple DIY Light Box:

 

★ Plastic Bin with lid

☑ try to get a lid which with level surface, so that it is easier for you to have your activities on it

☑ size, just based one your personal requirement will do [ i just simply get one ready bin which i found at home]

★ Light source : Portable Torch Light (LED flashlight)

☑ I get mine from Mr.DIY

☑ if you worry the light is too bright from eyes, you may turn the LED side away from the lid (as in picture)

It is just too easy!

 

I started with few simple light box play after done.

And one of it is ice painting session on light box. I did feel like light box is just something normal, but after this ice painting session, i found it actually help for observation. As for example, the ice structure or even the color mixing process is much more clearer and focus when we observed through the light box~

 It is so interesting, and i must prepare more activities for it. :)

 

很简单的DIY Light Box分享。

 

其实这个DIY灯箱我大概两年前就想制作，可是困在两个问题：

1。我不想用圣诞树的LED灯，因为这样的话就需要在电源插座附近才可以进行。我想我的灯箱可以容易到处搬移，所以一时也想不到适合的光源。

2。配件，我没有透明物件可以使用（也不想买太贵的），所以也还在寻找适合的。

 

直到最近豁然开朗，想通了！所以很快就完成了！

 

以下是十分简易版DIY灯箱所需材料：

 

★ 透明塑料箱

 

☑ 购买时尽量找盖子表面平坦的，那么会比较容易进行活动

☑ 箱子尺寸不拘，你觉得适合的就可以了

 

★ LED便携式电筒

[话说某次家里突然停电，可是我们只有蜡烛。后来先生就提议买个LED便携式电筒。然后当我们在选购时我突然想到，这个，绝对是很好的光源！]

☑ 我的是购于Mr.DIY

☑ 如果和我一样怕孩子直视光源会对眼睛照成伤害，那么你可以将光源面面向旁边即可（参考上面的图片）

 

玩了几次灯箱游戏后，我真的觉得我开窍得太迟，这是太好玩咯！像日前我们再次进行冰上彩绘混色活动，可是就比之前有趣多。在黑暗中透过集中的光源能让我们更仔细观察。我们一起观察混色过程，透过光源是更加显著。还可以观察冰的结构。透过冰块也可以看到一些颜色颗粒，或是一些颜料在水上的波纹。这样看着，观察着，玩着，竟然进行了一个小时半以上~好吧，让我们一起准备更多活动吧！

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教材里面有些图片是取自网络，所以我们的打印教材只供个人用途，不能够转售或作商业用途~欢迎分享我们的教材，但是记得是连接到我们的部落格或面书，而非直接连接至教材哦~谢谢当中我们也提到了一些很好的资源，我们已经在文内直接连接至资源本文啦！也谢谢大家的分享！ ^^

 

 

在家学字母 Now i know my ABC's : Letter H

Letter H week activities字母H的系列活动:

Basic content of this Letter H Learning Week is similar to Letter A&B, do refer to Letter A Learning Week Post, if you would like to get those free printable links. :)
基本内容都和字母A,B相同，这里就简单介绍一些另外添加的活动而已 。如果你需要打印教材的连接，请翻阅我们的字母A活动周介绍~


❥ Finger Tracing 触感学习

❥ H, Hair
I draw few "paper doll" who are with long hair, and let my girl to do haircut for them~
Learning letter H from cutting practise. :)
简单的画出几个纸娃娃，将头发部分都留长，接着就让小人儿来给他们理发。很简单的剪刀练习活动，一面锻炼小手肌肉一面学习字母H.

  

Paper dolls with long hair
头发太长咯！



Cutting Practise
小手肌肉锻炼

After haircut
理发了~

❥ H, House/Home Craft

❥ H, Hopping
Let's have outdoor exercise for our little ones. H for Hopping, and we write down H & h by chalk on the floor. Chen jumped from one circle to another, and whenever she reached a circle, i'll tell her whether it is uppercase letter H or lowercase letter h.

户外小活动，在地上用粉笔写上H & h,并让孩子自由跳动。当她踏到那些字母时我会大声念出 ： 大写的H / 小写的h。简单的户外运动同时加深孩子对字母的印象。

❥ Book Activities :
Hello! Hello!  &  Hug
[and i'll introducee Hello!Hello!]

 

Hello!Hello! is a book which using simple way to tell our children, how animals say hello when they meet their friends.

I bought this book just due to the cover showing lion, which is my girl favourite's animal. When i get the book and i found that, wow! Luckily i bought it!

This is a good action book, as parents and kids can pretend themselves as the animals inside the book, and say hello in their ways! Chen and me play for around 1 hour when i introduced this book to her. And i'm not able to take any photos during the process as i'm also one of the animal which busy to say hello! ^^

Let's check out the content.

我购买这本书的目的完全是为了封面两只狮子（以为是关于狮子的故事），那时小人儿最喜欢的动物。收到书本翻开内页发现原来这本书是讲诉动物们跟同类问好的方式，非常有趣！让大家看看内容。配合字母H的学习，我们一起进行了绘本活动。我们一起扮演书里的动物，学习他们打招呼的方式，非常好玩！我们玩了大概一个小时~没有活动照，因为，我也是动物之一，没办法分身拍照！ XD

Lovely Penguins said Hello!
可爱的Penguin 哈咯！

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教材里面有些图片是取自网络，所以我们的打印教材只供个人用途，不能够转售或作商业用途~欢迎分享我们的教材，但是记得是连接到我们的部落格或面书，而非直接连接至教材哦~谢谢当中我们也提到了一些很好的资源，我们已经在文内直接连接至资源本文啦！也谢谢大家的分享！ ^^

Click here for quick reference list of our alphabets learning (From A to Z)
[we attached the list at the end of our Letter Aa post]