How time flies and we had come to another end of Term outing, this Term theme of "My Community" brings us through the teaching of helping our kid learn and generalize skills on how to communicate & interact with people around the community, to have better adaptability, connection and integration to the community experience and society at large. While we had attended one such similar outing in 2010 shopping at Bishan Junction 8 just within the NTUC super market, this outing brought us to Compass point shopping center and the area of coverage was wider and lot more challenging as far as environmental inputs & social factors are concern.
The main highlights of this shopping trip was doing & completing the activity sheet provided, all in all there are about 5 area of shopping experience namely Bakery shop, Supermarket, 7-11 Store, Popular before ending at KFC with a snack break and catch up with friends, parents & teachers.
We were early by an hour but still manage to kill some times by going with his flow of interest and doing activities that he likes together and maintaining interaction where ever opportunity arises. While he may feel at ease wondering on his own but as soon as his friends arrived, he seems shy or little over whelm by the social demand to meet/greet each others in the open area. His eyes may be wondering away from them but I know that he actually likes to seek social except that his mind may be trap forcing to react other wise. Once things got started, he is back to his normal self following the agenda on the activity sheet.
1) Take money at POSB ATM, self regulation average, at times wondering off from the queue but nevertheless able to redirect him back to queue until his turn. Successfully executed.
2) Bakery Shop - look around, bought a bun, queue up to paid for item, successfully managed too.
3) Next stop was the Cold Storage supermarket, he does not seems to have any intention or desire to buy but will wondering about looking at the row number & items sold within, we finally got what he likes to complete his task by buying 2 egg like Kinder Joy which he enjoys eating.
4) Then we come to 7-11 convenient store to get 2 packets of Ribena, activity sheet checked and updated.
5) Next stop is Popular shop at level 3, we took a lift up and scan through the stationary to bought marker and pen, completed and checkedThen it was time for toilet break before we proceed to KFC for our final stop over.
6) In the KFC, I over looked about giving him the opportunity to order food but was promptly alerted by my wife to let him pay and collect the food on tray after I had ordered. After eating, he was ready to leave but I pulled him back to clear the tray. My wife then bring out the sun flower seeds which he like to eat to make him stay at area. Some photos were taken with friends as well as teachers for a strong finish to Term 4. We leave the place tire but happy for another successful outing. We had to rush home and wash up before sending him for his weekly ST.
3 cheers for the teachers, parents and friends for making this outing meaningful and another great scenic view in the journey along this path less travel.
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