Charlotte's Web
Last Friday, I took my niece and nephew out for a movie, Charlotte's Web. It starred Dakota Fanning. She was really quite good an actress, and I enjoyed the movie. However, I would think that people watching it would have to read the book before watching, because there are quite a lot of "unspoken" scenes in the movie that are only present in the book.
Before the movie, I took them to Toys'r'us at Forum, and tried an experiment with them. I gave them $10 each, and told them that they could buy anything that they wanted with the money. However, if the money was insufficient, and they had to "borrow" money from me, each dollar borrowed would cost them 4 pages of assessment book worksheets.
I also told them that they could combine the money together to buy one game or toy to share among themselves. The results were amazing.
As we walked through the shop, I could see lots and lots of discussion, decision making and mathematics in the process. FOr example, Jo wanted to buy a certain toy which cost $2.95. Then he would be subtracting to see how much money he would have left. Then he decided that it was not worth it after all.
Minn, on the other hand, asked me if she could keep the money and get more money before buying something for herself. I told her that the money was hers for keeping, and she could decide what she wanted to do with it.
In the end, Jo decided to buy a magic deck of cards. It was buy 3 decks for the price of 2. However, each deck costs $5.95. I also taught him estimation and rounding up. I told him that $5.95 was closer to $6, and therefore if he took each deck to cost $6, he would need about $12 for 2 decks.
I then gave him a choice, whether he wanted to borrow money from me, or from Minn. I also told him that it was up to them to decide on how to work out the :loan agreement". Hehe.
After much deliberation and discussion, Minn decided to just give him the money to buy the cards on the condition that they shared the decks.
Aren't they adorable... and they are actially very capable of decision making.. !
Haha. Isn't this wig very cute?? I wanted to buy it, but then there were not many designs left..
Minn and the bear
err/...have a beary merry christmas!
Well, there was a heap of soft toys on the floor, and Jo and Minn were lying there.. haha.
inside the cinema... We were watching Charlotte's Web.
Jo and I
Minn and I
Here's Shuxian with Jo and Minn. They really like her a lot....
I just realised how long it has been since I last took a photo with my brother. DO we still look alike? Or has the semblance gone?
After the movie, we went to Han's at Bukit Merah for dinner.
Before the movie, I took them to Toys'r'us at Forum, and tried an experiment with them. I gave them $10 each, and told them that they could buy anything that they wanted with the money. However, if the money was insufficient, and they had to "borrow" money from me, each dollar borrowed would cost them 4 pages of assessment book worksheets.
I also told them that they could combine the money together to buy one game or toy to share among themselves. The results were amazing.
As we walked through the shop, I could see lots and lots of discussion, decision making and mathematics in the process. FOr example, Jo wanted to buy a certain toy which cost $2.95. Then he would be subtracting to see how much money he would have left. Then he decided that it was not worth it after all.
Minn, on the other hand, asked me if she could keep the money and get more money before buying something for herself. I told her that the money was hers for keeping, and she could decide what she wanted to do with it.
In the end, Jo decided to buy a magic deck of cards. It was buy 3 decks for the price of 2. However, each deck costs $5.95. I also taught him estimation and rounding up. I told him that $5.95 was closer to $6, and therefore if he took each deck to cost $6, he would need about $12 for 2 decks.
I then gave him a choice, whether he wanted to borrow money from me, or from Minn. I also told him that it was up to them to decide on how to work out the :loan agreement". Hehe.
After much deliberation and discussion, Minn decided to just give him the money to buy the cards on the condition that they shared the decks.
Aren't they adorable... and they are actially very capable of decision making.. !
Haha. Isn't this wig very cute?? I wanted to buy it, but then there were not many designs left..
Minn and the bear
err/...have a beary merry christmas!
Well, there was a heap of soft toys on the floor, and Jo and Minn were lying there.. haha.
inside the cinema... We were watching Charlotte's Web.
Jo and I
Minn and I
Here's Shuxian with Jo and Minn. They really like her a lot....
I just realised how long it has been since I last took a photo with my brother. DO we still look alike? Or has the semblance gone?
After the movie, we went to Han's at Bukit Merah for dinner.
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