Missy @ 27 months old

Missy can say numbers 1 to 10 clearly. 11-15 clearly 16 to 20 vaguely.

She still not able to recognise colour precisely, she will just say red or blue when i ask her any colours..

She knows Shapes like circle, triangle, square, heart, star very well. she still unable to tell shapes like rectangle, oval, pentagon, hexagon..

She knows her A to Z, she ecognise "A", "B", "C" letters.

more molar

missy's milk teeth is filling up. one more second molar popping out on her top.

Muak.

Missy @ 22 month-old

Missy's speech development is beyond my expectation. She can now say one, two to ten. i'm still wondering whether the "1,2,3,4,5, once i caught a fish aluve" is the source where she pick up the numbers..

she can say 3 words phrase now..and after starting her childcare, she seems to scream a lot.. this is the headache part. she will shout for things she wants. neighbour said maybe tt's the way they get attention among other children ? i dun think so la.

she pronounce her words clearer now and she understand both mandarin and english. which is the good thing which we have been trying to ensure since she was born.

how missy is growing.. she is now nearly 15kg and her 2-yo birthday is just next month. Oh gosh, her one-yo birthday is still clearly in my mind.. just like yesterday.

I wish my girl happy, healthy and smart.Muak

Words @ 20th Month old

72. Moon

73. Lion

74. star

75. ground - for playground

76. come

77. bee

76. grapes - she stillnot saying orange..

cant recall more. just amazing how a little baby now can speak so many words..

more wordsss

This morning missy woke up saying.. "two three four FIVE !!!" i thought i heard wrongly.. so i asked LGG, did you hear what i just heard ? he said yes.. we were again.. have a delightful morning surprise by missy..

her vocab is filling up fast.. so i keep telling her "one".. she will continue the rest,.. wow.. !!*impressed*

and she will said " hao chi" means nice to eat in mandarin today.. her one words has now evolving into two words and more.. string of words soon..

Way to go my girl !!

My Big Girl potty

Besides physical toilet training which involve bring her to toilet on time for her pee & poo.. and keep reminding her to tell before she wants to pee and poo..

I borrowed the Potty book for Missy to have a better idea of why she needs to go to toilet/potty before she needs to let go..




She loves this book and refuse to let me return .. sigh.. but she still pee and poo on diaper/nappy..

How to teach ?? Lost..

Speak more

Missy always surprised us with new words daily..

this morning she wakes up and said "pampers" while holding her diapers..OMG.. since when we teach her this ? we do always say pampers (instead of diapers) when we use it.. haaaa..

ok.. more updates:

68. pampers

69. eat

70. up

71. cheese --> another surprise when she first said it


i simply cant recall but i think there are more..this is my missy's sensitive stage for language.. thus it has proven.. she picks up fast now..

Language more updates

Missy can speak more words now.. she even have two words together now such as "Bu ya" aka "Don't want " in mandarine - well, very obvious her terrible two is revealing soon, they will say "No" to most things.. and last night she said " o o want" means she wants her pillow which she call " o o"

words she can say now, that i can recall, at 19th months:
43. ground --> for playground

44. plan --> for airplane

45. drink --> when she wants water, instead of "you"

46. yes --> with very obvious "s"

47. corn

48. book

49. draw

50. pig --> from her pig softie & the story of three little pigs

51. flower --> not that accurate yet

52. ter --> for water

53. fish

54. light

55. ring ring --> for telephone

56. ah yee --> for my sister

57. aunty

58. uncle

59. okto --> her favourite channel.

update : 11th May 09

60. open

61. brush teeth --> not very accurate yet, but she started two words now

62. Bu yao --> don't want in mandarine

63. flower

64. door

65. rice

66. Onion

67. shoes


She recognises all face organs like eyes/nose/ears/mouth/teeth/eye brow/hair/head in both english & mandarine. she can say them in english too. She knows tummy, fingers, toes, leg and hand. she can do mirror image meaning when we ask her where is mummy's nose ? she will point at my nose instead of her own nose.*Great job*

she recognise giraff, elephant but cannot say them yet.

She calls me mummy now.. * ohh...*

she can imitates our words very accurately sometimes and she repeated our words.

Great job my girl !

Life Practises - Brushing teeth with toothpaste

Today is the first time ever lil missy tried toothpaste. she loves it. We have been letting her brush her teeth using toothbrush for nearly 8-9 months now, after she is one yo.

Jenny recommended this brand : First teeth.- not cheap though one small tube sgd12 plus. but for baby safety, im willing to pay a bit more.

100% Ingestible Baby Toothpaste
Contains Milk Enzymes...The Best Natural Protection for Your Child's Teeth
Fluoride Free
For Ages 3 Months to 3 Years
Real Apple-Banana Flavor

Compared to Other Toothpastes, First Teeth®:

Contains No Fluoride or Saccharin

No Artificial Preservatives or Colors

Made with Natural Fruit Flavors

Totally Safe if Swallowed

Naturally protects, like Mother's Milk.


Directions: Wash hands. Place Infa-Dent® Baby Toothbrush as far as possible on index finger. Squeeze a small amount of First Teeth® Baby Toothpaste on bristles. Use small circular brushing motion on teeth and gums. Use daily, especially after meals.

Active Ingredients:Lactoferrin, Lysozyme, Lactoperoxidase (Enzymes are derived from milk and eggs)

Inactive Ingredients:Glycerin, Purified Water, Xylitol, Sorbitol, Propylene Glycol, Pectin, Xanthan Gum, Silica, Natural Apple flavor, Natural Banana Flavor, Calcium Lactate, Aloe Vera

Happy teeth brushing !

New Words

Today im surprised when missy said "touch touch" woah.. her vocab really is expanding.. she wants to touch the toys during our visit to Kiddy palace and keep saying touch and when we passed by Levi's shop, i war the hat onto her head.. after that she keeps saying hat hat.. so i got to really watch what i say.. she is learning fast..

Language updates

Missy is able to pronounce "s" now.. Yipee ! Good job my lil girl. we have been stressing on the "s" on her words. like " say pleasssseeee" " say bussss".

hey, the hard work paid off.. now missy says " please".. with the "s" and 'bus" with the "s" too.. heee..

So proud of her..

more words from missy:
27. pom pom - bathing

28. want want - means she wants something

29. play play - she wants to play on something

30. draw - she wants her arts set- scribbling

31. teeth

32. dog - she will follow with hoof hoof

33. cat - she will follow with miaoo

34. take take - when she wants us to give her something

35. nail nail - when she wants nail clipper

36. hair

37. mirror - learnt from HI-5 mirror mirror song

23/4/09
38. touch

39. hat

40. bag

41. eat

42. bread

There should be more but i cant recall now.

18 month old and she can say so much. how a child grow. Simply amazing and interesting !

More New words

The speed Missy picking up new words now is beyond our expectation. She can imitate the sound prety well now. 18 th month old really is a milestone

Some more words from Missy to-date:

8. clock - or tick tock - she say the same for watch

9. car - she say car for all vehicles except bus

10. buz - for bus , the 's' still a missing one

11. tar - for star with missing "s"

12. un - for Sun with missing "s"

13. fih - for fish with missing "s"

14. boy

15. girl

16. un-ty - mum always say look at aunty opposite exercise. she always say un0ty when look at opposite block

17. die-dao - fall down in mandarine

18. Nake - for snake

19. noze - for nose

20. eye - for eyes

21. mouh - for mouth

22. an mo - fro massage in mandarin, she likes to climb on our back when we lye on floor, so we always ask her to help us massage our back

23. book - for book

24. dan- for dance

25. Shoe- for shoes

26. Key - for key


Most of the words she pick up from our daily reading of Eric Carle book. The first words and animals.

Somehow, i still don't have much liking for Eric carle book. not as fun. We still read Let's go for a bear hunt & Goodnigh Moon.

There are some other words that Misys understands but unable to pronounce such as caterpillar (she is able to say pillar only) and rooster (she can point at the picture but not able to pronounce). It's ok as as we go along, she will pick it up. Shall record when she is able to add "s" into her vocab.

Dancing VCD - Hi-Five

Got the Hi-Five VCD for some time during expo. played once to missy when she is 13 months old or so, but she is not so interested. She prefer baby brainy then.

Recently, i play the VCD to her again, she just sit in front of the TV almost the whole VCD. haaa.. magic of movements to toddler.

The dancing is simple and the tune is catchy.. i even can memorise the tunes in my head now..

Missy is trying out some of the moves but still not that good. a bit stiff.. geess.. maybe like her mummy. no talent in dancing ? but she shake better than me, that's for sure :)

My New Words

Today ( 1 week before 18th month old ) Missy can say the following new words:

1. pain pain with ouch - when she scratch herself or we pretend play

2. open - when she wants us to open bottle/cap

3. go go - direct us to go somewhere

4. thanks - minus the 's'

5. bed - her bed

6. apple - she can say it very precisely, maybe cos we always give her apple juice and also sing the ants on the apple song

7. Plea aka please
We always insist she say please before we give her things, she has since pick up this word and again without the 's'

shall record when have more..way to go my girl !

Development @ 17th months old

Missy is 17th months old now. she has great improvement in speech compare to last month.

New words she can say:
1. woo woo aka walk walk
whenever she wants to come down to walk on her own, she will point to the floor and said woo woo.. and i have to always correct her walk. walk. then she will say woo. woo. * eyes rolling *

2. shoo aka Shoes
She will point at the shoes rack at balcony for us to take her shoes and wear shoes when she is ready to go out from home.

3. rain aka rain
The pronunciation is not so accurate but she manage to say it which we understand she means rain. all thanks to the rhymes "rain rain go away "

4. mi mi aka mummy
she still refuse to call me. she knows im her mummy, but when ask to call mummy, she the most say mi mi.

5. Gong gong aka her grandpa or any old man
last time she used to say gum gum. now she pronounce it correctly and she call gong gong whenever she see old man in pictures/tv or even neighbour.

6. o o aka sleeping
she will say o o when she wants to sleep or she wants to drink milk cos we usually bring her to bed before she drink milk

7. woof woof aka dog
she still say woof woof even i keep correcting her to call dog not call woof woof

8. mao mao aka cat
maybe cos we introduce cat by saying "miao miao" so now she stuck to mao mao..shall correct her.

9. bear bear aka her stuffed bear
this is the most accurate she can say. haaa

10. you aka water
we still scrathcing head why she wants water and say you. we never teach her water is you. *fainted* correcting her whenever she ask for water and say you.


will teach her more words using three period lesson method. she knows many things but cant say it out yet.

Im still reading her Goodnight Moon, Corduroy & we're going on bear hunt ! she loves these stories.

Happy growing up !

Phonics

I bought the phonics Ants on the Apple songs and CD last year from the online Montessoru shop. Play for Missy but she does not seem to stay on for the whole CD. usually she is interested only for the first few alphabets with me and the pictures in the book came along with the CD.

Jenny feedback to me that the CD works for her son who is turning 4 this year. So i guess must be effective ?

thus, instead of playing the CD. i just sing the tune to her. This is much more effective actually.the tune is "Skip to my Lou"

A:
Ants on the apple "a a a"
Ants on the apple "a a a"
Ants on the apple "a a a"

"a" is the sound of "A"

B:
Balls are bouncing " b b b"
Balls are bouncing " b b b"
Balls are bouncing " b b b"

"b' is the sound of "B"

i introduce two alphabets first. so not to confuse her at this stage.

when i sing "a" she will follow with "a a a" and when i ask her "a" if the sound of ? she will sometimes reply with "A"

when i sing balls are bouncing .. she will " b b b".. and she will say "b" is the sound of "B"

but sometimes she mixed up.. when i ask her "a" is the sound of ? she will reply "B".. haaa.. anyway, we are having fun with the songs instead. while learning without she knowing it.

Great right ?

BFIR - after-tot

I've been reading the three BFIR books to Missy since last friday. the result is rearding.

Missy is able to say night night whenever i read the goodnight moon to her. She will do a hug hug with me on the last page of corduroy. that's when lisa becomes corduroy's friend and gave him a hug. Missy enjoys the bear hunt adventures in we're going on a bear hunt. she will points at the bear when we found the bear at the cave.

Shall continue to read to her so that i can continue with the rest of the activities when she is older.

I believe early education helps to stimulate toddler's mind !

Update on 20th Feb 09
One unexpected finding froms goodnight moon. all pictures have a mouse,the position keep changing in all coloured pages. i somehow noticed that. so i ask missy to look for the mouse whenever i flip to the coloured pages. "Where is the mouse ?" she will search for the mouse in the page and happily point at the mouse, when she foudn it to me ! good stimulation right ? heee.

Sponge in the water

I've got these sponges ages ago. my aim is to do some arts with missy. But, it's too early to start with water colour. she is now using colour pencils and crayons at this stage.

i started introducing sponge to missy is to let her have some sensorial stimulation as it has two different texture, one is rough (like sand paper) and another side is soft and spongy. she likes to play with these sponges with different colours, she will take the sponge to scrub on paper or floor.

since recently, i noticed missy show minimum interest with her toys, so i let her play the sponges in a basin of water.. let her see how the sponge become full with water and when i press the sponge, the water just leak out and the sponge can be soaked with water again..

i let her try on her own, she simply thrilled with it and so excited abt it. she press the sponge, put it again into the basin to soak with water, repeatingly.

of course, it wet the floor, which i well prepared by placing a mat below the basin.

a simple/cheap/fun game to engage with our litle ones which stimulate her senses and refine her fine motor skill

Development - Flash Cards

Missy today surprised me by responding positively to my teaching using Montessori three period lesson.

My previous post on three Period lesson http://muminwork.blogspot.com/2008/08/montessorithe-three-period-lesson.html

The basic of Three period lessons:
Stage 1
take 3 objects. Place one of the objects in front of child and say its name clearly. Do the same for each of the other two objects.

Stage 2
Place all thees objects together and ask for one of them by name. Once your child has identified the object you want, mix all three up together and ask for another one. repeat this until she is able to identify the objects swiftly when you ask for them.

Stage 3
Point to one of the objects and ask child if she knows its name

I've been flashing her cardsfor months now.. usually i just mention the name of the cards and she just look at them.. after i decided to adopt the three period lesson, i will use lesser cards for the lesson.. like "a" for Apple ,"b" for ball, "c" for cat, "d" for dog.. i keep repeating these cards and sometimes i will say apple "arm" crunchy.. ball bouncing..cat..miao miao.. dog woof woof..

today, when i name the card.. say show mummy the apple.. she will search through the cards and point the apple then take the card out. no joke.. cos initially i put the apple within her sight.. she manage to take it.. then i hide the apple card underneath other cards, she too manage to find the correct card.. she can do the same for ball, cat, dog, sun (as i always sing you are my sunshine when i flash "s' for sun), and rabbit, as i always make the rabbit ears when i flash "r" for rabbit.

Im so proud of my little missy. she is barely 15th going to 16th month old. amazing huh !

With that, i have completed stage 1 & 2. Will continue to thrive for stage 3. she is still not so verbal yet, she understands more things than she can say.

as i flash the cards for eyes, nose, ear , mouth, fingers, face, cheek,now she can touch each of the above correctly in english and also in mandarin.. *clap clap clap*

Then, action words like 'blow', 'drink, 'brush' she knows these very well as i've done this months back..

so, mummy got to work harder to create more cards with action words for her..

Felt good when my effort sees result ! Ganbate my swetie girl !

Development : 15th month going to 16th month-old

Missy will be 16th month this saturday. how my girl has grown since the day she was born.. my small little cherub..love her so much..

joting down her development since my memory is still fresh:

what she can do now:

a. speech
she can call papa, popo, kakak, gong gong, sometimes uncle.. and she knows im her mummy but she just refuse to call me mummy but call me mama or ah ma when she wants me to cuddle her..and she said baobao when want us to carry her

she says mummum for eating, says mm mm for passting motion and say mm mm after she pee..*shake head*, she says apple as we give her apple almost everyday either juice or the apple itself. she knows fish as we have fish tank at home where the fishes are swimming happily, she knows clock as we always point to her the clock, she knows fan, she will point at these when we mention it. she know mirror and she knows what to do with comb, and shoes.

most of the things she wants she will nod nod nod and we have to guess .. ok she want me to open this bag.. if we do the wrong thing she will complaint. haaa

b. food.
she eats more solid, no more grinding required. she eat chicken strips, fish(mostly salmon).. we have yet to introduce pork into her daily porridge. she eat multigrain rice too. she knows how to eat bee hoon in small portion. she drink apple juice and she is leaning to eat yogurt, she likes cheese those in pieces not in cubes.

c. emotion
she is however a girl. she loves her piglet and teddy bear. she likes bright colour cuddle bear.. her mr. bin bear she doesn't really like compare to the pink ones.. she will cuddle her bear and kiss them emotionally. like love the bears so much.. she will carry them and walk about.

she will cry as in complaint if we never meet her wishes, like if she wants us to carry, but we choose to ignore, she will complaint by crying. but once we carry her up, she will be happy. that;s how mischievious she is now.

d. movement
She walks very steadily now. but, she tends to run instead of slow walk, so sometimes still will fall.*eyes rolling*

she know when we tell her to sit down to wear shoes. she can sit on low chair on her own now. she knows how to comb her hair.. she can self-feed. *messing still* she knows how to drink from straw and cup. she knows when she wants to drink milk * if never give her asap, she will complaint too* she knows neighbour is call popo and uncle.. she knows butterfly *the one i hang outside our corridoor*

It's amazing how much she has pick up since.. she imitates us greatly nowadays.

My next step is to introduce her alphabets.. she knows those rhymes that i've taught her. i on the ants on the apple CD to her on weekends. so. it;s time to introduce "A" to her.. she will say "a a a" when i sing "ants on the apples a a a "..

it's really fun to homeschool kids on part time basis.. hee.e. i wont be able to take it if it's full time.. but now i enjoy educating my girl..