Happy Minds with Busma
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Category: Learning activities
Community helpers – Playgroup craft
J’s school is doing community helpers these few weeks, so we made some doctors in the art and craft session in my English Playgroup. The paper dolls were purchased from England. The doctor’s coat is super easy to make but need a few trial… Continue Reading “Community helpers – Playgroup craft”
Match Up Activity Tray
I was tidying up my house and found some very nice trays and containers I saved before (to make activities for my son to play). I did not want to throw them away because they were so nice. So today I quickly grab some… Continue Reading “Match Up Activity Tray”
Turn your kids’ old stickers into magnets
J has less interest to play with the @usborne_books sticker books now (he used to love them very much). I did not want to throw them away because the picture quality is really nice. So I decided to transform the stickers into magnets so… Continue Reading “Turn your kids’ old stickers into magnets”
Summer fruit drink – Playgroup craft
We made some summer fruit drinks yesterday in my class. Instead of sticking the fruits on the paper, I decided to make something fun by 1) adding them “inside” the mason jar and that 2) they can be taken out and changed to other… Continue Reading “Summer fruit drink – Playgroup craft”
Days of the week
Today I let the kids in my English playgroup to play with my “Days of the Week popsicles” activity. They loved it so much.
Learning Days of the Week
J is learning about days of the week in the school. I made a simple activity for him to 1) recognise the words Monday to Sunday, and 2) understand that there is the word “day” in all them. I then asked him to put… Continue Reading “Learning Days of the Week”
Story writing
J has been writing a story for the last two days. He drew his pictures first then he tried to write as much as possible by himself. He would ask me for help on some of the spellings. I am so proud of him.… Continue Reading “Story writing”
Ice Cream Shop Dramatic Play
Once in a while I would set up dramatic play for the kids in my playgroup. Today I set up an Ice Cream Shop at home. I designed all the labels and order form, and handmade all the props myself. I enjoyed making everything… Continue Reading “Ice Cream Shop Dramatic Play”
Teaching tools from Seeds Children’s Bookstore
I have been EXTENSIVELY using this set of picture cards called 「說話教室」兒童語言訓練教材套 (from Seeds Children’s Bookstore ) to teach J and the kids in my English playgroup. There are many topics related directly to Hong Kong, for example, MTR, Octopus card, going to Chinese… Continue Reading “Teaching tools from Seeds Children’s Bookstore”
Animal Train set
My Animal Train set has remained to be the most popular product since 2016 when I first started to sell my educational activity sets online. J has been playing with them since 1.5 years old for number recognition (e.g. recognising the numbers 1, 2,… Continue Reading “Animal Train set”
My Etsy Shop
I just started a shop at Etsy . Come and take a look.
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