Elementary School Lessons

Ang sugnay ay lipon ng mga salitang may simuno at panaguri ngunit bahagi lamang ng pangungusap.

May dalawang  uri ng sugnay:

• Ang sugnay na makapag-iisa ay bahagi ng pangnungusap na may buong diwa kahit ihiwalay sa pangungusap.

• Ang sugnay na di-makapag-iisa naman ay hindi nagbibigay ng pinangungunahan ng pangatnig gaya ng ngunit, samantalang, kung, para, habang.

Halimbawa:

• Sugnay na makapag-iisa

1. Ang kalinisan sa kapaligiran ay dapat na panatilihin

• Sugnay na di-makapag-iisa

1. nang maging malusog ang bayan natin.

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Ang parirala ay lipon ng mga salitang walang simuno at panaguri. Wala itong buong diwa.

Halimbawa:

• ang hangin

• ang mga pulis

• mahirap gawin
  

How do we parents deal with “Mom, I need to bring __________ to school tomorrow” situations?

This school year, I vowed to “be ready” for these things and not stress out on having to go to the nearby supermarket or bookstore (or convenience store) for that ONE piece of short folder. With fasterner. And plastic cover.

Since I have three school children, I tried to get school supplies that they “might” need, during short trips to the bookstore, before the requirements started pouring in.

I got these supplies, on top of the required school supplies they needed to bring to school:

• short and long brown envelopes in packs of 10
• short and long folders in packs of 10
• fasteners in a pack
• 3 pieces of 1/4 illustration board
• 3 pieces of 1/8 illustration board (I hope teachers won’t ask for the 1/2 size to be brought the next day)
• an extra sketch pad
• bond papers
• 4 packs of art papers
• 2 packs of construction papers
• several pieces of ball point pens
• a small box of pencils (12s)
• there’s a pack of cut paper in the bookstore with whole sheets of papers, half lengthwise, half crosswise and 1/4 so I got a pack of that

I hope we are more than ready. It sure “hurts” to get these things that are not in the list of must-bring to school but I know I would be saving a lot of money and time and gritted teeth moments when I know I can just get a long brown folder from my stash that has to be brought to school “tomorrow”.

Unless the teacher asks for a red one then I’d probably say “Arghhhhh!” 😀

Last year, I wrote about Global Art Philippines and the national art competition they held last year.

Last month, the younger daughter availed of the gift certificate I have forgotten about have long buried in my bag. Good thing Miss Yen, the directress of Global Art Philippines was accommodating and gave us the chance to redeem the free services. We got eight hours of free lessons plus materials.

The younger daughter was scheduled to have four 2-hour sessions.

Below is her art work, which was done last Saturday, her second from the 4 two hour sessions:

Nice eh?

Thank you Global Art Philippines, especially Global Art Ortigas (Main) for giving my daughter a chance to have these lessons in your center.

Global Art Philippines Facebook page

Ortigas branch (Main):

Unit 101 Sekai Center, 368 Ortigas Avenue, corner Madison Street, San Juan
Tel: 515-7005; 726-0435

This is the entrance gate of Sunlight Resort. As we can see, it is quite busy with cars coming in after others went in.

The two younger kids had a great time playing with their toys when the photo was taken. They were savoring the last days of summer vacation during the time the photo was taken.

Markers are wonderful sources of information about historical places.

Below is a Dauis Church Complex Marker that informs visitors about the place and among the information are:  it was built in 1697, Jesuits lived in the convent during 1753 – 1768, 1768 was also the year when Recoletos priests took over.

The design of the church is that of neo-Gothic and neo-Classic.

Dauis Church can be found in Bohol.

First day of school checklist:

• covered all 19 textbooks with plastic cover. #backbreakingtask
• checked and re-checked used,barely used, left over school supplies to be used for this school year’s list
• uniforms are ready till tomorrow’s classes which means I have to iron Gala uniforms tomorrow for the rest of the week (gah!)
• listed down things we forgot to purchase like more envelopes and folders (we still have a few unused and more barely used), more plastic envelopes, toothbrushes and combs for health kit
• school subjects, names of teachers and names of the children written on the notebooks (opted for handwritten tags instead of printed ones)

Go to sleep now because I have to wake up at 4am to prepare packed lunch.

Goodbye summer vacation! You will be sorely missed.

Dirty for today’s Photo Hunter theme.

Playing with play dough is one of the most enjoyable things children can do. They not only think creatively but they also develop fine motor skills and create concepts.

Parents can make their own play dough using tried and tested “recipes” to lessen the children getting in contact with the dangers of those colors being used in commercially bought play dough.

Never mind of the play dough gets into the fingernails and make these dirty, as long as the children are having fun and learning too, I’m sure play dough time is something they will look forward to during play time.