Learn with Cele - cut and paste

 Cut and paste is Cele's favorite craft activity. I taught her how to use scissors a while ago. She was not able to hold the scissors with one hand. Last time, I found she was quiet and I was wondering that she must be doing something messy. It turned out that she's cutting paper alone. She started to master how to use scissors. I have to say that kids scissors are not comfortable to use and not good at cutting papers since it has to be safe for kids to use. 

Today, I found something new. There are pictures with a small part needs to be cut and then paste onto the rest and make a whole picture. I used to cut the small pieces for her and let her paste. Today, she asked to cut the paper by herself. I thought she will need my help. But when she cut it, she understood that she needs to cut along the edge and she's able to cut it with her little scissor. Even though she's not able to cut a clean edge like I do but I feel this is a milestone for her craft skills. Good job!

Home library - 我家图书馆（work in progress还没写完。。。）

 今天有时间整理了家里的儿童书柜，主要是因为宝宝玩小老鼠搬家，把全部的书都堆在了地上。老母亲忙了一个小时才全部整理完毕，也发现了很多宝藏书。老大两岁半，从半岁开始讲故事，大概两年了，居然已经拥有了这么多的书本，英文中文的都有。 从目前拥有的书看，中文书大部分都是以讲道理为主（不算其他语言翻译成中文的书本），英文书故事性更强一些，当然在一个日常说中文的家庭，我们讲英文书也是一边英文一边中文翻译的讲法。

顺便给姐姐和妹妹更新了小书架，方便她们取来读。姐姐最近常常自己读书，很多简单的书读过很多遍了，她大概记得剧情，就会自己一页页看图画，完全还看不懂中英文现在还。有时候会自己给小汽车，小动物们讲故事，最开始自己讲故事第一句话都是“从前啊。。。”哈哈哈，现在都是“某某说”的体系。时常会蹦出一些高级中文词汇，成语啊，感觉是从卡梅拉或者其他书本里面听过的，但是我们并没有专门教，不得不感叹小朋友的学习能力。从故事当中学习语境和意思，比你解释半天要有成果的多，我们常常感叹于她用词的准确。英语方面，我发现反复重复的，有意思的语句，小朋友学习非常快，还喜欢自己重复。pete the cat就有很多这方面的宝藏书：white shoe, four groovy button.还有一些其他的， belly button等等。另一个就是学唱简单的歌曲很有意思。感觉比我们小时候的how are you, fine thank you and you?有趣多了，也更生活化。

Learn with Cele A new week - Let's start learning cloth

There are too many things for a fulltime mom, especially during the holiday season. Always occupied with work, cook, and home clean. Sometimes, giving kids toys or letting them watch tv is not the worst choice but the easiest one to take when you have to take care of kids but already exhausted with work.

Today I continued the home learning with Cele by doing a little craft: get dressed in Winter. I printed out some pictures of kids and clothes and she enjoyed glue them all together. 

"Winter is here. So cold outside. See, children need your help to get dressed. Help them put on sweater, coat, and pants before they get frozen. "

From mommy: I cannot believe we've done this together during a meeting. She's happy and focused on the work until most kids get dressed. The cloth could be smaller which will leave enough room for kids to glue the hat, scarf, sweater, coat, pants,s and shoes on a single kid. 

I feel she started to get the skills to glue. Nice job.

Today I also tried to teach her Phonics. I think it's still early for her while I wanna see whether she got some interest in Phonics. We went through the M&N book together. It's a short story and 3-4 words for each letter. She found it's funny when I make the sound of "M.........mouse", "M........moon"(I make it a long m and follow it with words started with the letter m). So I might play more with her. I also need to watch some video on toddler teaching&learning phonics.

To learn:

Yotube video

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