-some changes to his daily 5mins home practice.
1) Increase to 20 topics of flashcards
I started off with 10-15 topics when he was still a baby, and now I've increased to 20 different topics and gradually trying to add on to 25 sets. Usually I flash all his cards once a day only but on certain nights when he is still energetic and can't get to sleep, I will take out 10-15 sets of his retired cards and flash to him again.
2) Retired the BabyCanRead books but continue its sliding words cards.
Baby Reagan seems to have lesser patience for books reading now. He prefers the pages to be flipped fast, otherwise he would either try to flip it himself before I can finish reading, or he would just simply crawl away happily. Therefore I decided to stop his books reading for a period of time first, before trying it again some day. I really want to start the habit of reading him a book before putting him to bed at night. But I guess I'll have to begin this habit probably when he's slightly older like 18mths to 2 yrs old.
2) Add in 5 mandarin Glenn Doman words cards to his current English cards.
Everyone at home and even in school, speaks to him in English. Probably it's time he needs some Mandarin input as well.
3) Add in Peg Memory cards
Ever since he started his Heguru class, I prepared a set of Peg Memory cards which show similar items that are flashed by his teacher in class, just to get him to be familiar with it. I just flashed once to him and made a story to link the items together. So far he has yet to show much interest in it, probably just treat is as one of his usual flashcards topic.
4) Changed new Phonics Cards
I've retired his "ZooLander" phonics cards, the animals one where are used in his Bibinogs class, and changed to another new set of pictures. He is still loving his alphabets and phonics sounds. Even his grandparents picked up phonics just to entertain him because it made him so smiley and happy when someone sing the alphabet song and recite the phonics for him. Sometimes I randomly pick up 2 cards and get him to "Hi-5" to the alphabet I'm looking for. I can say he gets it right like 75% of the time, especially if you want him to look for his favorite picture like the "A for apple" or the "D for dog". On certain times I try to do ESP game with him with the cards below too, one of the segment from Heguru class as well,eg. telepathy or clairvoyance.
I'm still keeping his home practice strictly 5 minutes and always stop before he wants to stop. Every session is our fun bonding time together and I hope baby Reagan continues to enjoy it further.
Hi, did u mention u have the "Zoolander" phonics cards like the ones used at Bibinogs? I'd like to get hold of them too but Bibinogs doesn't sell them. Could u pls share?
ReplyDeleteHI sorry, Bibinogs doesnt sell their zoolander cards but I actually self-made the cards myself by memorizing the zoolander phonics chant in class. I can email you the lyrics though :)
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