Thursday, October 4, 2007

More difficult jigsaw puzzle and learning words

After coming back from Hotel stay and saw that Ethan can complete the jigsaw puzzle quite fast, mummy decided to let Ethan try the new puzzle which doesn't have any picture underneath. Ethan took two days to master it although this new puzzle does not have an picture underneath to guide him.




Observed that Ethan likes to take the small flashcards which mummy put into the container and asks mummy to teach him the words. This is a good sign as he has the initiative and eagerness to learn by himself instead of adult wanting him to learn. Like this he should be able to learn very fast. Today he managed to pick up the 16 Chinese words correctly when mummy asked him to find the words.

First mummy tried to adopt the Glenn Doman method but it seems like Ethan doesn't really like this method. Doman recommended the steps as per below:

1) the card and the word need to be big so that it is easy for the kid to learn. Mummy tried to flash the big cards but Ethan doesn't like it, so mummy had made the small cards.

2) 5 set of 5 words and 5 times per day. One time only can flash maximum 5 words. But mummy only flash the card one or two time per day and flash all the card. Sometime flash more than 100 cards.

No matter what method is used as long as Ethan can learn and have fun that is enough. I guess every child is different and require different kind of teaching method in order to learn and achieve the same end results.

Mummy is still headache is to how to do the maths as Ethan does not seem to like the method that mummy follow. The Doman method of teaching maths does not work on Ethan. Still thinking hard trying to find a way.

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