Crafty Thursdays

Thursday is art and craft day. It's the day to let loose and get messy :-) Teachers love it, kids love it even more! Just look at some of the beautiful art & craft projects made by our kids this year..

It is alright to get a messy art or crafts. What is more important is the process of doing it, not the outcomes. Art and craft helps the kids to: 

• Develop fine motor skills
• Build their imagination
• Build confidence.. "I can do this!"
• Release their emotions
• Express themselves
• and last but not least..contribute to recycling!

Watch out for more Crafty Thursday entries showcasing our kids' projects, InsyaAllah.. :-)

Hooray for Sports Day!

F-U-N is the word. Bright sunshiny day, happy and cheerful kids, supportive parents, high-spirited teachers, all came in together for our 4th Annual Sports Day which was held on 2nd March 2013 at Padang Kompleks Kejiranan Presint 16. Alhamdulillah! 

We'll let the pictures tell the story, okey?  :-)

Long queue... yeay for sporting parents in Green, Purple and Orange!

An umbrella for you!

Let's go to the tent...

Breakfast for energy!

Are you ready kids??

Doa recitation by our parent

Oh Allah, please make it easy for me...

Sports Day vow by representatives from the 3 houses

Negaraku...Tanah tumpahnya darahku...

Warming up!

Purple House Superhero!

Green House Warriors!

Power Orange!

Taekwondo Demo by ProSports Taekwondo

Jump kids jump!

Aim for the ball!!

That's the way!

My turn to jump!

Oh..this is so much fun..see the smiles?

Roll it Abah, faster!

Pulling it gracefully ;-)

Bounce! Bounce! Bounce! 

Go Purple Go!

Almost there...I can do it!

The winning smile, priceless :-)

Daddy can also do it!

You did it!

Tricky cue foot

Funny gunny sack run!

Hurry! Let's pass the baton!

1,2,1,2,1,2... hope it works!

Doing it while running? Fantastic!

Weaving the ketupat by parents to add house marks

Pull daddies pull!

It's time for brothers and sisters!

Hands-off the plate girls!

Can you spot the Clown?

Waiting for the result...

Well..it doesn't matter who's the winner... 

Tired? No! Smiling doesn't take that much energy, right?...:-)

The trophy is ours!! Congratulations Purple House!

Medal for everyone.. kudos kids, you deserve it!

But I want the trophy too... hehe

Tired but still smiling teachers.. one event down.. what's next? 

The event has indeed brought us all closer together, MasyaAllah.. Days of practising running, jumping, bouncing and cheering together has formed friendship between the kids andthe  teachers from all our 5 centres. These were the actual rewards that we all got apart from all the medals and prizes.

Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah! Thank you Allah for another sweet and remarkable memory in our school life.

Look What We Did in 2012: Active Play

Creating a positive, loving environment and making the school a happy place to learn has always been a challenge to all early childhood educators. These two important points are our goals when planning out the kids' activities to meet the objectives in our preschool curriculum. And when it comes to kids, we believe that the best way to have fun while learning is through PLAY! Let's take a peek at some of the "PLAY = Learn" activities at Alif Ceria this year:

GrainsPLAY = Textures & Hand-eye Coordination

StrawPLAY = Hand-Eye Coordination & Construction

SandPLAY = Sensorial & Measuring

StickyboardPLAY = Imagination

BoxPLAY = Measuring & Construction

Do it yourself-PLAY = Coordination

WaterPLAY = Phonics

Do it yourself-PLAY = Food Nutrition

MindMapPLAY = Creative Thinking

KitchenPLAY = Listening Skills (Following instructions)

KitchenPLAY = Practical Life Skills 

ManipulativePlay = Patterning

ManipulativePLAY = Construction

RolePLAY = Maths and Money

RolePLAY = Confidence

PretendPLAY = Imagination ("Where would you like to go?" asked the driver) 

BubblewrapPLAY = Sensorial

PLAYdoh = Fine Motor Skills

StrawPLAY = galah? Hand-eye coordination

Opps.. where are the books? Does that mean our kids are not learning at school? What do you think is the answer? :-)