Holiday - Day 4 - Science Experiment - Egg Floating and Hidden Message

Menemukan website ide science experiment for kids here.
Mama memilih yang berkaitan dengan Telur (yups telur di kulkas lagi banyak, kalo pecah bisa diganti).

Percobaan pertama: Telur mentah vs Telur  matang.
Mama ajak Josh memutar kedua telur yang ada, dan coba tebak dari putaran itu, mana telur yg mentah, mana telur yg matang?
Penjelasan mengapa ada dalam web diatas.

Percobaan kedua: Telur mengapung.
Pada dasarnya telur akan tenggelam ketika berada didalam air.
- Mama kasih lihat Josh, awal telur tenggelam didalam air.
- Josh buat air garam, (taruh garam yg banyak sekali - kalo di web 6sendok).
- Taruh telur didalam air garam, lihat!
Ternyata telurnya mengapung!.
Kenapa yah?
Kepadatan air garam jauh lebih tinggi daripada air tawar.
Lebih lengkapnya boleh click web diatas.

P.S. Josh senang melihat kenapa bisa begitu, dan meminta mama untuk mengulang kembali. Wallah nak, garam mama habis ^^.

Selain kedua hal diatas, mama tergelitik saat menemukan web yang mencoba membuat hidden message seperti di film2 kerajaan jaman dulu.

Bahan Hidden message:
Air Jeruk nipis/jeruk lemon
Kertas
Kuas atau jari tangan.

Minta Josh untuk tulis keatas kertas dengan air perasan jeruk.
Tunggu sampai kertas benar2 kering.
Untuk tahu apa yg ditulis, nyalakan lilin dan pelan2 tulisan akan timbul.

P.S. lakukan dekat dengan saluran air keran, kalo kalo kertas terlalu dekat dan terbakar langsung bisa disiram air :).

Banana Leaf

During holiday time, I took Josh walk around neighboorhood. 

That when I snap at Banana tree, I thought to take some of the leaf used to wrap a grilled fish.

Cause some of tree is very high, I try to search for a young and low one.
Ups.. suddenly there was a middle man asked me what I'm doing.
I asked him could I take the leaf?
He then asked what is my purpose.
I said that I wanna grill fish.
He then offer me to wait while he will take the leaf for me.
Different banana tree give a different leaf flavour when you grill it, that what he explained for me.
I will end up with a bitter one if I just taken  randomly.
Yeay, I got alot then happily walk home.

As I will not using it all, how about turn it into a hula dress for josh.

Here the result. He enjoyed to played it for a while hehehe.

P.S. To keep banana leaf for longer usage, keep it in refrigerator.

DIY - Funtastic Corn

After playing with Banana Leaf, Josh then asked me to make the angry bird from the  corn material.

The material was brought by Josh' uncle years ago.
It's easier for children. Just need water to combine it all.

So here Josh and his angry bird.

Badminton with Josh

Badminton anyone?

While waiting for my mom medical treatment last year in Penang, I took Josh to brought some game in supermarket. Then, I spotted a children racket (not a plactic one, but similar to the real one just it came on the small size).

At first, Josh didn't really love it. He couldn't smash the ball yet. It took a while till he could smash the ball.

Nowdays he could return the ball consecutively and enjoy the game with us.

Everything need a first step, and sometime it's not always smooth, be courage, continuously trying and one day we shall see the result of our step.

Ludo Games - Get the Learning Process

I brought the Ludo games (a board game) for Josh thinking that It's might be great for us to join the games (4 player at a time) and luckyly I found the ludo in nice children character package.

The other reason I brought new games, I think because I get lazy nowdays if Josh asked me to play the car or train.

When Josh played the games, his character showed up.
At first, we spare him so he could learn the game first, but we then start to played fairly.

Surprisingly, when he get kick back home, he stopped playing, eventhough the game still far from end and he still leading the game. It's kinda means he gave up before end.

So what we do?
Keep playing the game whenever we have time. Yes, keep play.

From the games, Josh could learn to:
1. To wait the Turn
2. Count the step and learn strategy
3. Play fairly till the end
4. Accept when you get cross or get kick back home.
5. Accept when you win or loss.

There was a time when me, Josh and auntie play. Then he stop when he get kick. I told him that he shall played fairly beside that we never know who will win yet so just keep playing, just keep trying.
For this time, he listen to us. He start to played. And Guess what, at the end He win the games (note: we didn't spare him).
Josh really happy and I congratulate him.
Then, I aksed him, do you happy?. Yes.
Do you see mommy cry or stop playing when you win?. No.
So Josh, hopefully next time you didn't gave up. We nener know the result, just keep trying, ok. Even if you loss, just accept like mommy did, ok.

Conclusion: will search another game ha ha ha.
Honestly, it's far more better than sit in front of ipad or tv. At least during the game we got to chit chat, and spend the real time together, do you think the same?

Baby versus Big Boy

Didn't remember when it's the first time we let Josh know, he is big boy now.

What I feel this couple of month, he didn't like when I did something that he tought it was for baby. Let say, I cuddle him on my arm, or hold him while bath time,etc.

But Josh still asked me to do things that I wish he could do it him self.
For example, wear his cloth, open the zipper, eat by him self, etc.

So today, I kinda used the wording "Baby vs Big Boy".

Starting from the morning. When he played his remote control car, the battery fall out, then he get up set and hurried asked me to fix it. While I'm on texting replying message. I told him to wait a while till I finished, he keep grumbling.
After that, I told him, Josh are you big boy? If you think you are, big boy could used a nice word and wait his turn. While baby can't talk yet, so they grumble or cry to get attention. Suddenly Josh talk nicely to me. Hmm it sound work well.

When bathing time done, he asked me to help him wear his cloth otherwise he will run nakedly.. hmmm, then I told him, Baby is smaller kids, they always need mommy to help them wear the cloth. Do you want me to help you? Or you want to try as big boy?. then suddenly he took his cloth and try to wear it. And I give applause for his effort.

When eating time come, I said how about if you eat by your self big Boy. And yeah, he follow my order. (He eat by him self in school, but in home sometime he still asked me to feed him so he can do something else).

I guess Josh is proud that he growth and become a big boy and he could do a lot thing. He really like when I praise him after he did something.
But I realized I shall used this wording wisely. I didn't want it's end up he teasing other, saying other as baby when they couldn't do something.
I just want to show him the difference between baby and big boy on giving reaction, on doing thing because they differs in nature (age, ability). Hopefully, by saying in a positive way (never tease him as baby), he could growing to be a positive person also.

Learn and Reward - Josh Preschool

When school near end class holiday, teacher will be so busy prepare for report, and etc. Again this week Josh have 2 days off, since both of us having flu and cough since monday, so we decided to stay at home.

My brother still in the hospital but his condition getting better.

I need to think what to do with this lil boy. Asking him to do home task with me will be a great idea, but will he listen to my request?

Then I came out with reward idea, for one task he done with me, I will give him a sticker and when he collect ten sticker, he can request one thing.

He was so excited and keep asking me what else to do for got the sticker.
Here list of the task that he done with me, start with:
1. Place the cloth for laundry
2. Make up the bed
3. Arrange spoon and fork
4. Washing dish
5. Clean up the bathroom
6. Wear his own shirt after bath
7.Take the dry cloth from hanger
8. Put the damp cloth to hanger
9. Eat by him self.
10. Clean up the toys and give a snack for  kid pass in the front of our house.

After got ten sticker, he aksed me to watch movie in ipad. Then yeah 30minutes given.

I hope he learn that later in his life, he need to work out eagerly.

P.S. Above chores shall be done without any reward anyway. But my first intention just to have some activity involving house hold chores. In the future, we still need to encourage him took part on helping us doing the chores cause he need to.