Kids are back to school, last run before summer break. And then, time for a fun-filled summer holiday! Wondering how you can entertain your little ones without breaking your bank for a long haul trip or totally wearing all the adults out for 2 months? Hamilton Hill International Kindergarten is the place for you.

Education Director Alexander Key of Hamilton Hill International advised: "Dramatic Arts education is an important means of stimulating creativity in many aspects particularly problem solving and communication.  Drama can challenge children's perceptions about their world and about themselves."  Dramatic exploration can provide students with an outlet for emotions, thoughts, and dreams that they might not otherwise have means to express.  Moreover, at the center of all Drama is communication.  Drama allows students to communicate with and understand others in new ways.  Drama also provides training in the very practical aspects of communication so necessary in today's increasingly information-centered world.

Suitable for children between the ages of 4 to 10, their weekly musical themes include: The Wizard of Oz, Lion King, Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast and Frozen!  If you want to see your children perform and excel in the most enjoyable way, call them and sign up now.   Hamilton Hill specializes in performance and language arts and is offering a fun-filled summer camp: special classroom design that offers a movie set vibe, professional teachers hosting the classes, activities including songs, dances, drama and role play.

This summer adventure at Hamilton Hill begins on the 4th July to the 12th August 2016.  

Register before May 14th for an early bird special for all HK Madame readers! (*)

Contact them at enrol@hhik.co or call them at 3461-9750
www.hhik.co
(*): Early bird: includes a fun day pass + a discount

 
More information about Hamilton Hill International Kindergarten :
1-3 Ching Wah Street, North Point
Phone (+852) 3461 9750
Email: info@hhik.com
Website: http://www.hhik.co/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hhik.co

Top 5 sponsored by Hamilton Hill International Kindergarten*

By Delphine

Every week-end it's the same, your kids want to be entertained (and you don't want them to stay inside all day long watching “Frozen” for the 75th time or jumping on your brand new sofa) but you have enough of Play-Doh,  playroom or neighbourhood playground. So get out, get creative and try this top five Avant- garde activities Hamilton Hill has found for you.
 
1. Wetland Park: Well worth a trip out to Yuen Long for a jaunt into nature. Make a treasure-hunt list of things to spot before you go and promise rewards for a full complement of spotted things. Take a picnic, as the food on offer is from Café De Coral and we all know we’d sooner catch, gut and bbq a spoonbill than eat there.
www.wetlandpark.gov.hk
 
2. Yuen Po Bird market: Get proper creeped out in the Mong Kok bird market. Enjoy freaking yourselves out with copious amounts of bagged up insects and all manners of fowl. You can meet occasional grumpy, occasional friendly purveyors of all things feathered. Treat your kids to a bag of blue bottles.
www.bird-garden.hk
 
3. Kadoorie Farm: With wild boars, leopard cats and macaques on view Kadoorie farm makes an excellent day trip for you and your little ones. Lots of up close encounters with reasonably strange animals will delight the youngsters! There’s some goose bump inducing reptiles around too. I saw the snake ranger unloading a huge cobra he’d caught in someone’s back garden the last time I was there.
www.kfbg.org
 
4. Dusk in Hong Kong Park: Bats gather, circling and eagerly mopping up the evening mosquitoes. As night falls and the city lights twinkle all around, find serene moments in the heart of the metropolis. Saturday night is a good time to visit just as the sun goes down. The park goes quiet save for the chirp of crickets and the croaking chorus of lonely amphibians. Your kids will love this experience as you creep stealthily around the park enjoying the peace. www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/see-do/great-outdoors/city-parks/hong-kong-park.jsp
 
5. The Sha Tin Inn: Nestled on a secluded hillside just above Tai Wai MTR station is the old and not very famous Sha Tin Inn. A great little restaurant to take the kids for lunch. Take some bug spray as the garden is the best place to sit and enjoy the lovely selection of satay, rendang and assorted curries and noodles. Great food and a nice peaceful location! Just near the excellent Bruce Lee exhibition at the Sha Tin cultural museum.
 
Hamilton Hill International Kindergarten will be organizing a Christmas Fair on the 12 December 2015 (Saturday). Come and sample traditional British food, drinks and enjoy a Christmas concert.  Buy special Christmas gifts from  European style stalls.  Come and meet your favourite Christmas characters!
 
Date: 12 Dec 2015 (Saturday)
Time:  16:00-19:00
Venue: Hamilton Hill International Kindergarten
Address:  No. 1-3 Ching Wah Street, North Point, Hong Kong
 
*More information about Hamilton Hill International Kindergarten :
1-3 Ching Wah Street, North Point
Phone (+852) 3461 9750
Email: info@hhik.com
Website: www.hhik.co
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hhik.co
 

 

By Aude Mahoudeau-Campoyer

New faces, lots of  tears, laughs, and anxious parents? That’s right! School has started! It’s time for the first reality check and unfortunately it’s not always what we’d hoped for. It can be a confusing experience for a child.
Be patient, listen and stay calm, this will reassure your child and help him adapt to his new life.

My child tells me he doesn’t like school
DON’T DRAMATIZE and listen to him! We usually tend to speak for our kids! Let’s not look devastated and tell him the teacher must be amazing and that school is somewhere he’s sure to have fun. Let him express himself and come up with ideas together about what can be done to make it better. This will make him feel more secure in expressing his concerns and in finding solutions. Also, it’s important he understands that it’s in his own interest to go to school: knowledge acquisition and learning to grow up.

My child isn’t making friends
It will take new or shy children more time to make friends. Generally, no kid feels lonely more than a month and they all end up making friends eventually. By being a good listener and by inviting your child’s new friends home, it could help create bonding that will extend to the school playground!

My child is tired after school
That’s normal! The beginning of the school year is stressful for the whole family: getting back into routines, medical appointments, subscribing to extra-curricular activities, the schedule overload… And your child spends long days doing group activities, he needs time to adapt to this new pace. That is why it’s essential to keep an “awake-sleep-playtime” routine at home .
Quick tip: Spend family time playing board games; it encourages daily communication and sharing in a fun way. In addition, a child will be more inclined to do his homework knowing there will be a fun game afterwards.

Never forget that all children have their own pace and individual needs which you must respect if you want them to build their confidence. Keep listening to what and how children go through what they go through in their daily lives, and never forget that love, sharing and time are most often the winning trio for them to progress and adjust smoothly.

Aude Mahoudeau - Campoyer Sophrologist & Hypnotherapist
Web: www.sophrologyhk.com
Facebook: Sophrology HK and Hypnotherapy by Aude Mahoudeau

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