The Tiger who Came to Tea

We read about a tiger who came to tea this week in Story 1.

The big stripy tiger was certainly hungry that he gobbled all the food and drinks when he came to tea at Sophie's house.

So we decided to make cupcakes, in case the tiger should come and visit us at Gymboree ^_^

We had fun putting in all the ingredients and taking turn mixing the batter. Then, we put them in the cupcake liners and baked them in the oven.

It was certainly delightful to decorate the mini cupcakes we make with cookie crumbs and yummy M&M's!

Finally the tiger didn't stop by so we enjoyed the cupcakes ourselves, and boy, they're yummy!

Icing sugar on top ^_^ then....

Here comes the M&M's and cookie crumbs!

... finally, let's eat 'em!

"Ohaiyo!" - Global Kids 1

We start traveling the world again at Gymboree!

We travel the world each week in Global Kids 1 this summer. This week's destination is JAPAN.

We learn the Japanese way of greeting each other, we bow as we say "Ohayo!" ("Good Morning!").

We played the Fukuwarai together, making funny faces with puzzle-like pieces.

This is the funny face Lily-Anne made

We did sand drawing in class, making different patterns in the sand and we painted sakura trees blooming with pink flowers too! Then we struck a post with a japanese umbrella with the sakura flowers ^_^

Jane and her Sakura tree

Lily-Anne and the Sakura flowers

We'll be exploring Japan more this week, we're going to see the windsock carps ("Koi-nobori") next week when we celebrate Children's Day in Japan ("Tango no Sekku"), and we will try make one for ourselves!

Hope to see you all in Global Kids and let's have fun in Japan!

Zip Pi D' Do Dah

Hello! It's me! Teacher Arianne!!! I haven't had a lot of time to do much blogging in here and it's very shameful to count the months (if you must know, almost a year?).
(I've really tried to blog but I am not very tech savvy and it always seem to go wrong)

What have I been doing? Other than saving the world from the big bad?

Teaching kids about dinosaurs, the jungle, the rainbow, keeping the ocean clean, how to do a rollie- pollie, etc... OF COURSE!!!
and as summer roles in I've decided to (and I must) show you my collection of videos and picz I've taken but never forgotten... of the AMAZING and AWESOME children that makes GYMBOREE the best place to be..





This was last year, around winter, Level 6 Sunday with T.Jackie and T. Candace : PARACHUTE TIME I was waiting for them to make a parachute house cause I haven't seen one for awhile


and then I dunno what happened: :0P

I'd also like to say "hello and see you soon to my darling Jasmine" I miss you a lot and come visit!!

I'll upload more picz later cause I'm in a rush.



Be well and keep smiling

ciao bella
_me_

1st month at Gymboree

It's been a month since I came back to Gymboree HK after my 10 months in Manila, Philippines.

It's still the same place of love and fun ^^ I'm so happy to be back, to see the faces I know and I love, how children grow, new babies to know, stories to read, artworks to do.

It's good to be back! THANK YOU for all your love!

I look forward to more wonderful and fun times with you!

*HUGS*

Erna

Here is your Master Piece!

Art is really amazing~ Even though I am not a very artistic person, I love to see my students drawing their own painting and making their own art craft!

Here are some works to share with everybodY! :)

Art3 - Porcupines from Curtis and Cedric~

Art2 - Rock Paintings from Aiden, Annabelle & Cheryl~

I am so proud of you!

Hello Heather!

I'm soooo happy to read the wonderful news from the Mackie's family. The long awaited baby girl, Heather, has finally arrived! Rafael is a big brother now :) (wonder whether Audrey Yip will have a sibling soon too, hehe). Congratulations to Amy, Mac, Rafael, and to the sweet baby Heather! Can't wait to see more family pictures on their blog.

Stories, stories and more stories :)

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle (story 2)
About how a little tiny tiny seed was able to grow and become a giant beautiful flower:)









The little ones made this fantastic picture of the four seasons together:)









My Mum by Anthony Browne (story 1)
Happy Mother's Day, we had a special story on this special day. We talked about all the wonderful things mommies do :)











Clevent and Alexandria hand crafted cards for their moms :) they even carefully hand picked every sticker!




Ally proudly presents her card!









More stories to come! stay tuned:)

Chicago Chicago

Yes, I had been away for almost two weeks! I visited Chicago; Chicago was a great city and the Gymboree Annual meeting and seminar are full of fun and beneficial! I took an extra week off to visit my friends and families in Canada afterward. It was wonderful seeing my loved ones again; yet I was just so excited to be back this morning!




I didn't go watch the show because me, Teacher Candace, and Teacher Eunice are going to watch it in Hong Kong later this month!! ^^








This is called "The Bean". You can see the reflection of Chicago's skyline in different angels while walking around it! Don't I look like an alien from outer space arriving in a flying saucer?? ^^







How can we not buy books when we travel?? These are all the children's books we bought from this trip!




I knew that Teacher Erna had returned already but the girls told me this morning that she wouldn't be in today (sweet girls creating a surprise for me ^^). We ran into each other in the elevator. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her; and of course, we screamed, we huged, we bounced, we laughed!

It's wonderful to have you back, Erna!


And thanks to all the teachers for sharing the extra workload while I was away!! Love you all~~~~~~~

Welcome back to Gymboree, Teacher Erna!

We're waiting for your updates here :)

hugs, Tobey & Irene

*been checking and waiting for the Chicago updates from R and Payne

Birthday Surprise for Teacher Payne~

Happy Birthday, Teacher Payne~

Today is Teacher Eunice and Candace's day off. Teacher Jackie asked everyone not to say Happy Birthday (no SMS, no facebook, no message...).

Special thanks to Teacher Jackie for making the unique CD cover! It has everyone on it including Teacher Erna! It's so great!

When Teacher Payne finished her class and go back to staff room..... oops.... she saw us..... :P

"Happy BirthdaY~~ !!!" (FinallY! :D we can say it out loud!)

We wish you good health and dreams come true!

Love xoxo