What Things Absorb Water?

We experimented on what things absorb water?

I laid out several type of materials on the table for Timmy to explore.
Newspaper, tissue paper, kitchen towel, plastic, sticker paper, magazine, carton, and milk carton.

Then we added drops of water onto the material, and saw which ones absorbed water.

We found out that newspaper, tissue, carton, kitchen towel absorbed water.
Milk carton, magazine, plastic, sticker paper didn't.

Why milk carton, which was made of carton did not absorbed water?
While carton did?
Because there was the plastic lining.

Then Timmy filled the milk carton with water and he water the plant. Hehehe...

Afterwards, we left the wet newspaper under the sun to let it dry.
Where did all the water go?

Then we talked about the water cycle, where water comes from the mountain, down the river, into house piping, into the drain, back to the river, to the sea and water evaporates, becomes cloud, then comes down as rain. And the cycle begins again...

Things Father and Son Do Together

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, is the game that Timmy likes to play these days.
Both father and son could sit in front of the computer and play together.

I don't understand a single thing about what they talk about. :)
"Put-put, Spike, Jammer, EMP."
Well, I guess it's the boy thing. Hahahaha....

When Benny plays, Timmy becomes the co-driver.
I like to see their happy, smiley faces.

Apparently, the game really inspires Timmy.
This is what he drew lately.
The cars are on the spikes! Which supposed to make the tyre flat.

Therefore, when I asked Timmy to play "When I have a circle...." Timmy changed it into "When I have a triangle, I can draw spikes!" Hehehehe...

Here's another father and son bonding time, when Timmy helped Papa to fix the laptop.

Dear Papa,

Thank you for taking time to play with Timmy.
Timmy has such a special bond with you.

We love our time with you,
especially when it involves so many giggles, tickles, games and fun!

You are a great Dad!

Thank you for always encouraging us to keep on
believing, improving ourselves.

Thank you for helping us to believe in ourselves and our dreams.

Most importantly, thank you for loving us Daddy.

We love you Papa!

Toilet Roll Car Race

Who's the winner when there is a race between toilet roll with toy cars?
Hehehehe...

Timmy experimented and found out.
Ready...Set...Go!

Ha! This toilet roll is actually quite good for a race! :)

Timmy later found out that toilet roll was good for a race as long as it had the cylinder shape. When he accidently pressed on it as he crawled, the shape of the toilet roll was no longer cylinder....it was not good for a race anymore.

Time to Kick the Ball

The photo turned out unexpectedly, where I captured Timmy's hand and leg movement. :)

And his happy expression afterwards.

When I have a Circle

We played: "When I have a circle..."

I started by drawing a circle on the whiteboard.
Timmy continued by drawing something out of the circle I drew.

What he came out with amazed me, because it was out of my prediction.
I thought that he would draw cars, or clock from the circle.
But no...
Instead he turned it into radio, train, aeroplanes jet.

After he drew the trains, he started singing:
Naik kereta api, tut-tut-tut....
siapa hendak turut...
ke Bandung...
Surabaya...
bolehlah naik dengan percuma...
Ayo kawan, lekas naik...
Keretaku tak berhenti lama...

The photo below was taken when he was singing.

R is for Rainbow

Being inspired by other Mommy blogs, I made the activities with the Rainbow theme.

I drew lots of rainbows with differing size, from big to small, on a piece of paper.
Timmy cut it with a happy face.

And so seriously...

Then he sorted the rainbows from big to small and vice versa.

I made another activity to sharpen his logical thinking,
by creating patterns, leaving blank spots for him to fill-in.
Rainbow, Rainbow, Cloud, .... what comes next? Then he had to draw it in.
Cloud, Rainbow, ...., Rainbow, Cloud, ..... He had to fill in the blank.

With the letter R, Timmy poked it along the lines with the toothpick.

We had fun filled activities with the Rainbows!

Butterfly

We read the book about Butterfly...
Timmy learned the life cycles of the butterfly.
How it transformed from an egg into caterpillar, then chrysalis and voila: Butterfly!

We took a piece of paper and started drawing the process of metamorphosis as we read.
I started by drawing a leaf with tiny butterfly eggs on it.
Timmy drew another leaf with lots of butterfly eggs on it. Hehehehe...
Then he drew the caterpillar...
And finally butterfly!

We used our toilet roll, to make this crafty butterfly! Yay!