Peter And Jane

My second daughter lay-over at our house in Okinawa from 5 Oct. to 11 Nov. 2017. The family was transferred back to Japan. The three children (twins at 5 yr 5 mth and the younger boy at 3 yr 7 mth) gave me quite a shock with their good command of spoken English.  Before moving here, they were at a stage of learning phonics in kindergarten and have grasped the idea of relating sounds to letters.

They could make a string of conversation and made their intentions understood in proper, good command of English. I thought this should continue and I ordered this series of Peter and Jane book from Amazon.

I remember it was Peter and Jane that made me realized letters have meanings and sound in books when I was in Primary 2. Imagine my grandchildren able to read easily Book 1a, 1b, 1c and getting into 2a while I was writing this.
I was a slow child in reading but I caught up by Primary 5, by which time I read one Enid Blyton per day.

My granddaughter was so excited to read Peter and Jane without my supervision. She would sneak and read by herself but I told her I need to teach her the new words on each page. This is her writing practices (see image) while reading the book.

I would recommend Peter and Jane books to all children who are just about to start reading. It was effective for me, that's all I can say about it.

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Birthday Video letter

When you're far from children and grand kids, video letter or WiFi call are the best way to communicate.

Yesterday, my grand kids sent me their birthday greetings. 
This is from Mi chan.

Then this is from Ken, Yuri and Ryo chan.

Actually, I opt for video letters anytime rather than for them to send birthday presents by slow mails.

Thank you to all my beautiful grand kids.

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Kembali sediakala

 Ini cucu-cucu kepada anak perempuan saya yang kedua. Mereka tinggal sementara bersama saya bermula pada akhir April 2014 (24-4-2014). Ini kerana anak saya tiada pembantu ketika melahirkan anaknya yang ketiga.
Kerja penulisan saya terpaksa saya tinggalkan buat sementara ketika mereka berada bersama saya. Apabila cucu-cucu ini mula masuk ke taman asuhan dari pagi hingga ke petang, dalam waktu ini dapat juga saya menumpukan sedikit masa untuk menulis. Selainnya waktu saya hanya untuk menjaga cucu-cucu ini dan membantu ibunya.

Semalam (6.12.2014) mereka selamat kembali ke pangkuan ayah mereka yang bertugas di Singapura dan kembali sediakala dengan kehidupan mereka sebagai satu keluarga.

Gambar yang akhir ini waktu kami berpisah di lapangan terbang Naha. Saya masih merindukan mereka. Teringat-ingat segala peristiwa selama 7.5 bulan bersama mereka.

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