New ideas for a 3 year old girl...
Aug 11, 2016 4:17:50 GMT 9
Post by Wojtek on Aug 11, 2016 4:17:50 GMT 9
I have not written here for a long time. Lots of things happened in the life of my minority language girl. I am also writing here to sort the things out and to think up a new strategy towards my girl and changing circumstances. (I hope that you would support me a little with ideas and advice. Please!)
My girl will be 3 years old in about 3 weeks. She has rapidly sped up with language development in Polish and English for about 2 months. She can repeat everything, she knows a few chants and poems in both ml and ML.
A few months ago I was worried that her Polish was overwhelmed by English and, well, it was not long before things changed slightly. Now I get the impression that she speaks more in Polish and the reason for this is that people around my girl, like her grandparents are so talkative with her... They are playing songs, teaching chants, and speak with her all the time in Polish. How can I compete with them?! It is not possible. Of course she speaks more in English too, but.
I am trying to be flexible and to change our routines so that they can be useful for both of us. Could you please evaluate my ideas? Are they good/bad? Should be changed or abandoned?
1. Reading every day. It has been our routine for a long time.
2. I have started pushing her to speak more for about 2 months and do this:
When she wants to say something and she uses simple 1 or 2 words requests like "Daddy juice", I say “Can I have a juice please? Say it." If she says "This sticker”, I say “This IS a sticker” (she repeats that). Generally speaking, I am helping her construct right sentences and ask her to repeat them. (I don’t know if that is a good idea). I started saying, to ask / say things using full sentences. (Can I, I want to, This is, etc). In spite of the fact that it seems to work, she also learns it by heart and uses utterances in the wrong way…but rather rarely.
3. Recently I have given her a picture from a book and said to her: Now you are reading to me! Tell me what you see!
Using similar method as in point 2 I help her say longer utterances.
4. We have started learning letters, slowly. It is not easy, but I have some games with letters, like: puzzles, board games, cutting out the letters, punch holing them and entwining a ribbon through the holes, etc. Reading ability would help me in the course of time, but anyway it is a matter of probably 2 years after all.
5. Last thing I thought was to take a story we last read in the book (recently it was about a wily cat and a foolish mouse), prepare props like: cushion, plastic cat and mouse, a big pot full of cookies (fat) and to retell the story together.
6. We are learning songs by heart, She likes singing. A couple of weeks ago she could sing dozen times: "Q R S T U V, W X Y and Z now I know my A B C next time won't you sing with me"!
In about 3 weeks she is going to the kindergarten too. I need something STRONG. What can I do more? What I am doing wrong? What should I change/add?
Thank you!
My girl will be 3 years old in about 3 weeks. She has rapidly sped up with language development in Polish and English for about 2 months. She can repeat everything, she knows a few chants and poems in both ml and ML.
A few months ago I was worried that her Polish was overwhelmed by English and, well, it was not long before things changed slightly. Now I get the impression that she speaks more in Polish and the reason for this is that people around my girl, like her grandparents are so talkative with her... They are playing songs, teaching chants, and speak with her all the time in Polish. How can I compete with them?! It is not possible. Of course she speaks more in English too, but.
I am trying to be flexible and to change our routines so that they can be useful for both of us. Could you please evaluate my ideas? Are they good/bad? Should be changed or abandoned?
1. Reading every day. It has been our routine for a long time.
2. I have started pushing her to speak more for about 2 months and do this:
When she wants to say something and she uses simple 1 or 2 words requests like "Daddy juice", I say “Can I have a juice please? Say it." If she says "This sticker”, I say “This IS a sticker” (she repeats that). Generally speaking, I am helping her construct right sentences and ask her to repeat them. (I don’t know if that is a good idea). I started saying, to ask / say things using full sentences. (Can I, I want to, This is, etc). In spite of the fact that it seems to work, she also learns it by heart and uses utterances in the wrong way…but rather rarely.
3. Recently I have given her a picture from a book and said to her: Now you are reading to me! Tell me what you see!
Using similar method as in point 2 I help her say longer utterances.
4. We have started learning letters, slowly. It is not easy, but I have some games with letters, like: puzzles, board games, cutting out the letters, punch holing them and entwining a ribbon through the holes, etc. Reading ability would help me in the course of time, but anyway it is a matter of probably 2 years after all.
5. Last thing I thought was to take a story we last read in the book (recently it was about a wily cat and a foolish mouse), prepare props like: cushion, plastic cat and mouse, a big pot full of cookies (fat) and to retell the story together.
6. We are learning songs by heart, She likes singing. A couple of weeks ago she could sing dozen times: "Q R S T U V, W X Y and Z now I know my A B C next time won't you sing with me"!
In about 3 weeks she is going to the kindergarten too. I need something STRONG. What can I do more? What I am doing wrong? What should I change/add?
Thank you!