Sunday, 17 October 2010

When Olivia is 20 months old


Week of 15 Oct 2010

Olivia is turning 20 months this week. What does a typical 20-month-old like to do?

She starts to say up to A,B, C, D, E,F.

She recognises ORANGE as a colour.

She counts with hint, she fills in the blanks in between the numbers.

She tries to dress herself, she could put both legs into the pants but will ask mommy to pull the pants up.

She chooses her TV program - 'mouse' (mickey mouse), 'ABC', 'spider', 'bear' (gummy bear), and she chooses certain gummy bear songs only, like nuki nuki, choka choka choka. She is bored of the typical old one.

She starts to form sentences with 2 nouns, like 'duck, water' (means she wants to bring the duck for her bath). 'apple, no more'.

She pours water on her high chair and licks them off like a dog. She drinks from a cup and wet herself. She knows that if she pour away her food, she doesn't have to finish it but she will get some scolding from mommy. She says 'sorry' sometimes, but hasn't mastered when to use the word properly.

She has adopted 'no' as her favourite word! 'e-yao' means 'no'!

Monday, 11 October 2010

宝宝阅读记之四:看图说故事

昨天我发现宁宁看书的技巧有了一点的进步。我们出席了社区图书馆的听故事活动,其中一本是五只猴子跳床然后跌倒的故事。之后我借了同一本书回家,晚饭后给宁宁讲了一遍。让我非常意外的是,她立刻从新翻读,然后以他有限的词汇讲故事给妈妈听。她认得出故事的重点,比如,猴子们去洗澡刷牙,上床睡觉,他们跟猴子妈妈说"night" (晚安)。然后猴子们上床跳跳跳,其中一只掉下床。宁宁会说:“didao (跌倒),痛痛”。然后故事一直重复,到所有顽皮的猴子们全从床上摔下来为止。最后一页,额头包着伤口的猴子们果然全睡着了,晓宁就说“ohng ohng (儿语睡觉的意思),妈咪, night (晚安)”。


从上个月的单纯看图认物,她开始展现掌握故事内容的技巧。当然选择适当的、在孩子理解能力范围之内的读物, 需要一点心思。 大人用心观察他们阅读能力的进展, 才能帮助孩子认识阅读、爱上阅读。 不过我想她还不能理解故事的中心思想。更有可能的是,如果她已会跳(一般19个月大的孩子还不会跳)她肯定会尝试一下模仿猴子在床上跳跳是什么滋味!


妈妈希望晓宁越来越喜欢阅读,尤其是看故事书。