Shoes

My country (Philippines) was hit by the typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Lots of people all over the world donated and volunteered for the typhoon victims. Thank so much for the help.

Otnie had fun helping in repacking relief goods. He makes sure that he won't missed anything. Math are one of his favorite subject to learn by practicing it in every goods he distributed.

One thing for sure, Otnie had a heart of compassion, but he learned something valuable, an attitude of gratefulness and a cheerful giver. He tried to find something to donate for typhoon victims, he gave it away his only one shoes and some one of his clothes. I asked him "Are you sure of giving away your shoes?" He said "yes, so that the kid who will wearing this will keep his/her feet warmed. God will provide and no need to worry about."

Instead of blaming others for the responsibility in distributing relief goods/medicine/clothing/housing, why not starting from us first? Let each one of us have unity and love from one another.


Love each other deeply. Honor others more than yourselves. - Romans 12:10

magnet

While i'm preparing for filipino's lesson. When i looked behind me, otnie was enjoying to play magnet.






me: what are you doing?

otnie: magnet race!! :)

me: ok :)

otnie: look mommy!! look!! i'm going to race....brrrrrmmmm.... brRRrrrroooom!

Most of the time, we don't really need to buy expensive toys for our kids to play, just find a simple things to play with enjoyment. It encouraged them to develop their creativity and to be contented.

Bracelet

a birthday gift for otnie's friend...ate angel

a graduation gift for otnie's cousin...ate tikya


Materials:

• Stretch & Elastic Cord for Beading
• Beads
• Scissor

How to make the following:
line-up the beads in sequence

inserting the beads


Making a bracelets is not for art craft only. Otnie learned to be a cheerful giver, giving gift to someone must be special and unique, he also learned in math terms by counting and making sequence or pattern. It helps to improve the hands motor skill.

Sungka

Sungka is a well known Filipino game, in which two players re-distribute shells or marbles or pebbles or seeds in the two rows of holes of this board, trying to capture as many as possible in their own hole (own basement). The player who collects the most shells in his/her own basement wins. Counting before re-distribute each shells is against the rules. The clue for winning is...! to count it immediately and quietly by just looking at it (Cheaters!!  LoL!)   :))



That early christmas morning, i found sungka at gwama's (Otnie's grandma) shelf. First, i taught Otnie how to play, then i encouraged him to play with me or to anyone. He learned to count easily by looking at it.

Learning mathematics is not by memorizing in our head, but it's how we apply it in our daily lifestyle.