His Homework, My Assignment - Fruit Basket

We thought this was an exception when there was no holiday homework for Evans during the one week's term break. Turned out there were 2 handicrafts which he was supposed to submit after school reopened 1) a lantern and 2) a fruit basket!!! The teacher communicated these through the parents chatgroup and somehow hubby did not get the message as his mobile is full with data.

SHOCKED. And super last minute to think of what to do. YouTube is my best friend. Despite feeling tired, I diligently searched for the easiest way to make these crafts.

Forgot to take a photo of the lantern we made but it's those china angpao lantern ball. Quite simple to do. And for the fruit basket, we tried the origami style. Managed to do it, though don't think it fits the using recyclables part.

Evans's Preschool Assignment - Giraffe

Getting the boy involved in his own craftwork

As usual during every school holiday, the school will give the kiddos assignments and they would need to submit them when school reopens. This time, his 2 assignments were 

1. Wild Animal
2. Your Favourite Local Food

We are supposed to make use of recyclables to do these 2 things. My mama helped me with the the local food and made a plate of Chee Cheong Fun while I helped to work on the Wild Animal. 

Initially Evans wanted to make a tiger but then I really don't know how to proceed with it with the materials I found at home. So I convinced him to make a Giraffe instead. Though some may comment it looks more like a horse, I think it is good enough for his homework. It can be a little challenging to get him involved in the craftwork especially when I am not in the full alert mode. I am tired and just want to get it over and done with. Nonetheless I tried to make him responsible for minor touches to the Giraffe like the spots, the tail and the legs. So yah, another creation from the recyclables. His homework really tests my creativity and flexibility.

Helpers of the Community

After the staycation, I did not rest much because I had an "assignment" pending. Another of Evans' school work during the March holidays, and this time we were supposed to make "Helpers of the Community". Did a google and then understood what it was about. So in short, you have to make those occupation whom contributed to helping the community like Policeman, Fireman, Nurse, Doctor, etc.

So on Saturday night, I was busy figuring out how to make it with recyclable materials. Accompanied with the HK drama on TV, I managed to do it and tried to involve Evans in putting the tyres together, just for formality. LOL!



Personally I think the assignments during school holidays are a little too much to manage. It is only a week of holiday and we were given 2 assignments. The other one we were supposed to make the rice dumplings but thankfully, my papa helped me take care of it. Too bad, Evans could not be part of it due to time.

If the intention is for us to build bond with the kids, I thought things can be done more differently. Keeping it to one assignment will be helpful as we can be more focused. And the English and Chinese teacher can help them with the “show and tell” using the same assignment so that the kids can adapt to the different languages, describing the same object. That is my feel and I must remember to share this during the parent-teacher meeting.