just ignore. nothing to be alarmed. children will pick up on their own and self correct as they grow. that is how they learn language.
that is also how we should teach language. best method is to expose them to the language and speak them at home.
we are living as a nuclear family - mommy, daddy, him. so there is only that many language that we can speak.
i try to speak cantonese to hubs as much as possible because in doing so, i can also learn!
babysitter and family speak mandarin to him. we begged babysitter to speak hakka to him but we got turned down :) nevertheless, we are happy with his mandarin proficiency. sabah's mandarin is way gentler to the ear than peninsular's.
whenever we go home to my parents house or inlaws, they both are from different clan.
MIL - fu zhou and FIL - hakka. nevertheless they are conversing in cantonese to one another.
kj was confused and he doesnt fancy it when MIL speaks fu zhou to him. he thought MIL was being naughty and he digested it in mandarin, hence trying to correct MIL.
Recent activities:
sea animals puzzle from Popular bookstore.
at this age, he is still not a puzzle boy. not sure if i have mentioned, he is a lazy thinker. while executing this activity, he will go "mommy how? " a 100 times!
usually i'll get so sick of it till i'll walk away :p so poor daddy needs to chaperone.
he can *sort* of complete them on their own i think? well when i see him giving up, i have no choice but to encourage and helped a wee bit.
colourful ikea bowl. i think EVERYONE has it ;)
played with play dough last weekend. this time! he was eager to play with them.
learning how to cut with a knife.
he made burger!
his creation was on the right, mine was on the left.
u cant believe how ecstatic i was! ;)
finally he is not afraid to rub and roll the dough!
now im getting excited, looking at places to buy the playdough maker set! ELC mother care or melissa and doug. doubt kota kinabalu has it. boo
and i was really disappointed that our short trip back home was ruined by the election date. we couldnt stay in KL hence no shopping and we missed the Goldilocks and the Three Bears Musical.
all because of the election. sorry, im not a fanatic so i would not buy tickets just to fly home to vote. call me irresponsible or ignorant i dont care. family comes first. i will not SPEND money on flight tickets just for that. but let is call it fate. the DATE has to fall on our homecoming vacation, sigh. hence all my plans were cancelled. sobs.
ok, i digressed.
with play dough, children can learn Math as well!
how many balls are there in the bowl? five!
and u see the green ball? we learn colours! primary and secondary colour.
i made three colours - pink, blue and yellow because they are only what i have.
noticed that he was playing in the kitchen? that was because we were busy cooking.
the pan contained ingredients for jap chae korean food. we bought the vermicelli from a korean shop.
kota kinabalu has many korean expatriates. i think they could easily make up the highest population of expats here.
well the season in our kitchen now is Japan! so we have lots of japanese condiments. will post up the japanese food that the chef had whipped up, produced in our very own kitchen :)
the jap chae was so tasty that the 3 of us sucked it up and i could only manage this pic (below) when i could take a breather.
the father can eat very fast, so i must catch up :p
this is kj's last few mouths :)
he has reached his sensitive period for Arithmetic. therefore i must seize the opportunity to do math with him.
problem is: he does not have the patience or concentration to sit through the entire series of work.
i would not force him henceforth would glumly put them away. then, this little imp will move from one activity to the other, all unfinished.
? it makes me think, is that OKAY?
kj is 39 months old
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