Bing first day at school 5/9/2025

 

Rei-Song Pham 5/5/2025

 

Bright Horizons at East Village Daily Report May 05, 2025

Rei-Song Pham

Arrival & Pick Up Check In at 9:15 AM Pick Up at 5:39 PM

Bathroom Toilet 10:07 AM Toilet 12:39 PM Toilet 3:16 PM

Meals PM Snack 3:15 PM Yogurt and fruit Lunch 12:15 PM Food from home AM Snack 9:30 AM French toast sticks and fruit

Sleep Sleep 3:14 PM Slept for 1hr 39min from 1:34 PM to 3:14 PM

What in the World Happened Today Language and Literacy, Social and Emotional, Visual and Creative Arts Dots on Paper: Children gain a sense of independence and self-confidence as they help in the classroom. After engaging with art experiences, they practice self-help skills by taking proper care of their art materials as they clean up. At home, you can encourage your child to return art supplies to baskets or storage containers where they belong! Observation & Reflection Language and Literacy, Social and Emotional, Thinking and Learning Manipulative Line-Up: Many children enjoy arranging or lining up materials in a certain way. Though this may seem like a simple way to play, this promotes persistence as children follow through on a task, visual-spatial awareness, and helps develop hand-eye coordination. The way children choose to line up objects also demonstrates inventiveness in thinking. Language and Literacy, STEM, Social and Emotional Pass the Beanbag: Using a beanbag we have been working on passing from one person to another. It may sound simple, but passing requires that children not only coordinate their movements, but pay attention to the movements of others. To teach this, we remind children to pass gently with two hands and to make sure the other person is watching. Passing experiences also encourage sharing and turn-taking, skills that are still developing for young children.

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Rei 4/24/2025

Slept for 1hr 50min from 1:10 PM to 3:00 PM

What in the World Happened Today Health and Wellness, STEM FILL THE BUCKET We encouraged movement and helped children gain a greater understanding of quantity by transferring sand from one container to another. As one container is filled and another emptied, children learn about more and less, weight and capacity. STEM, Visual and Creative Arts MONOCHROMATIC ART Children explore tints and shades in colors as they use monochromatic supplies to create art. Today, we did this by creating collages using only one color. Children use their hands and fingers to manipulate the art supplies, while also learning to identify and differentiate slight similarities and differences in colors. Exploring colors and art is part of the Visual and Creative Arts element in our World at Their Fingertips curriculum, but also invites exploration of language, science, and math Language and Literacy, STEM EXPLORING LIGHT & PRISM Children explored refracted light by observing light shown through a prism. As we created rainbows on the floor and walls, the children noticed the colors and movement of the light. This encouraged children to try to "catch" the light and sparked conversations about light, color, and shadow.

 

Rei-Song Pham and Rei-Binh Pham

Rei-Song and Rei-Bing 

In Chinese, the name "Bing" can have several meanings depending on the characters and tones used:

1. 冰 (bīng): This character means "ice" or "icy." It is often associated with coldness and purity
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2. 兵 (bīng): This character means "soldier" or "military." It conveys a sense of strength and discipline
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3. 病 (bìng): This character means "disease" or "illness." It has a negative connotation and is less commonly used as a name
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Interestingly, when Microsoft introduced its search engine Bing in China, they chose the name "必应" (bì yìng), which means "certain to respond" or "will respond without fail." This name was selected to avoid negative connotations and to convey reliability and responsiveness

The name "Song" has several meanings and origins, particularly in Chinese and Korean cultures:

1. Chinese Origin: In Chinese, "Song" (宋) is a common surname. It can also mean "pine tree" (松), symbolizing longevity and resilience
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2. Korean Origin: In Korean, "Song" (송) is a common surname as well. It is derived from the Chinese character for "pine tree" (松), carrying similar connotations of strength and endurance
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The name "Song" is often associated with qualities like resilience, longevity, and strength due to its connection with the pine tree, which is known for its durability and ability to thrive in harsh conditions.

The names "Rei-Song" and "Rei-Bing" combine elements from different languages and cultures, each with its own unique meanings:

Rei-Song

• Rei: In Japanese, "Rei" can mean "beautiful," "lovely," or "graceful" depending on the kanji used. It can also mean "spirit" or "soul"
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  . In Hebrew, "Rei" means "my shepherd," "my companion," or "my friend"
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• Song: In Chinese, "Song" (松) means "pine tree," symbolizing longevity and resilience
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  . In Korean, "Song" (송) is a common surname with similar connotations
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Combining these, "Rei-Song" could be interpreted as "beautiful pine tree" or "graceful resilience," blending the qualities of beauty and strength.

Rei-Bing

• Rei: As mentioned, "Rei" can mean "beautiful," "lovely," "graceful," "spirit," or "soul" in Japanese, and "my shepherd," "my companion," or "my friend" in Hebrew
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• Bing: In Chinese, "Bing" (冰) means "ice" or "icy," symbolizing purity and clarity
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  . It can also mean "soldier" or "military" (兵), conveying strength and discipline
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Combining these, "Rei-Bing" could be interpreted as "beautiful ice" or "graceful soldier," blending the qualities of beauty and strength with purity and clarity.

These names are unique and carry rich, layered meanings from different cultural contexts. Do you have a specific context or character in mind for these names?

Rei 2/26/2025 - Rei's brother was born yesterday 2/25/2025 @ 2:40am

 

Rei-Song Pham

Arrival & Pick Up Check In at 8:44 AM Pick Up at 5:47 PM

Bathroom Toilet 10:20 AM Urine Toilet 12:47 PM Urine Toilet 3:19 PM Urine Toilet 4:51 PM Urine

Meals PM Snack 3:15 PM Rice cakes and applesauce Lunch 12:15 PM Food from home AM Snack 9:30 AM Yogurt and berries

Sleep Sleep 3:03 PM Slept for 1hr 22min from 1:41 PM to 3:03 PM

What in the World Happened Today Language and Literacy, STEM, Social and Emotional, Thinking and Learning Building on Different Surfaces: Our blocks area provides a wonderful open, flat space for building. But right now, we’re exploring different ways of building as we invite children to build and knock over structures on unique surfaces. Building on ramps or soft mats changes the way that children can build and balance materials, challenging their thinking and coordination skills. Health and Wellness, Language and Literacy, Social and Emotional To explore Early Math and Science, one of our Bright Horizons signature practices, we provided materials for children to experiment with balancing objects and balancing their bodies. Today children did this by walking across the balance beams As children explore balancing, the learn about actions and reactions, physics, and engineering. This kind of play encourages children to think critically and problem solve as they experiment with different types of materials to Health and Wellness, Language and Literacy, Social and Emotional Cause and Effect: Balance: To explore Early Math and Science, one of our Bright Horizons signature practices, we provided materials for children to experiment with balancing objects and balancing their bodies. Today children used the balance beam. As children explore balancing, the learn about actions and reactions, physics, and engineering. This kind of play encourages children to think critically and problem solve as they experiment with different types of materials to balance.