train up a child in the way he should go:
and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
proverbs 22:6
related article: on child discipline.
by: janet
Archive for June, 2008
train up a child
Monday, June 16th, 2008it does pay off
Sunday, June 15th, 2008This post was written on April 2007, when my boy was 2.5 years old.
I started reading to my son when he was 3 months old. I noticed he had one particular story he liked… and that was Peter Pan. Everytime I read to him, he would laugh like crazy! Of course, I would read other books as well, including the Book of Psalm from the Bible… that, too he would laugh everytime I read it. I read to him, but it wasn’t regular, until he reached the stage when he didn’t wanna go to sleep until you read a story book to him. The ever present Peter Pan story has been always included during reading time.
Tonight, my husband Peter and I tried… just to see whether our son knew the flow of the story already or not coz he has heard it almost every night. We tested… Peter started reading and paused… and to our amazement, he filled out every word Peter has left out! We were so surprised! I didn’t expect it… we just wanted to see whether he knew the story line or not.
It really does pay off… to read to kids every time. Now I have to start with Samantha. I have read to her already but not on regular basis. It is really encouraging to know this new discovery. I am so proud of him (or maybe us?.. for reading to him). Hehehe.
Also, I mentioned in my previous blog that while Peter (my husband, not Pan), was in Phuket, Schenker boy and I watched the same Barney program over and over again. I almost went nuts just thinking of Barney… until one time, I led him to sing the alphabet song. I haven’t taught him this yet but it’s included in the Barney program. Again, to my surprise, he could sing the alphabet song already! Repitition does help… or watching educational programs does… whatever. These days I get too lazy to sit down and teach our boy. So i leave it all to Barney. Hehehe.
Anyways, we’re planning (again) to send him to school in July. Actually we wanted to send him to school in January already but we postponed coz we thought he was too young to be sent there. He’s not even potty trained! (But the school said it’s ok… they could train him – that would be a big relief for me then – hehehe). We’ll see.
My point here is: repetition does really help.
by: janet
Good Morning Me
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
“Parent-child vocal play that involves strategic sound repetition can be great fun for both parent and child. This book provides parents with some wonderful tools for establishing a strong basis for intelligible speech.”
-Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, Ph.D., Vice Provost and associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Equity at the University of Colorado at Boulder
by: janet
food-hygiene tips
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Although we often worry about food poisoning when we eat in restaurants or order food from take-away outlets, we are more likely to become sick as a result as a result of our own lapses in hygiene. It’s vital to observe the following basic food-hygiene measures:
- wash your hands before and after preparing raw meat, poultry and fish
- don’t use the same chopping board when cutting up raw and cooked meat.
- bring food to the boil quickly and cook it thoroughly.
- don’t keep food warm for long periods, but instead, eat it as soon as possible after it’s been cooked.
by: janet
