the boy has sprouted since the last we blogged. He's still at the same weight but has stretched taller. He's had a bout of flu recently but has sprung back to his lively (naughty) self. The surprising thing is how much he natters on in Mandarin (!), speaking whole sentences and pronouncing his words quite well. I think it's the grandparents and also the two Chinese nationals working at the childcare who are the nannies assisting the English speaking teachers. It's a lil weird but i think it's good thing for now since English is so much easier to pick up and so he could do with some Mandarin for now. Okay, back to my paper - obviously it's the reason why i'm even blogging, cos i was desperately looking for a distraction. @#$%^&*
hah - certainly the Chinese is a good thing! It's not so ez to pick up a comfortable association with it when they get to school.
ReplyDeletethanks for the reassurance! since you're the experienced mom!
ReplyDeleteHai, I got 3 kids that are poor in Chinese. Well, at least no.3 has a keen interest in Chinese, so that's half the battle.
ReplyDeleteThis time with no.4, I've tried speaking to him in Chinese as much as possible, no matter how lousy my own Chinese is. So he's become effectively biligual. He naturally speaks English though now that he's starting to be verbal, since everyone else speaks English at home to him. ;( But he understands, even when others outside speak in Mandarin to him. So that's a plus. And he can read both English & Chinese.