Revisited the Public library

Today mother asked daddy to drive us to the library again. We have stopped borrowing books since April month. Few weeks back mother started to read again to Ethan so it is better to borrow some English books to him instead of only reading Chinese story books to him.

Yes, Ethan is back again as himself. He likes to listen to the story again. Few days of nonstop reading did restore back his interest in the books. Following days will be the busy day for mother because mother need to check the dictionary again for those new books....

Circle the words

Recently Ethan likes to circle those Chinese words that he doesn't know how to pronounce. He will ask mother to teach him. Even though he cannot instantly remember them but mother is pleased with his learning attitude.

Knowing that it is not easy to learn Chinese so we let him take his own sweet time. What we hoped is that he will keep his interest on learning. That alone is enough for us.

His toy

Daddy said that Ethan's toy is simple and easy to find. We did not spend much money to get them. Past few months he was interested with time. So he will bring along the digital clock given by the bank with him. He learns how to read the time in analog and digital. Recently he is interested with the calender, we just provided him the paper calender that we received from grandpa. He learned the month like in Jan got 31 days, Feb got 28days and every 4 years Feb month has got 29 days and etc. He even know today is what date better compared to us. Everyday when he wakes up he will tell us today is what date.

What we can say is that his toy is free of charge and we can find it in our normal life...Now let's wait and see what will be the next toy for him....

Recent routine

Ever since we let him walk on the trade mill, he wants to exercise on this machine everyday. If his wakes up late after his nap time, he will insist wanting to have it even though it is already 8 something at night. We know that he will not give up and will do it even after his bath. We let him walk on the machine about 10 to 15 min before we bathe him.

We did not restrict him from doing this. Mainly because it is an exercise for him since he is not really good in physical movement. We hoped that with this he will improve in his physical strength.

Do you know the name of the game?

We only remember that we did play this game before when we were kid.. Now is Ethan's turn to play it with us.

Special note

You see, mother got accumulated the dust on those Chinese flash card ever since we bought it. Mother seldom use it because Ethan doesn't show any interest in it. So in order not to dampen his interest on learning the Chinese word, mother only read the Chinese story books to him instead of asking him to recognize the words.

Few months ago, mother did successfully let Ethan learned the 9x9 multiply table or 3 words chant on the way to school. So mother got the idea that why not try this way too with Chinese. Mother started with a small note for him. Greeting word for him before start learning of Chinese words. Mother wrote down 5 new words for him to learn on the way, whether he likes it or not still a question mark but at least under non forcing and relax situation. Hope that this method can work.

Time before he sleep

This was another bonding and learning time for us. At night when we switch off the light, mother and Ethan will have some spelling game before he actually falls in sleep. He will request mother to ask him how to spell those words. Sometime we switch the role, he will ask back his mother how to spell.

With this, he learns the spelling fast and he is happy with his accomplishment. Sometime mother wants to stop the game because of sleepiness but he insisted mother to ask him more. Mother has to bargain with him in order to stop the game by promising to ask him another two more words....

Today.....

Today daddy brought him to the barber shop to cut his hair. Back home, he brought along this Chinese comic book. According to daddy he was reading this book while waiting for daddy to cut hair. The barber shop uncle lent him the book since he insisted wanting to finish reading it.

Now the book is still with us, we hoped that next time when we bring him to cut his hair, he will return this book back....

Lamb hat ...

He likes to wear this hat when we were back in Kedah.

When...?

Ethan sat on the staircase while mother was mopping the floor. He asked when can he mop the floor? Mother said to wait until he grows up a bit. He asked again is it 6 years old? Mother cannot give him a particular time frame but just promised him that he can start with lapping the cabinet or book shelves first.

His past time

Today mother let him practice his hand skill with scissor. He needs to color the picture and cut it out to paste on the correct place. He did it very well because all was done by him without mother's help.

Finished his masterpiece

Mini Sport Day

Yes, finally Ethan gets to join the school event. These few days we did hope that everything was smooth sailing. We went to market to buy the bread for today sport day because we need to arrive at the field at 7.30am.

We managed to arrive on time but the sky was gloomy. There was a small rain drizzling as we parked our car. We brought along two umbrellas just in case. Luckily the rain stopped after awhile. At 8 something all the children need to straight file according to their team based on the color of their sports wear. There were few kids leading all the children marching into the field. After that, National Anthem, State song and school song "卫理幼儿园. The two warming up exercises had been danced by all the kids and including the parent participant before the sports events started.

There were several games played by the children like "Wild animal race", "Recycle game", "Drinking game", "Gunny sack" and the last game was the "Tug of war ".

The school stopped the game for the kids to have some drinks

The last game needed the parent to participate. According to daddy, Ethan was afraid when daddy was pulling the gunny sack.

After the game every kid has been given a whistle plus a bubble from the school. We went back home to let Ethan have a bath before we headed for lunch.....

What is he doing?

He was moving and sweating, what is he doing?
Ethan had been standing on the trade-mill machine to do his exercise. Since today is his first day so mother only let him walk on the machine for 10 minutes. Promised him to gradually increase the time and speed for him after some time.