I was praying for good weather due to recent adverse climate that had caused flood & several trees to fall, nevetheless the down pour did come on the day of the outing to Kids Kampong but never fail to dampen the spirits of the teachers, parents and the many little STARs of the day, the outing went on. This is second outing experiences over a short period of time within a Term for our little STAR, I always feel excited as usual for the kids, but unfortunately have to give the trip another miss due to heavy work commitment. I was happy and thankful to learn that the trip to Kids Kampong was another success despite the rain and that the kids were having a great times while following the schedules provided to their visual support.
My wife related to me a challenge while waiting for the bus to pick them up to destination:- apparently Fabian wanted to board the bus which he saw and thinking that his bus had arrived, but was actually the second bus which was late, he got a little anxious. Fortunately, my wife & teachers were able to calm him down & redirect him to wait with verbal prompt which would otherwise lead to melt down. Our family had been to fish farm before but has never visit an animal farm, it was really a new experience for Fabian & mummy where he got to see various animals unlike in the zoo, that are normally found in the Kampong in the 60s or 70s during the era of both my parents time. Raincoats were provided for everyone and I was glad to learn that Fabian did follow & try participate in some of the activities that were scheduled for the trip. My wife also shared that Fabian seems to enjoy himself more on pouring water back to the pond than to appreciate the fishes they caught which were put inside the container, this is the first time he has come close contact with the kampong fishes. With this experience, we will be able to predict his behavior and more confidently manage when we organize our own trip to 
bottle tree village at first opportunity near our area in the North. The pet show was another main highlight which the kids enjoyed very much but was told that Fabian demand for snack during the show and was re-directed to various teachers to practise his request before he followed agenda to have the snack after the show ended, I had a good laugh and feeling with joy when I heard my wife sharing with me on this, kudos to the trs and coach for making a frutiful ending to this wonderful trip.
bottle tree village at first opportunity near our area in the North. The pet show was another main highlight which the kids enjoyed very much but was told that Fabian demand for snack during the show and was re-directed to various teachers to practise his request before he followed agenda to have the snack after the show ended, I had a good laugh and feeling with joy when I heard my wife sharing with me on this, kudos to the trs and coach for making a frutiful ending to this wonderful trip.Take this blessing to share some updates in our learning journey with our little STAR
Wall schedule- we had modified and align to new IEP goals & objectives and also lower the schedule board to let him interact as he transit to his next activity area.
Sound Therapy: He is on 3rd Cycle Disc 2 currently, show signs of singing & imitating a lot. Speaking more expressively with up to 7-10 words in sentence construction.
OT: Better body joint co-ordination, increase & varies his exercise routine more to promote interaction such as rolling, throwing, bouncing ball to each others on top of squatting, jumping, sit up, rolling and crawling.
Kindermuzik: "Imagine That" series in second week, enjoy greatly to elevate his social interaction, vocabulary and language skill . In-corporate see-saw, slides and swinging movement to daily exercise as well to improve co-ordination.
Literacy Skill: Sequence and recall, Spelling, Form sentences in relation with Who, What, Where, Why, Colour, Activities & Function. Introduce Vocab of daly items & Quiet reading to practise his receptive skill, regulation and joint attention. We are start expedite our teaching with him on animals-sound-home to generalize his learning and understanding on the subject of Animal.
ST: Fabian is able to tell in complete sentence picture flash cards for noun+verb+direct object in 6-7 words, he is now learning to form other sentences using series of 3 pictures linking together for (Noun+Prepositional Phrases+Verb), also get to expose to concept development on Bubbles, Slides, Water. Practise picture description to elevate his comprehension and expressive language. He is strong in understanding numbers, colour, where & shapes. We are working with him on saying more complete sentence other than yes or no. Eg "Fabian, are you tire?" He is expected to answer: "No, I am not tire" He is more expressive nowadays able to describe what we are doing at home. He also learns, sings & imitates a lot from watching disney playhouse channel, get more interested watching Teletubbies, Noddy VCD. Even sometime, he like to play pretend game as if he is the therapist talking to my wife and me or even teachers in child care center, we will try to listen and understand the explain or ask him more if we know what he says to let him recall why he is saying that. We also encourage Fabian to practise giving instruction to adult example during fixing of Mr Potato & vice versa. Eg Daddy, put on shoes Or Daddy take out shoe.
Numeric Skill: Working on number & identifying various money value, number word & spelling fr 1-5. Still focus on addition fr 1-10 with more worksheet provided to practise. able time telling for hourly, now proceed to half hourly or even quarterly. At home, aside from practise worksheet, we also ask him to turn to the time we tell him on the toy clock and also guide him to look at the clock and relate timing perspective with respect to the clock.
Child care center: Lead time to transit into the center has reduced compare to first 3 months, where he would usually sit outside to wait for ask for more time before entering the center. Now he is able to go straight in, and sometimes when I drive my wife and him to center I will drive up to the front of the center by the road to let him walk in straight to varies the drop off point, instead at the car park behind the center.
His weakest link is perhaps in the area of ART, we will continue to give him more opportunity to practise coloring, request for color, color within the line etc to improve him from time to time by integrating with some of our home programs for him.
It has been a great blessing that our Little STAR has come thus far and improving at every baby steps and opportunities that come along from the various service providers teachers.
Yesterday can be filled with regret that you won't let go of, or even past successes that you hang on tight to, or simply fond memories that make you smile. Tomorrow can be filled with I'll be happy when I accomplish x, y, z, or fear of the unknown, or excitement on all the possibilities that are ahead of you. Today brings new possibilities. Today brings new choices. Today brings new hope. Today brings the ability to appreciate where you've been, where you are now, and where you are going.
Winners Statement:-
"What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind."
~ Buddha
~ Buddha
