The letter E lapbook

The letter E lapbook consists of:

(i) the letter E collage
(ii) elephant threading learning aid
(iii) eagle puzzle
(iv) elephant colouring page cum activity sheet (free printables):

After colouring, paste the paper on a piece of cardboard (cereal box) then cut out the little circle. Place your first finger into the hole and it becomes the lil elephant's trunk! :)

(v) accordion mini-book about elephants (free printables)

Print out the template then allow the child to do the colouring. Cut out the four individual pieces and stick them onto cardboard. Tape accordingly to make the accordion mini-book! :)

(vi) numbers 8 and 11 colouring pages (free printables)

Items 1-3 can be viewed here.

We had so much fun doing all the activities! :)

Here's how the lapbook looks like:

The cover:

I used velcro to attach the elephant threading learning aid to the cover of the lapbook so that it can be removed easily when necessary.

The interior:

On the left of the file:

I attached the envelope containing the collage pics and words with tape.

The elephant craft is attached with a piece of velcro.

The eagle puzzle is stored in a recycled plastic bag (used to contain the strips of velcro) and the bag is attached with tape. The eagle puzzle can be removed from the bag easily as there is an opening in the bag.

On the right of the file:

 

Elephant minibook is attached with velcro.

Her art work are attached to the file with glue but I only glued half of the top piece so that the bottom piece can still be viewed. :)

The letter D lapbook

The letter D lapbook comprises of:

(i) Duck-egg counting game

(ii) the letter D collage

Items 1 and 2 can be purchased here.

(iii) the letter D colouring book (free printables)

(iv) her dolphin threading learning aid (from JG)

(v) her dolphin artwork done at JG (this makes a pretty cover page for the file!) :)

(vi) a 'dress' she decorated at JG

Here's the lapbook:

  

Notice the string at the top left of the file (right pic): it's to hold the threading dolphin in place

The upper and lower case of the letter D were cut out from one of her art pieces.

The interior of the lapbook: 

I stapled the last page of the colouring book to the file and taped the envelopes containing the various items to the file.

The dress she decorated is slotted in behind the colouring book

Do you like our lapbook? :)

My beautiful fairy

We borrowed a pair of fairy wings from my niece for my princess for an upcoming annual staff dinner (coz the theme is something along the lines of 'out of this world').

After her bath the other night, Alicia insisted on wearing the fairy wings and she happily posed for a photo with her daddy:

Usually she poses for ONE shot. And that's it.

The rest I have to get by snapping wildly away and hoping that I get some beautiful pics.

This time, I think I got quite a few! *happy*

Hi there! I'm a fairy! Can you tell?

I can FLY!

I love my new furry wings...

Pretty little fairy... taking a break from flying...

The back view of the wings

The tech-savvy fairy...

She forgot about the wings already... too busy i-phoning

Obviously, she ain't gonna wear this Elmo PJ to the party... my aunt just bought a beautiful dress for her to go along with the fairy wings! :)

Sambal Tunis Prawns

Haven't blogged about my cooking for quite awhile now. I was so pre-occupied with my learning aids and I didn't cook anything new. :)

Just the other day when I was waiting for the chicken stall aunty to chop the chicken thighs, I saw that she was selling some pastes so I took a closer look.

This sambal tunis is meant for cooking seafood and since it's instant paste, it appealed to me, well, instantly. :P I used to like to make my own sambal and all and I have been seriously considering making my own sambal tunis ever since I saw it on Ju's site (great food, great photography. Hop over if you've not seen her foodblog). I really mean to make it some day but I've been really bogged down with lots of stuff and so I didn't need any other encouragement to buy this instant paste. After all, I had half a kg of prawns at home that day and I intended to cook them for dinner so why not try something new?

It costs $2 and each packet can be used for cooking 1kg prawns/ seafood.

Was it great?

Well, it was quite nice actually, unless you hate lemongrass - the smell and taste is rather strong.

Photos, you ask.

I've none to show this time, not because it looked terrible or it isn't blog-worthy. The only reason why I've no photos to upload is because I forgot to take photos. Sigh. I was so intent on settling down to eat dinner and continue watching the rented DVD that it totally slipped my mind to take photos after cooking.

Next time yah? :P

Fastfood

Two Sundays ago, we were doing our grocery shopping at NTUC and we came across two products that we thought might fascinate Alicia.

Here's the first:

It's not too expensive (I think it's about $3 for a pack) and each piece of smiling potato is honestly bigger than I thought (it's about 4-5cm in diameter). Simply place a few of these in a preheated oven (220degC) and bake for about 10min and they're nice and slightly golden brown.

These can be served as a carbo option for the tot who needs, perhaps, a change in menu once in a while. Great for an occasional breakfast or snack: just serve alongside some greens or fruits and even a pasta sauce for a dip.

My fussy tot however doesn't really fancy it. We think it's not bad though. :)

There was a promoter for this product that day and Alicia said she wanted to try it, and so we let her.

She seemed to like it and so we decided to just buy one to try.

This is a German product and costs $9.90 per box but it was on offer that day and we bought it for only $7.90.

There are other flavours available but we thought we should stick to the Hawaiian option for the fussypot: she tried both the Hawaiian and the Salami pizza and she spat out the salami, so we thought, Hawaiian should be fine since it stayed in the mouth and eventually went into the lil tummy.

A note of caution though. As with delicatessen meats, the sodium content is pretty high so don't overdose your tot with the pizza. :) 

The best part about these two products is that they are both to be baked at 220degC in a preheated oven for the same amount of time, so you can just toss them in together and wait patiently for that 10min. :) Bake for a longer time period if you are baking more pieces of course.

As with most other things, Alicia decided that she doesn't really like the pizza when she got home. Sigh. 

Waiting to be baked

Check out the thickness of the smileys :)

A note of thanks :)

To my dear friends and readers who have spared the time to drop me emails, smses and MSN msgs to ask if I'm alright after my unfortunate encounter at SMH, thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement.

I will definitely continue to make my products available to genuine clients and my blogshop, as I mentioned in my earlier post, is still technically in operation as I've not deleted the account. You can still browse through the blogshop for my old products and should any catch your fancy, don't hesitate to just drop me a mail at simplymommie@gmail.com. I will continue to keep friends and regulars in the loop. :)

Thanks for the support :)