My Gal speaks “Ang Moh” now
While we were in the bathroom, turning the Grohe faucets, suddenly she said:
“Ma, may I go to the toilet, please?”
Haha….see my girl now could speak better English after she goes to school. We normally speaks Mandarin at home, plus a bit of English and Hokkien. In her pre-school the teachers speak mainly English and she really picks up a lot from there.
(Do note that each pre-school has different focus on their main language so it is wise to check in advance on what language you want your child to pick up in school)
Each night before sleep, QQ would ask me “What day is today” and “What day is tomorrow?”. She is always eager to find out whether she goes to school the next day, or it is public holiday.
To make it easy for her to remember, I wrote some cards and paste them on according to the arrival of the day on my curtain (started with Monday).
This morning, I asked her,
“Which is Wednesday?”
“The bottom one la….”
“Which is Monday?”
“The top one lor….”
Tips: I stick velcro from Mamy Poko diaper dehind the card so they can stick easily on my curtain!
we are the opposite
now my girl is beginning to speak mandarin… Jiang Hua Yu 
isnt that good to hear the kids learn more than one language?
my girl school medium also mandarin. now she speak 准华语, always correct my pronunciations now. hehe
keke………cute ler….
good job mommy
thanks Barb ;p
Qi Qi love to go to school and u’re so creative to do those card and place it on the curtain.
Annie, dono where else can stick la….
She’s vy clever… picked up the language vy fast. With ur effort n creativity in teaching her, soon she’ll be able to tell the days of the wk.
Wow, good job mommy.Qiqi is really clever, can learns fast just within a month. Good job to Qiqi too!
I believe children learn best thru play. No force learning is much more better….
i wan to take the velcro from momy poko too… hahah
they are pretty useful really…
oh I thought you speak english at home ^_^
nice to know that QQ is finally loving school.
we speak many languages….haha….
i tot u speak english at home too and qiqi in chinese kindy now. hahahaha…u really orang cheena eh.
my belle can speak malay and mandarin now! she picks up malay from mil n maid and chinese from kindy.
we actually speak “rojak” at home…so qiqi can understand simple english also la….
Children learns language very fast. now my gal can now speak Malay and Mandarin. She learns them from school and by watching TV. I think now she is learning Cantonese too from the TV drama we are watching.
QQ will surprised you day by day & you will notice her vocabulary increases dramatically.
good to go school early yeah…
very gd technique
hehe…thanks…
btw, I have a tagged for you.
8 things I am grateful for…
thanks…saw it, it is a good tag.
Wow! QiQi learning so fast and you see she begins to love school now. Keep up the good job, friend!
If only i let go earlier!
wah mami poko velcro tou mm fong kor? keng!
of course mah…so expensive wor…
QQ is quite fast picking up…..well done!
for my boys, they were quite reluctant to respond to mandarin in their 1st year, but this year being Year6, they began to be more receptive!!
half way reading, i was thinking how u stick them on d curtain……..can’t believe u r sticking with diaper sticker, hahaha
the cheapest and easiest way..hehe…
nice use on the mamy poko’s velcro… we speak mainly mandarin and simple english words with en en but she understand so well when we talk in malay with the maid, hokkien too!
good to expose them to more language earlier so that they dont feel afraid when meet other ppl who speaks oth languages :p
aiks poko velcro can stick on curtain? what material is the curtain?
hehe so she sure look fwd to sat & sun huh
Jaz, not very sticky but still can stick on any cloth :p
You can also try to get the 3M board. My brother got a few for me from S’pore. Just afix the board on the wall and you can ‘paste’ any type of paper onto the board without using any celo tape. It sticks by itself. Very handy. I use it to stick flash cards to teach my gals.
Shireen, i din know there is such thing. thanks for informing.
Wow, not bad huh, QiQi….Jona learn Mandarin in school too, but, talk a bit like ‘ang mo’…..aiyoo..but, he learn to use proper English a lot like ‘I want to pass urine or I want to pass motion’ instead of pee pee or poo poo…he,he
wow…that is definitely better than speaks the baby language, Jo…well done to u!
It’s great they learn a lot from school.
its fun to see they learn rather than being boring at home
My children only know Sat and Sun, the off days.
haha…those are most important days in their life!
cool. kids, they pick up words really fast. can she speak hokkien too? must be damn cute to hear a little girl speak hokkien.
yeah….now hb and i communicate in hokkien and is trying to teach her simple ones….
Hey! Good Idea! Using the velcro of the diaper ;p
haha……recylce yeah…
wowo that’s really a brilliant idea! i’ve learned something new again today! thanks for sharing!!
HEHE…my pleasure
Hi
Just found your blog at Technorati, and decided to check it out.
So great that your daughter is learning to speak other languages. This is a great time to learn everything, the best time ever in their lives, actually!
Love the velcro tip!
HI Preschool Mama…yeah..they really learn quick now.
Wah! Creative Monday tuesday teaching method!
SOon your qiqi gonna become an ang mo gal!
this is a good idea ..
Wow!!! What a fantastic idea!! On both counts! I’m gonna steal idea, ar???
can…can…