Black, Excavator, Jeep, Watermelon...

Kyrell surprised me with more words during his flash card session today :)

Shapes : Square, Circle
Colour : Black (and everything else is purple!! hahaha...)
Transport : Excavator, Jeep, Train, Truck, Racing car
Fruit : Papaya, Watermelon
Vegetables : Peas, Pumpkin, Brinjal, Asparagus (still not quite exact pronounciation)
Animal : Lion
Food : Fried Rice, Hotdog, Salad (sounds like Ahlad)

Pizza, Sushi...

Last night when I was about to start the flash cards session on food category, Kyrell surprised me by saying "sushi" the moment he saw the card on sushi!! I am sure this was the result of 3 weeks flashing for I have never taught him this word other then during the session :)

I am beginning to see some progress ever since I started doing flash cards with him, he is able to recognise & say pizza, sushi. He can also say fire engine, salad and flashcards...its time I add in more items and categories into the session, plus I am enjoying it!

Bento Moulds & Cutters + Flash Card Time

I have finally collected my bento moulds/cutters!! They were placed sometime in Mar (www.cakediy.com) and I am glad that the long wait is all worth it. Aint they cute? I hope I can start my bento project soon :)



The 2nd week into flash cards, here's some clips on how Kyrell is performing so far :)
I need to improve on my speed of flashing though hehe...

5th Day Of Flash Card

Updates on Kyrell's flashcard progress : this is the 5th day today and Kyrell is getting more used to the 'lesson'. After my dinner at my mum, I will carry him and asked him where the flash cards are (walking towards his room), he will point at the box and shout "there!". Then I will close the door, put the mattress down and asked him to sit while I bring the box down. He surprised me by saying "flash card" (not very clear) and "mummy 坐 坐"! SOunds eager huh :p

He is able to sit and focus on my cards while I say out the name. But still, when I do the switch of catergory, he will get up and want to take my cards haha... plus, I can seem to hold the cards well when I bring the cards to the front. I definitely need more practice!

2nd Day Flash Card

There is improvement when I showed Kyrell the flash cards last night! He is able to sit down and focus when I showed him each category. Meaning, he will sit and listen to me for each category then when I was about to start another category, he will stand up and tried to take the cards from me hahaha... well, good start, I hope things will get better. At least it will motivate me to do up my own flash cards soon!

Oh yah, I went to get 3 more sets of flash cards yesterday - Flags, Transport and ABC.

Flash Cards

Did I mention that I bought 900 pcs of blank flash cards with the intention of making flash cards for Kyrell??!! Too ambitious! Haha... The cards are still placed in a corner of my living room since Feb!

Since Kyrell is getting older and more vocal by the day, I think I need to do something about the flashing so as to train him to be more FOCUS. Inspired by Kim's demo on Mal, I think I should start some read made cards from Popular bookstore first :)

I bought a few categories - Animals, Fruits, Vegetables, Numbers and Food.
I took out about 10-20 pcs of cards from each category and try it out.
Kim told me that I need to flash them from back to front and at a fast speed. I tried but I think I can still do better!

And how did Kyrell fare? Well, I locked both of us in the room, asked him to sit down but he kept coming to me and wanted to take my cards away from me hehe... can't blame him. When he did sit down, it was only for a few seconds before getting up to come over to me. So I continued flashing the cards even when he is standing in front of me, he will then say out the name of the objects he recognises.

I will try again and again until he gets used to the idea and listens to me.

Meanwhile, I enjoyed the flashing (no puns intended) keke....





PS : Since it is late by the time I bring Kyrell back home, I have decided to do the flashing at my mum's place, after my dinner.