1) Shopping: This actually happened last week, not on week 4. She came home with a new hi-lighter (pink), and told me she got it at the bookshop for $0.50... me faintz.... shopping at P1...
2) Dexter's book: I was checking her school bag, and I exclaimed "Lynnette, what happened to the plastic book cover of your spelling book?" [all her books are wrapped]. We stared at it, and then we realised that she had taken her classmate's book....
3) "Smooched": The moment I stepped into the house, WK's mum told me that Lynn got knocked down during recess and got a swollen upper lip (a cut). I Couldn't get much detail from Lynn..
Me: was it a big boy or big girl or your friend who knock into you??
Lynn: Big boy..
Me: what did you knock into??
Lynn: No.. big boy knocked me..
Me: I mean the bruise on your lips. Did you knock into his ... tummy, his elbow, or his head, or did you hit your lips on the floor or.. so what did you knock into?? (the cut/bruise on the lips doesn't look like she knock into something very hard)
Lynn: Err.... errr... I fall down...
Me: so the bruise on your lips, did you hit your lips on the floor/wall when u fall or hit the boy's body when he knock you down? Or he kissed you???
Lynn: ???!!!!!...
[ok, maybe it's my fault for confusing her. I just feel like making fun of her, cos I can't understand how she can be not injured anywhere else but only on the lips]
4) Getting a new water bottle .. again..: The first one, WK's mum said that it was leaking. It was an old one, which she used during K2. So I got her a new one. It only lasted 2 weeks, cos it cracked, I believe when she got knocked down during recess (above).
5) Stationery woes: A boy at her after school care bite and flatten her pencil holder, broke her eraser to pieces and kept borrowing her stationery. When she told me about it, my respond to her was that I will write an email to her teacher and ask her teacher to inform the parent of the boy to stop borrowing and vandalising Lynn's stuff. I thought that this is the correct way to handle this kind of problem. Later on, I told WK about it and ask him what he think should be done (I didn't tell him what I promised Lynn already). To my surprise, he said that Lynn should learn to solve the problem by herself (tell the teacher), and take the consequence of her own action/inaction. I thought about it. Although I'm not totally convinced that we should introduce this method at this young age, I decided that no harm in giving it a try.
The following night, I asked Lynn if she told the teacher. She said no and that the boy changed his seat to be in front of the teacher as he always sleep in class. So I can't tell yet if Lynn is capable of standing up for herself or not. Anyway, we shall monitor and see how it goes from here.
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