6/5/12
My daughter did something really strange this morning as she was using the iPad. At first, I didn't quite understand why every time she tapped on the next arrow that navigate to the next page, she took a quick step back. It looks like she was afraid to look at the screen for some odd reason. So I pretended to be busy reading something on my laptop while quietly observed what she was doing. I finally realized that the ABC's in the Starfall apps have these real pictures of different animals. What she was afraid of was those "scary looking" animals like a alligator, snake, and many others. Since Starfall is a very interactive apps for children, they would have picture of the alligator snapping its mouth with the snapping sounds or the lion roaring loudly. My daughter is such a big chicken! She is scared of every little moving things. She would jump up and scream if a fly flew by her face. Once, we were having dinner and an ant crawl by her feet, she would jump onto my husband's lap and scream. How could I help her overcome these silly fear?
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
counting beyond 10
6/5/12
Today, something amazing happen, my daughter was able to count beyond 10. My husband and I have been teaching her how to count over the past few months. She was beginning to get the hang of it. We did not expect her be able to count beyond 10 this quickly. She was playing with my color pencils and I decided to make an exercise out of it. We started the usual way by counting up to 5 and continue to add more until we get to 10, but today she continue to add more pencils. Eventually, she arranged all 18 pencils in a straight line. Initially, she was having a hard time counting until she recognizes a pattern when you count beyond 10. In English, when you count past 10, it becomes a totally different language until you get to sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen because you just add the -teen to what you know; where as eleven and twelve are on themselves and thirteen, fourteen and fifteen we use ordinal numbers for the prefix and add the -teen for the suffix. In Vietnamese, counting beyond 10 is a much more easier concept. When you get past 10 you just add the word 10 and the number you are counting. For example, 12 will become 10 and 2 and 14 will be 10 and four and hence for. With this type of pattern, she was able to understand that you will only have to add the prefix 10 before any number. I was so proud of her for recognizing the pattern and was able to apply it.
Today, something amazing happen, my daughter was able to count beyond 10. My husband and I have been teaching her how to count over the past few months. She was beginning to get the hang of it. We did not expect her be able to count beyond 10 this quickly. She was playing with my color pencils and I decided to make an exercise out of it. We started the usual way by counting up to 5 and continue to add more until we get to 10, but today she continue to add more pencils. Eventually, she arranged all 18 pencils in a straight line. Initially, she was having a hard time counting until she recognizes a pattern when you count beyond 10. In English, when you count past 10, it becomes a totally different language until you get to sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen because you just add the -teen to what you know; where as eleven and twelve are on themselves and thirteen, fourteen and fifteen we use ordinal numbers for the prefix and add the -teen for the suffix. In Vietnamese, counting beyond 10 is a much more easier concept. When you get past 10 you just add the word 10 and the number you are counting. For example, 12 will become 10 and 2 and 14 will be 10 and four and hence for. With this type of pattern, she was able to understand that you will only have to add the prefix 10 before any number. I was so proud of her for recognizing the pattern and was able to apply it.
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