She has been asking for a birthday party. She suggested a lot of possibility on how her birthday party should be. So I picked this up as a project.
Mommy: Ee Rynn, why not you write down a list that you need to put a birthday party together?
Ee Rynn: Ok. It's like Gobb right, mommy? (Gobb is one of the character in the book)
Mommy: Yes, it's important to plan things we need so we can do it accordingly. ( I am referring to Habit no.3: First Things First )
Ee Rynn took her note book and starts writing. The title of her planning was 'Ingredient'. She justified that 'ingredient' will sum up all the things she need for her birthday party. She wrote who she wants to invite, her favorite cake flavor, her favorite drink and her preferred decoration. I was amazed with her ability to categories her planning. She improvised her list too.
Ee Rynn: Mommy, I think the first thing we need to do is to send invitation to my friends.
Mommy: You are right. Don't you think we need to have invitation cards?
Ee Rynn: Yes, let take the balance of the Mickey Mouse invitation cards last year.
Mommy: Ok. (Amazed that she can remember there's leftover)
After the initial planning, she was always excited referring to her list and checked what needs to be done. I can see that she was practicing 'end in mind' when she imagine how her party should be. She was proactive too, in improving her planning. She took the lead in the planning. We executed her plan by bringing her to choose the cake she wanted.
In addition to that planning, she has requested to watch Mickey's Rockin' Show live in Marina Bay Sands. Her persistent request daily drain our brain out. Therefore, we picked this up as a project again. We knew she has postponed one of her 'important' to do list. Her daily timetable.
So we sat her down one night.
Daddy n mommy: Ee Rynn, let's set a goal so we can watch Mickey's Rockin' Show.
Ee Rynn: What? Her eyes were sparkling!
Daddy n mommy: Let's plan and finish your timetable before your birthday. By doing so, we can watch Mickey's Rockin' Show on your birthday.
Ee Rynn: 'Agreed'
From that day, she has remind us daily to get the 'ingredient' ready to do her timetable. Daddy came out with an idea. Doing a timetable on a card board with sticky note pad. This will allow her to make changes. Brilliant daddy! She was focus. This project allowed her to learn about time management. She learnt to be considerate too. For example:- she wants to go outdoor during mommy's cooking time. We explained why it should not clash and we make changes together by finding a right timing for outdoor. This allowed her to 'think win-win'.
The whole journey was fun. We kept reminding each other on things we need to do before her birthday. It was 'the focus' in the month of November.
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