2014年1月31日 星期五

2014年1月27日 星期一

八鄉水流田墾荒

18 Sep 2013

四位生物系女同學,

在這片已棄耕十年的土地上,

除野草,削樹枝,

用最簡單的工具,

一步一步「復耕」!












Can you see the little tree frog? 




肥嘟嘟的天然大蕉



被野草埋藏的蓄水池重見太陽



黃薑-- 咖哩重要成份的!















Reading Family at Love.Locwood (2) - 爱。楽湖 培育閱读家庭(2)

一步又一步, 两个家庭登上了生命閱读快车




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q444bzsehU

你是我的主.引我走正義路.
高山或低谷.都是你在保護.
萬人中唯獨.你愛我認識我.
永遠不變的應許.這一生都是祝福.
一步又一步.這是恩典之路.
你愛.你手.將我緊緊抓住.
一步又一步.這是盼望之路.
你愛.你手.牽引我走這人生路


十二月二十八日   我们在城门水塘唱恩典之路
一月二十五日         两个小朋友閱读最畅销書-聖经- 創世记1:1-3,
                                 神的话语进入他们的生命
一月二十六日       Alex的爸爸带他到天水围图书馆
                                  Lisa, Daniel 和媽媽一齊在天水圍圖書館
一月二十七日        Lisa 已開始每天的閲讀手記功課,媽媽同時做了她的閲讀功課。



2014年1月25日 星期六

Reading Family at Love.Locwood - 爱。楽湖 培育閱读家庭




An experiment on nurturing a reading culture 

in Tin Shui Wai families 





Today I issued a homemade Reading Journal for Lisa and Alex. Inside is the Reading Journal Guide. 




"Look at these books I bought from Taiwan. They have pictures, stories and a lot of knowledge. The words are repeated in sentences and can be easily learned and remembered." 

"Look at these practice exercises. Your child cannot fill in the blanks correctly mainly because she knows few words and does not understand the meaning. Even if she can remember the grammar rules in Chinese, she cannot apply them in completing these exercises." 

"Reading the books will provide her the language model, the input essential, prior to application." 

"Even if she cannot say some of the words, the computer and mobile phone can help her work out the pronunciation." 

"When you read to your child, your child will enjoy reading too. She will look forward to the reading time with her mom." 

This is the first attempt to systematically develop among the mothers a habit to read aloud (in Chinese) and listen to children's reading at home. 

I can foresee a long journey ahead, but with initial success shown in Alex's family, I am confident that Lisa's mum will follow suit. I need to better structure the tasks and help Lisa's family build an environment conducive to reading. 

Love.Locwood 2014 Thanksgiving Lunch 爱。 楽湖 2014 开学感恩午餐




The first term of 2014 kicked off with the first bible lesson - "in the beginning" about God's creating heaven and earth, and creations during the first seven days, and a thanksgiving lunch with homemade 饺子by Alex's mum. 


God's word will have a great impact  on the kids' life. Everything is created by God. Everyone is God's creation. 


Every child is unique. God has a unique plan for each of us. The lyrics of the song "God's creation on the seven days" will leave an indelible mark in their life. 


In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 


Genesis 1:1-3 
http://www.kidssundayschool.com/tinymce/filemanager/files/gradeschool/songs/recordings/sevendaysofcreation.m4a

http://www.kidssundayschool.com/tinymce/filemanager/files/gradeschool/songs/recordings/sevendaysofcreation.m4a


Listen to the song. Fill in the each blank with one word only. 

LYRICS
On the first day God gave __________________,
He created ________________ and day.
Second day, blue __________________ and seas,
Third day lovely plants and _____________________.
Fourth day bright sun, __________________ and stars.
Fifth day __________________ and birds to soar.
Sixth day animals and _________________.
And then on the __________________ day
He rested... 



Alex 妈妈的饺子




Pizza, Spaghetti, Rice and Chicken Legs from Pizza Hut  



Minecraft 伴饺子, 好味!!!!



What surprised me most was: 
This kids' favourite game - lego characters with square heads and bodies began with "In the Beginning....." It is all about creation - heaven, earth, hell, angels, devils, siblings who are rivals....
The stories and episodes seem to come from the Bible! 
It is indeed time I learned from these kids and go deep into these games and find out more ..... 
















2014年1月21日 星期二

古方治咳





The flu virus was a nasty one. 

It came fast - sore throat, continuous dry cough, and then fever, colds, and then pain all over the bones and muscles. The fever lasted two days at least and the cough more than one week. 


The cough just didn't go away. I got woken up by the phlegm, which made strange music. 


Thanks to a blog friend, the orange + 川贝粉 + honey = steam for 15 minutes, miraculously cured the bad cough. Finally, I got a peaceful night with uninterrupted sleep. 



2014年1月19日 星期日

Pat Heung Shui Lau Tin 7 八鄉水流田七- 豐收季節

19 January 2014 

Homemade organic salad with potatoes from Pat Heung Shui Lau Tin Experimental Organic Farm 





多仔的乐母 - 
MC's Tomato Mother 



2014年1月9日 星期四

Learning journal 2 - My Christmas Holidays





My Christmas Holidays 
Lisa Chiu
9 January 2014 

I had a very meaningful Christmas Holiday. First, my father’s sister came to Hong Kong for business . She came to my home . she taught me English . She taught me ‘ like ’ and ‘ big ’ . When I said ‘ like ’ , I said 'nike'. She told me to pinch my nose when I said 'nice' . When I wanted to say ‘ big ’ , I said ‘ pig ’ ! They laughed . She also talked to my mum and dad . She helped them to get along together .

On 28 December , 2013, I went for a picnic with Alex , Mario , Daniel , Mrs Li , Mrs Li's friends, and our mother at Shing Mun Reservoir. We took the MTR and then taxi .                                                  

We saw many trees. The first tree we saw on the road up the hill was Liquidambar Formosana (Sweet gum) . Liquidambar Formosana is a native deciduous tree in Hong Kong . It prefers sheltered moist environment with good soil . It can be easily recognized by its 3-lobed leaves with toothed margin , which turn brilliantly brown and red in autumn , and staying the tree until winter .


I learned a lot from my auntie and the picnic to Shing Mun. I enjoyed my Christmas holidays. 

Reference: http://resources.edb.gov.hk/trees/main_page2_eng.html

2014年1月2日 星期四

Learning journal - visit to country park


  by Alex Ko - Primary Five, 
Tuen Mun Government Primary School 
30 Dec 2013


County Park Visit

On 28th December , 2013  Lisa ,Alex , Mario,Daniel  Mrs Li and our mother (Lisa and Alex) and Mrs Li's friends went to Shing Mun Reservoir 城門水塘 by MTR and then taxi.The first thing we saw was a  map of Shing Mun Reservoir that showed the routes.

We walked up the hill and observed trees. The most common tree was Paper-bark tree from Australia,now a common plant in Hong Kong. It has multi - layered peeling,spongy bark which looks like a pile of paper; thus people usually call it "Paper - bark tree".

The trunks are nonflammable. When a hill fire occurs, they can prevent the fire from spreading.

Then we saw some monkeys at Butterfly Garden. The monkeys were so cute and so lovely but they loved eating left overs from the rubbish bins.They were about two feet tall. They were brown and have short hair. They had a long tail because the tail could help them balance when they jumped from one tree to another.

Shing Mun Reservoir was so beautiful but yesterday it was very cold, and so we could not see many animals. Since it was winter, there were not any flowers. I would like to visit the park in spring!











29 Dec 2013 


A family of four? 
enjoying a sun bath!!! 


A hungry one daring the cold, hunting his favourite drink and snack!