The JG Lessons – Sat (28/11)

As Friday was a public holiday, the last day of the holiday class was held on Saturday. That meant that most parents could join their kids for the lesson – but not that many turned up though. Anyway, my hubby went along that day to experience the lesson for himself.

That day, as it was the last day of the course, there was no art segment but we had a puppet show in place of it. It was fun for the kids who love soft toys like Alicia (those who didn’t ended up crying through the whole puppet show) and at the end of the puppet show, they were allowed to go up and play with the puppets. Alicia, if i remember correctly, took the baby owls and trotted back to us happily.

After that was snack time and they had crisp brown rice. This was a new snack to her but she still ate it rather happily. She ate so slowly though and she was last to get ready for water play. As we were afraid that she would catch a chill if she were to only wear her diapers and play with water, we let her participate in the activity with her dress still on. She had a whole tub of water with toys to play on her own as not many children wanted to participate in the water play that day.

Here’s Alicia playing at the end of the water play session:

The kids weren’t supposed to enter the tubs of water but since alicia had the whole tub to herself, when she climbed in, the instructors were ok with her doing so. She even helped to keep the toys in her tub. Haha…

We really had an enjoyable time that week at Julia Gabriel and we’re looking forward to PlayClub next year! 🙂

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The JG Lessons – Thurs (26/11)

The fourth day at JG was another challenging day for me – outdoor play that day was SWIMMING. I’ve never handled her alone when she swims so I was a bit apprehensive about how I would cope. Anyway, she was the only one who was donned in full swimwear for the outdoor play session. I was afraid that she would catch a cold if she wore just her swim diaper in so I let her wear her thermal swimsuit (which she usually wears when she goes swimming). Anyway, she was more reserved than usual during the swim session – I guess it’s due to the fact that she had to share the tub with a couple of other kids. She usually has a large area to wander around in the baby pool but that day, it was just a simple tub with toys which she could play with. Handling Alicia after the swim proved to be ok after all as the instructor helped me while I changed her. Yet another exciting day at JG!

Art that day was challenging too. The children were asked to paint with their bare hands and the main task that day was to blend the colours with their hands. Earlier on in the course, they used the sponge and a feather, but that day, they were asked to use their hands so that they could have a new sensory experience. It was a HUGE mess – and I guess no one needed a crystal ball to foretell that. But well, I let her do it. She did well I must say and she blended the colours really nicely on the pre-cut flamingo. Here’s a picture of all the art pieces she did at JG for the holiday course (and as you can tell already, the flamingo’s my favourite):

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