Experience in Kuantan

It was a good opportunity for me to bring Maximus to Kuantan with me. It was a business trip where I have to carry out teacher's observation & assessment and a pre-QC for the centre. Besides have a great and talented colleague with me, Maximus was at his best behaviour and not to mention being independent too.When we arrived in Kinderland Kuantan, Maximus was having a good time with the 2 pet-rabbits and the outdoor play. It allows me to conduct a briefing for the new teacher and also a short discussion with the franchisee. The next day, he followed me around as I went from class to class according to the schedule. He was independent and yet enjoyed his time playing especially with the bigger children.
Through out the trip, I felt that Maximus has grown so much and such an independent boy now. When he wants to go to the toilet, he will ask, "Mummy, want to pass urine." And not a time he wet his pants. He was also exploring around independently too. During meals time, he may be overly excited to eat but yet he was obedient and allowed me to feed him.
I think we had a good time too at the beach before going back home. Through out the journey home, he slept during the 3-hours journey.

Cut-cut...

As the common understanding, a toddler's attention span is less than 30 mins but I think this is also depending on the activity. Maximus was concentrating in his cutting activity for 1 hour!!! I was the one who wanted to call it a quit but looking at him being engross in the activity, I decided to leave him as he enjoys doing it. It isn't the reason that the cutting activity was something new... we have had this activity for few times and each of the session, he will be fully concentrating and ensure that all those strips of papers are cut. *This will allow some personal time for mummy - to take bath or on fb or checking emails.
My little-perfectionist also prefers to do his cutting with the rubbish bin so that those strips and bits of paper will be in the bin.

Colouring activity

I do not have much expectation on my toddler (2yrs and 4 mos) to get prefect in his colouring. It's only for fun and having to practice his fine-motor skills and eye-hand coordination. Although Maximus may not have the right grip of holding the pencil / colour pencil, he is able to have a fine control over the wrist movement. He filled up every empty white space in the picture too.
I am documenting all his colouring work and realised that he does progress from time-to-time as he "scribble" the colours onto the picture.
But this colouring activity can only be performed once in a while as he will get bored... The picture of 3 caps is the result of him getting bored - lost interest in completing his work.
So, occasionally when he started to show interest and look for his pencil-box, it shows that he is in the mood for colouring.