A LOT of people ask how the boys are learning -- if Ray and I are teaching them, since we're English teachers. The reality is that children are little sponges. Even a four-year-old, who was born in the US and has lived her whole life here, doesn't know all the words that a 7 year old does. It's a process. The boys are picking things up RAPIDLY! They know what we're saying 70% of the time. And the vocab that they use frequently and easily is growing. Off the top of my head, here are the words they use all the time -- which, again, doesn't include all the words they understand, but are hard to pronounce. It's not bad for 9 weeks in the States, huh?
- Pumpkin
- Numbers 1 - 12.
- The colors: black, brown, red, yellow, blue, green, pink, purple
- Hi
- How are you?
- Fine.
- Happy Birthday!
- Happy Happy Halloween!
- Trick or treat!
- Oh my goodness!
- Big, small, tiny
- Wow.
- Come here.
- Turn around.
- Dog.
- Shrimp.
- Chicken.
- Ketchup.
- Napkin.
- Please.
- Thank you.
- Sit.
- Grandma
- Grandpa.
- Yes!
- I don't want to.
- Dirty.
- It's okay.
- Park.
- Push.
- Come on!
- Lights.
- Monkey.
- Milk.
- Water.
- Tackle.
- Football.
- Basketball.
- Tractor.
- I love you.
- Bye!
1 comment:
I guess time is just flying by for me since Tyler has been home, but latelym I've been thinking about where we were a year ago.....we were almost out of PGN, but still waiting in that big black hole!!!
I just took a look at your timeline....it's crazy where you guys were then and where the boys are now!!! HOME!!!
TIME FLIES WHEN YOUR HAVIN' FUN!
(((((HUGS)))))
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