Nephy @ Playskool

Nephy's short stint at playskool lasted for about 2 weeks. The first day, mommy & daughter (Yeah, daddy & grandma too) set off to school. It started out well with Nephy playing with all the wonderful puzzles & blocks & toys there. Finally, her teacher came and then all the kids cheered. Hmm, never had I seen anyone ever receive such cheer & smiles announcing their arrival. So, it was Teacher Sapea.

Followed roll call, some kids said a YES, while a few others answered a YES for all. Teacher Sapea broke into a song and a dance and the kids joined in. Nephy sat with her toys next to me, and refused to join. I went and sat among the kids and she still refused to join me, happy with her own play things. There were 2 more teachers in the room, who tried to get Nephy to come over, but none of them forced her to.

Then Teacher Sapea came up with these 2 water bottles, one with hot water and the other with cold water, the children sat around her enthralled in what they were hearing. She called up each of the kids to come up and touch the bottle and asked them to say 'Hot' and 'cold'. Finally, it was nephy's turn. The lil one went up to the teacher, touched the 2 water bottles, and wrestled the 2 bottles out of the teacher, and brought it with her.Did I tell you,'with a winning smile'? I tried to pry it out of her hands and hand it back to the teacher, but the teacher said it was alright for her to play with it. I thanked her.
Time to drink water, so all the kids took out their straw-bottles and sipped water, while teacher Sapea took out Smiley stickers and stuck it on to the kid's bottles, appreciating their good work of drinking water(wish my manager was half as appreciative as her..Nah, not with stickers, but a little bonus wouldn't hurt). Nephy demanded that she be given more stickers(That Brat!)  and surprisingly the teacher obliged.

Next lesson, happened to be learning what is smooth and what is rough. She held up 2 plates one rough, and the other smooth. Each of the kids, went to the reacher and found out whats rough and smooth. Finally, Nephy's turn. This time, the teacher was wise enough not to repeat her mistake. She made Nephy touch them but didn't give it to her. Until the end of the class, Nephy refused to part with her bottles though.

Then, it was time for lunch. Since its a day care, even those half-day ones like Nephy would be provided lunch. Nephy took the spoon, and protested to me or the teacher helping her to eat. She took one lil mouthful, and almost gagged. That lil dear who is so used to poricha meen & pepper chicken, couldn't eat the bland kids food. Well, when it comes to trying to make her eat, I would even climb the everest with relative ease. She went on to play with another class, who were colouring. Her age kids continued to eat bowl after bowl and I was very much in awe. Think, those kid's parents are blessed.
After lunch, it was time for chinese class. The teacher tried to teach them Gong Xi song and a few other things I didn't follow. Class finished.

Oh boy, wat a lovely day.
Just one little rogue kid, hurting my baby. Plump little fellow, with sharp nails keeps pinching my baby.....
...(To Be continued)