Time to teach

1st July, first day of a new month. It shall be the day I start to teach 妹妹. I have wasted too much time already. I’ll be using the flash cards method. I have prepared a few new sets of flash cards. Just can’t seem to locate the soft copies of some cards I did for 哥哥. Maybe I just have to spend time redoing it again.

Anyway, this is how I do it. I will start with 3 sets of 10 cards each (30 cards). Although, my friend said it should be at least 5 sets (50 cards). I can increase later.

The sets are categoried by subjects, Shapes, Colours, etc. Each card has picture printed on one side and word on the back. I will flash the word, said the word and turn it around to show the picture. Once I am done with one set, I will mark on the schedule sheet so I can keep track of the no. of times I have shown my daughter. I will try to show the cards 2 times for 15 days. That means a total of 30 times for each set. Once I reach 30 times, I change to another set.

You can test you child at the end of the whole session. Show him/her 2 cards, eg, Square and Circle. Then ask him/her to pick up Square. See if it works. I taught 妹妹 when she was 6 mths, using Flash Cards. I showed her, Body Part, Number, Days, Months. These were without pictures. When I ask her to pick up a card, 90% she was correct. I must be determine to continue for my daughter’s sake.

Yellow-face Panda

My husband has been taking this corresponding degree course for a long time, doing one subject at a time. With his nature of work, I don’t know how his perseverance & endurance level can still be so high.

Everyday, except Sunday, he reach home around 8pm, take his bath, his dinner then head straight to the study table and bury his head in his books. Urgh! I don’t think I can do this. I will just fall asleep! Haa!

Recently, he has been staying up late (till past mid-night) as his exam is around the corner. I stayed up a few nights to make supper for him. Gosh! I felt my eyelids weigh a thousand tones this morning! I think I might just collapse anytime. Ha ha!

Remember how I could go drinking with my girlfriends at lounges and chat till wee hours and still wake up to go to work the next morning. Ahhh … Those were the days! If I continue to stay up late, I’ll soon be a yellow-face panda! Maybe I do miss being young. Haa!

No more late nights for me today. I need a break. He will have to eat bread for supper tonight. Haa!

Wonderful 哥哥

I have been feeling lousy today. Fever and bodyache! 哥哥 has been such a dear today. Tried as far as possible to be a good boy. Didn't even make me angry; not even once. Even helped take care and play with 妹妹 so I could take a snooze. I can even hear their laughters thru out! Wished he could behave like this everyday!

Blink-Blink

I'm not sure when 妹妹 started to carry and hug her pillow whenever I tell her I'm going to carry her! Hmm. Even when I throw her pillow aside, she will promptly pick it up then comes to me with it. Haa! Anyway, today she was hugging her pillow (as usual) while I feed her milk. She suddenly blink to me when I looked at her. I thought it was just a coincidence. But no! She started blinking at me again, this time laughing with the bottle still in her mouth. Haaa! When I put her back to her cot after her feed, she was still blinking at me. Cheeky girl!