In my opinion, every little thing I do with my child is important, because it records every bit of his growth and treasures the warmth that belongs to us. memory. I will record them in the form of pictures, texts and videos to keep them fresh and agile in my memory. Reading picture books is more diversified

In 2023, Kaidao and I will continue to read picture books and tell stories every day, and we will focus more on reading English picture books.

Kaiduo is a child who loves to read. He loves to read books no matter what. Even if I sometimes shut myself in my room and sulk alone, I will read it after a while and I will already be "gnawing" on the book with relish. However, what he likes to read are Chinese books, and he has always been quite resistant to reading English books.

After recently reading "Cultivating Children's English Ear" and "Being Your Child's Best English Learning Planner", I realized that the root cause of my cuteness and dislike of reading English picture books lies with me. Every time he handed over an English picture book, I would subconsciously reject it and then pick up the Chinese book - "Shall we read this one?" Over time, he lost interest in English picture books.

I must re-cultivate my children’s interest in English picture books. After making up my mind, I started to operate!

In the past few days, I read several English picture books to him every day, sang English songs with him several times, and played English songs on a loop for him when I had time. Unexpectedly, it worked. Now, he is not so repelled by English picture books. He will occasionally pick them up and read them, ask me to play the song of the same name in the book, and then he will read and sing along with the book. He ran into the cardboard box and listened to the songs and sang along

Cuiduo is currently most fascinated by this music book - "Row, Row, Row Your Boat". Every time the music beats together, he Will hum uncontrollably.

Through this period of observation, I found that many of children’s preferences are closely related to adults. Only by removing my own prejudices and preferences first (I used to think that I was not good at speaking English, so I didn’t want to read to my children) can I possibly change my children’s prejudices and preferences. Only by having more exposure to English picture books can children fall in love with them. Discover the beauty of nature

The miraculous craftsmanship of nature and the various stages of changes in animals, insects, plants, and mushrooms can only be discovered by careful observation.

In 2022, I took on the challenge of raising swallowtail butterfly larvae at home for the first time, accompanying Caiduo to observe the transformation process of egg larvae into adult pupa butterflies. A true record of the entire growth process of the swallowtail butterfly

For the first time, I accompanied Kaitao to deliver water to a group of tadpoles in a rut for more than 20 days, and then watched them transform from tadpoles the size of black sesame seeds into mini frogs. . For the first time, I squatted down with Kaidoo to observe a cicada that fell on the ground. It turned out that the body structures of female and male cicadas are very different. For the first time, I discovered ladybug pupae, beetles, hawkmoth larvae, damselfly moth pupae, mantis egg sacs, damselflies, etc., and for the first time I witnessed the power of the mantis' sickle hand - how it quickly preys on locusts.

We will also get close to the flowers, grass, and fruits of fruit trees around us, and discover them through multiple ways of seeing, smelling, and touching