January 9, 2011

Towards a New Direction

It’s the first week of January. A new year, new resolutions and new routine. Even though I have sketched out a rough plan of what I intend to do for the year but there is still must detailing to be done. There are a few plans which I need to finalize and lesson schedules for each kid which I need to draw up.

Ryan

He is now in formal school and will be having a heavier workload. This year besides guiding him in his schoolwork I am going to be focusing more on faith formation, language development ( Japanese and Cantonese), musical literacy,character building and home economics. Being the eldest he has to be groom to shoulder a heavier set of responsibilities then his siblings.I have to be stricter with him as his siblings see him as a role model and would imitate both the good and bad traits which he may display. I hope to reduce (eliminate) any negative or ill behaviour of his which may rub onto Roy. At 6yrs old he is well aware what types of behaviour and action are acceptable and what is not.

I hope in time to come he will be able to mentor and assist his younger siblings. It is quite a tall order for him to achieve but I am sure he will be able to meet up to the challenges that he may face.

Roy

Roy is now at a “stubborn” age. He can be extremely defiant at times and insists of doing things his own way. It can be very trying getting him to understand my point of view at this age. For everytime I tell him to turn right he would argue why we are not turning left instead. He is bent on mentioning and insisting on the opposite thing. It can be very frustrating but I am not giving up trying to reduce his temper tantrums and getting him to be more understanding. I guess that it will take some time for him to get adjusted to being the middle child and I should focus more on him and his achievements so that he doesn’t feel left out.

I am going to do more reading with him to increase his literacy. We may also do more arts & crafts together as he does like doing hands on activities more then Ryan.

Riona

She is getting extremely vocal now. She can respond to you when you call her name or talk to her. She would either smile or make ” ehh” or “Orrr” noises when you ask her a question. Riona also loves experimenting with her voice and can scream extremely loudly to get your attention when she is bored. She is starting to flip and I will be giving her more tummy time to strengthen her muscles. We will start on the alphabet and more nursery rhyme singing. Time for me to go through and refresh my memories on all the songs I used to sing to the boys when they were little.