Will you dance with me?

Last Wednesday, when we were at Carpe Diem picking the kids up, Teacher Debbie asked if Asri and I wanted to participate in the children's concert by doing a Waltz number. I thought why not, it seems fun. Asri agreed because he doesn't know what Waltz actually is. He thought it is just a simple dance. Haha.

For the next 2 days, we've got cold feet. We viewed some Waltz video from you-Tube and decided that it was too daunting for us! So I called Teacher Debbie on Friday morning to tell her that we are withdrawing ourselves from the dance. Too late, our request was rejected as our names were printed on the program sheet! Darn!

I was nervous for the entire day. I tried to search for an appropriate dress to wear but to no avail. I tried to think of a hundred and one excuses but met with no success. Asri says it's ok, we go up on stage to entertain people and have fun ourselves.

And we did, it was kinda fun. We concentrated on planning our moves and me just following his steps. We really enjoyed ourselves for that mere 6 minutes.

I am very proud to have such a sporting husband. I know of many who would not even appear on stage, let alone dance. He took it in good sport and I'm glad we did it. Haha.

And we are very proud of Kyan's performance too. He was so excited to see us and I know he knows that we are very proud of him!

Amazed by Kyan

I'm amazed by Kyan's linguistic ability in both English and Mandarin. Just yesterday, Teacher Florence was commenting on how Kyan can be a leader. She said he was teaching his classmates how to read one, two, three in Mandarin. He behaved like a teacher where he asked one to repeat after him, followed by another to read again. He even offered them praises, just like a real teacher! I'm so proud of him. Last night before bedtime, he picked up his magna doodle and wrote down the numbers from 1 to 10 in Mandarin and their hanyu pinyin! Then today, he wrote down ren, kou, shou, shang, xia and chong in Chinese characters! He even knew the hanyu pinyin for ren and xia. I'm surprised...




He also has an amazing capacity for English words. He doesn't exactly know the phonics rules yet but just commit the words to memory, I think. I can't even list down the words he knows. They're just too many! Today when the cab stopped at the traffic lights, he could read the road sign that says Tampines Rd, Upp Serangoon Road and Hougang Ave 2 and 3. Isn't that amazing?

Sometimes even when Asri is driving, he'll just look at the road signs and asks us if we are turning left or right to go to a particular place, e.g Changi Airport.

Just a few nights ago I taught him how to play Tic Tac Toe. Of course I had to give in to him but he soon understood the rules and even expressed interest in playing it again the following night.

I feel guilty. I kept telling myself I have to develop his phonics ability but have been procrastinating. While his interest is still sustained, I'd better do something about it. So it's jolly phonics we'll look into, followed by Ladybird phonics and sight word readers. Oh ya, I must also start Rayden on flashcards soon!