Parent Project: Mid-Term

DIGITAL PORTFOLIO: 

1) Have you read your son/daughters blog? 
Yes Was there anything that surprised you or stood out immediately? Yes. Everything, because i didnt know that she was really passionate about wellness.

What was your favourite part about reading his/her reflections? The part when she talks about having fun while working out.

What did you learn about your son/daughter that you didn't know before reading the blog? When she talked about her buddy. Because she rarely liked children so i was surprised that she was having fun.

What part of your child's growth/personality has been reaffirmed for you? That she puts her heart and effort in what she does.

What is missing in the blog that you think s/he should include for the teacher or peers? nothing. I couldnt ask for more.

If you were evaluating him/her on his/her blogging efforts, what would you say? I like her writing style and i was impressed that she took time to design her page. 

What would you give him/her out of 25? How did you come up with that number? 30 because shes my kid, i could never be more proud. 

HEALTHY LIVING:

2) What do you notice about your child's health choices outside of school? She knows more about eating healthy compared to me. So i couldnt complain.

What activity and or diet choices does s/he make on their own? actually everything. We always practise independence at home and shes doing really great.

What exercise/eating choices are encouraged buy the family/household? eat your vegetables. No drinking pop unless its someones birthday.

Did you see any evidence of this in his/her blog? yes.

What is missing that should be included? i think its more than enough.

What improvements do you think your child could/should make to further his/her understanding and participation in his/her own health? health is wealth and im pretty sure she knows that. 

What things can you as parent do to push this learning/practice? Encourage her that shes doing well and support her on her future endeavors.

If you were to evaluate your son/daughter on their progress towards personal healthy life choices what would you say? Youre on the right tract

What mark would you give them out of 25 for his/her efforts and demonstration of those efforts in the blog? How did you come up with that number? 30. Again im more than impressed.

Dance Week

During dance week, our class got to do jazz and bhangra. Surprisingly, I really liked jazz. It was fun because it wasnt too difficult and Gaby, Yulia, Nicole and I had so much fun! Like always, we enjoyed bhangra. The slow one confused me but the fast one was easy to remember. We probably looked so funny doing it but I liked how everyone looked so happy doing it!!

Sun Run

Yaaaay Gaby and I completed the Sun Run!!!! We first took the skytrain early in the morning and we saw a lot of sun runners come in as we got closer to granville station. It was so fun when we got there because there were bands playing and we did a countdown when we started which was inaccurate because it took so long to actually get to the point where you can start jogging. During the run, it was crowded and the heat made it feel like it was longer than it actually was. Once we finished at the time of 1 hour and 4 minutes, we got to eat and drink food at b.c place. We ended up lining so many times to get free chocolate milk ahahaha. It was a great experience and im excited to do other public runs!

April 13 - Zumba

Today for gym, it was choice day, and Gaby, Yulia and I wanted to do zumba. We invited Nicole and Pallvi to join us! Trying to stream the video was a hassle, but once we started it was so much fun... and CONFUSING hah. The steps were so fast and it was hard to follow but we tried our best and ended up being so hot and a tad bit sweaty. It was like last year, where our gang would just do our own thing and have a lot of fun. It was a bit embarrassing because of the upper class men in the weight room, but I tried my best to ignore them and focus on what we were doing. It is sometimes difficult to do things when you're intimidated, but I think being with positive people (especially Nicole) helps with getting over that feeling. I think it would be a great idea for the class to do zumba together in the small gym, and be more comfortable with each other. Doing something out of the box, like zumba, that includes a lot of uncomfortable moves will be great for our class because we can see each other's goofy side and loosen up!

April 7 - Buddies

The last time our class went to Cambridge, we taught the first graders how to throw underhand. During that class, I had some difficulties trying to get my buddy to step with the opposite leg than the hand he was using to throw. I noticed that he got more confident as I encouraged and complimented him. However, with his new found confidence, he also wanted to show off how far he is able to throw the tennis ball... This lead to him throwing overhand (baseball style), and that made it hard for me to make him practice his underhand throws. After a while, he listened and threw properly, and it was great. While we played the game where he would throw into the circle, he had a hard time not throwing as hard and aim for the ball. I noticed that he was frustrated as all his friends were able to move onto the levels before him. I tried to have a small conversation with him and tell him that he was very close to making it into the circle and if he threw a little lighter, he can totally do it. Eventually, he was able to get it inside the circle, and he was so excited and we sprinted to the next level. It was a lot of fun seeing him focused and happy at the end of class!

March 24 - Interim

To start off, I haven't been on my blog as often as I should be. I always plan to blog but I end up forgetting all the time. However, to change that, I decided to write my blogs in the morning while I eat breakfast because I wouldn't be wasting any time, and it will force myself to finish it before school starts.

I have been keeping active during spring break, which I explained in my last post here. I enjoyed going on long walks because time passed by so quickly that way and I would just have time to reflect and think about my life (instead of wasting water in the shower). I am also proud that I got myself to go running. Not a lot, but better than not going at all.

I am so excited to start this term because our class has gotten to know everyone, and we are all in the comfort zone. Of course, we are not the best class yet, but we have this term to make that happen!

March 13 - Spring Break

During spring break, I have been going on long walks with my dogs, and running on sunny days. When I ran for the first time during the spring break, I couldn't believe how bad my time was! Here's the result of that run:

As I kept on running the next days, I was able to get to my goal pace, 10 min/mile.
I noticed that when I was running around the park, I was able to get faster then 10 min, because there are not uphills or downhills so I wanted to try running with different levels to see how fast I ran. I was still able to go faster than 10 min/mile, which I was so happy about. However, the day after spring break when we played the chariot game in class, Gaby and I were so tired during the run. We noticed that our legs were stiff ( maybe from the game) and we were sweating quite a lot. But anyways, I'm planning to go running more often since the sun run is coming up! Also, Gaby and I are planning on doing The Color Run! Here are all the results to my runs during spring break!

Note: My healthy eating didn't do so well during spring break. My cousins from the states came over, and we ended up buying more snacks, that I just kept eating when I was bored. BUT I didn't drink any pop or juice :)