Saturday, November 28, 2015
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Jaden's First Safety Handbook
J is 30 months old yesterday, time for these two important books, Safety and Manners. Here is the Safety book.
The illustrations are taken from: http://tintuconline.com.vn/ky-nang/canh-bao-cha-me-nhung-tai-nan-hay-xay-ra-voi-tre-p1092c1163n20151113212143082.vnn
J only gets to see the drawings after reading the words (the book is folded). I explain the situation in more details when he sees the drawings (with face expression and sound effect of course ^_^)
The book is in 11 pages. I sent the file to my husband to do the spelling check, will add the PDF file for the one who need.
The illustrations are taken from: http://tintuconline.com.vn/ky-nang/canh-bao-cha-me-nhung-tai-nan-hay-xay-ra-voi-tre-p1092c1163n20151113212143082.vnn
J only gets to see the drawings after reading the words (the book is folded). I explain the situation in more details when he sees the drawings (with face expression and sound effect of course ^_^)
The book is in 11 pages. I sent the file to my husband to do the spelling check, will add the PDF file for the one who need.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Time for mahjong :)
Nothing is easier than making a toddler happy.
Your two bare hands and a tiny object will do the trick well too. J loves this game, he can laugh his heart out all over again.
Your two bare hands and a tiny object will do the trick well too. J loves this game, he can laugh his heart out all over again.
Reading time...
This is the 30 years old book, father to son :)
Learning words in pair is good, easier to understand and more effective in memorizing.
I'll make a book following this one. Put in new sentences, new words in different familiar topics. There will be some illustrations too. Time to use my imagination and artistic skills (not that great but it's just fine for my son atm :)). Our very first proper book will be released soon (I'm the writer, J is the main character), it will be fun though.
Learning words in pair is good, easier to understand and more effective in memorizing.
I'll make a book following this one. Put in new sentences, new words in different familiar topics. There will be some illustrations too. Time to use my imagination and artistic skills (not that great but it's just fine for my son atm :)). Our very first proper book will be released soon (I'm the writer, J is the main character), it will be fun though.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Friday, September 4, 2015
Countries and flags.
Just leave them on the couch. He loves me to read for him (he'll repeat after me) whenever I have free time.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Son, I love you, I really do...
My Jaden turns 27 months 1 week today.
With greater control of his hands, he is able to do more tasks for himself. He is able to feed himself (with a little support from me), to help dress and undress himself, to brush his own teeth (I brush them first, then hand him the brush for him to do by himself). What he needs from me are the encouragement and plenty of opportunities to practice.
There are still some resists, but he is often cooperative. For example, he held it tighter and turned away when I asked him to give me back the object in his hand. I consistently repeated "give it to me please" and showed my hand in front of him, he would return it after my 3rd or 4 th attempt. We do lots of role plays, I make sure that he understand the meaning of sharing toys, taking turns and caring for others feelings. I encourage him to use words to express what he wants, make him to repeat after me the needed sentences, word by word. He loves to be around other children. He loves to make me tell him plenty of stories about everything in his sight, whether a fan, an air con or even the ceiling.
Jaden is still co-sleeping with us. He will sleep in his own room when he is 4 or whenever he is ready for it. Sleeping alone in our cozy, familiar room won't scare an adult a bit, a night in a museum or a strange cottage deep in a forest might be a different story. To an infant or a toddler, our nice, cozy home might be a full of adventures land with giant things and loud noises. The child has to be taught to be independent. Yes, with appropriate tasks for your child's abilities at his age, not by CIO (cry it out) - letting babies get distressed is a practice that can damage children and their relational capacities in many ways for the long term. The film is rated for a reason, there are different appropriate perceptions for different ages. Inappropriate teachings lead to wrong lessons and harmful, unexpected side affects. Those little people' s undergoing rapid brain growth and soul immune systems will be built strongly if they receive enough trust and a sense of security. Thus, they will grow up to be a fine person, full of love, independent and trustworthy.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/moral-landscapes/201112/dangers-crying-it-out
With greater control of his hands, he is able to do more tasks for himself. He is able to feed himself (with a little support from me), to help dress and undress himself, to brush his own teeth (I brush them first, then hand him the brush for him to do by himself). What he needs from me are the encouragement and plenty of opportunities to practice.
There are still some resists, but he is often cooperative. For example, he held it tighter and turned away when I asked him to give me back the object in his hand. I consistently repeated "give it to me please" and showed my hand in front of him, he would return it after my 3rd or 4 th attempt. We do lots of role plays, I make sure that he understand the meaning of sharing toys, taking turns and caring for others feelings. I encourage him to use words to express what he wants, make him to repeat after me the needed sentences, word by word. He loves to be around other children. He loves to make me tell him plenty of stories about everything in his sight, whether a fan, an air con or even the ceiling.
Jaden is still co-sleeping with us. He will sleep in his own room when he is 4 or whenever he is ready for it. Sleeping alone in our cozy, familiar room won't scare an adult a bit, a night in a museum or a strange cottage deep in a forest might be a different story. To an infant or a toddler, our nice, cozy home might be a full of adventures land with giant things and loud noises. The child has to be taught to be independent. Yes, with appropriate tasks for your child's abilities at his age, not by CIO (cry it out) - letting babies get distressed is a practice that can damage children and their relational capacities in many ways for the long term. The film is rated for a reason, there are different appropriate perceptions for different ages. Inappropriate teachings lead to wrong lessons and harmful, unexpected side affects. Those little people' s undergoing rapid brain growth and soul immune systems will be built strongly if they receive enough trust and a sense of security. Thus, they will grow up to be a fine person, full of love, independent and trustworthy.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/moral-landscapes/201112/dangers-crying-it-out
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Monday, August 10, 2015
Be nice to friends...
J loves to go to the playground and meet friends.
This is the book about sharing and being nice. The vocabulary stick works well too. I'll go through the stick with him whenever I have a chance. This stick will be put on the couch, anytime J gets bored with his blocks, he will have a look and read, quite a number of words he can memorize by this way.
This is the book about sharing and being nice. The vocabulary stick works well too. I'll go through the stick with him whenever I have a chance. This stick will be put on the couch, anytime J gets bored with his blocks, he will have a look and read, quite a number of words he can memorize by this way.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
New book series for J "My daily activities"
Referring to the attached video, I made these 3 books for J about his daily activities, an A4 paper for each book. He loves them.
He is doing well with the final sounds and sound combinations, clearer and smoother as "st" step; "xt" in next, "ft" in after...
https://youtu.be/1kZJAxBTMJI
He is doing well with the final sounds and sound combinations, clearer and smoother as "st" step; "xt" in next, "ft" in after...
https://youtu.be/1kZJAxBTMJI
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Books for early readers
This website has good stories for early readers: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories
Jaden loves to watch and listen to a 15 minutes series of short stories every night. I chose the stories which have simple sentences, simple grammars, repeated sentences. I blacklisted those violent story (Little Red Ridding Hood), bad behavior stories (Jack And The Beanstalk, The Greedy Hippo).
After a few weeks, I am going to let Jaden actually read them (he would know daftly the content of the stories by then) . By registering to be their member, you are allowed to print the stories (PDF files). I personally don't like the story format and I don't think it is suitable for early readers. Thus, I'll copy the stories into word files, edit them following "Peter and Jane" format, without illustrations. Besides, I'll refer to those stories to continue writing "Jaden and friends" series too :)
Jaden is currently reading this "book" before his bed time.
Jaden loves to watch and listen to a 15 minutes series of short stories every night. I chose the stories which have simple sentences, simple grammars, repeated sentences. I blacklisted those violent story (Little Red Ridding Hood), bad behavior stories (Jack And The Beanstalk, The Greedy Hippo).
After a few weeks, I am going to let Jaden actually read them (he would know daftly the content of the stories by then) . By registering to be their member, you are allowed to print the stories (PDF files). I personally don't like the story format and I don't think it is suitable for early readers. Thus, I'll copy the stories into word files, edit them following "Peter and Jane" format, without illustrations. Besides, I'll refer to those stories to continue writing "Jaden and friends" series too :)
Jaden is currently reading this "book" before his bed time.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
He loves anything blue...
After reading this blue colour story a few times, Jaden started to make up his own homework. Everything in sight would be in his nonstop Q/A: what color is the table, the table is grey; what color is Dad's shirt, Dad's shirt is green...
And yes, this is what I want him to have: the ability of using language to explore the world. To a toddler, even his home is full of adventures.
And yes, this is what I want him to have: the ability of using language to explore the world. To a toddler, even his home is full of adventures.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
What to do with lots of milk container metal lids?
This is my simple wall decor with those metal lids, they go well with the metal clock.
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