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Friday, October 13, 2006

Happy Chat

I called Teacher Linda yesterday while Qianyi was taking her nap. I asked her if Qianyi's still attending the clay lessons. According to her, Qianyi's still scared of the clay teacher but she didn't cry anymore. She's actually accepting him. They let her play with the clay in her classroom. They will put her back in the clay class when she's not scared anymore.

I asked Teacher Linda if the clay teacher really looked scary. I wonder how he looks like. Why is Qianyi so terrified of him? The answer I received from Teacher Linda was somewhat amusing. "No no....he looks ok to me..but of course, not as handsome as your husband!" We both laughed...:)

I then told her about Qianyi's speech assessment. I asked if it's normal that Qianyi still doesn't speak much at this age. She told me there are kids that started talking at age 3. She said Qianyi's been learning and she has shown some improvements. She taught Qianyi what to do in the classroom when she reaches school in the morning. First, she would put her bag in the cubbyhole. Second, she would take her water bottle out of the bag. Third, she would drink water from her bottle. When it's time to change her pull-up diaper, she would take it out of her bag. She follows Teacher Linda everywhere, even when she goes to toilet. If Teacher Linda asks her if she needs to pass urine, she would point to her pull-up. Sometimes the older kids would ask her if she needs to go to toilet, she would point to her pull-up too..Teacher Linda told me she's a smart girl. She enjoys interacting with her friends too. She would say hello to them and talk to them in baby language. :)

I really enjoyed the chat with Teacher Linda. She's a good teacher. Qianyi's very scared of Indians but this Indian teacher managed to win her heart.

9 Comments:

At October 13, 2006 11:59 AM, Anonymous Jan said...

see, Qianyi's adapting pretty well now, she is still scared but at least she isn't crying anymore....probably instead of withdrawing her from her clay class, you might have to sign up for more lessons...kekekek

 
At October 13, 2006 2:50 PM, Blogger LZmommy said...

That's a gd progress :)

Whenever I pick him up, I try to ask the teacher what they do in class and when we get home, I will ask him and encourage him to tell me what he did. This probably help him to relate to me what happen in school. Perhaps u can do the same for Qianyi? And the class has show & tell session where everyone has to bring in something to talk abt. This also help him to speak out loud. Hope this will help. :)

 
At October 13, 2006 3:25 PM, Blogger kelly said...

jan,
I would like to sign her up for gymnastics workshop and I'm sure she'll enjoy it..but I saw the gymnastics instructor's photo..it's a fat bald-head male Caucasian... I think Qianyi will be scared of him too..

mybabies,
I don't get to speak to her teacher when I pick her up because she's too busy and she's going to start the afternoon classes soon. We have a communication book. We wrote down our questions twice and she called to tell me what actually happened when she's free. So now, I think it's easier to call her straightaway in the late afternoon before she knocks off if I want to know anything about my girl.

Thanks, I do ask her what she does in school after I pick her up but she doesn't know how to answer yet. She can speak single words and sometimes 2-word phrases. I'll try harder...:p

 
At October 13, 2006 5:02 PM, Blogger blurblur said...

There, mummy dun have to worry too much, QIanyi is progressing well! :)

But i know it's easier to said than done, i worried practically about everything too..hehe..;p

 
At October 13, 2006 11:03 PM, Anonymous huisia said...

Thumb up to QianYi, so mommy finally could relief now lol!

Try showing her storybook that with pictures, and let her be the protagonist. Then you can lead her to create her own story, it helps to boost her speaking.

Don't worry if she doesn't know how to tell you about her school's life, but you can lead her too. Try to give her options, you just repeat the answer A for her if she choose A. Then you ask her again. Constant asking and telling will help too.

 
At October 14, 2006 7:10 PM, Anonymous Joelle's mmy said...

真替你感到欣慰!
现在放心了吧?

 
At October 14, 2006 7:33 PM, Blogger chiakichan said...

搞不好倩仪以后也和爸爸一样是个演说专家?妈咪不要太担心了!

 
At October 16, 2006 10:47 AM, Blogger IMMomsDaughter said...

I like Teacher Linda. Lol. She's very positive & encouraging. It's good to hear that Qianyi is improving & interacting well with her classmates :)

 
At October 16, 2006 5:39 PM, Blogger kelly said...

huisia,
Thanks for your tips! Now I keep talking and repeating the same things to her. It's ok if she doesn't respond. I just keep talking until she responds..haha..

荦怡妈咪,
现在比较放心了一点,因为她似乎在进步中,“声音”越来越多了。

丽君,
演说专家?没这么贪心,只要会讲话就行了。

immomsdaughter,
I like Teacher Linda too.. She's easy-going, friendly and the most important thing is, my girl likes her.

 

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