直排輪 and UNO

今天Howard 和 Olivia ,Wilbur 一起去玩直排輪, Olivia 越來越進步囉! Howard 還當小教練陪Olivia 練習有坡度的場地,感受與平地溜起來不同的感覺.

Howard 的直排輪是跟著爸爸學的, 一開始爸爸是帶著Howard 到台茂看其他教練帶孩子上直排輪的第一堂課 -如何安全的跌倒, Howard 在看了幾次後, 認為溜直排輪摔倒是正常的, 不怕摔練起來就很快! 很快的Howard 就很享受溜直排輪的感覺囉! 也越溜越棒哩!

溜完直排輪 , 我們解決了飢腸轆轆的肚子 ,大夥就玩起UNO囉!  超好玩的.

愛唱歌的Howard -錄音錄影篇

愛唱歌的Howard 因為熱愛"Laugh'n Learn Silly Song"裡的歌曲,裡面的曲子他全都會唱,瑪德琳幫愛表演的他錄了下面幾首歌曲.

I met a bear (Howard 主唱,瑪德琳合聲囉!)

Willoughby Wallaby Woo

Rubber Duckie 

超爆笑的媽媽之歌及爸爸之歌(外加Howard 版本)

網路上廣為流傳的媽媽之歌The Mom Song(目前Youtube 上有被翻譯成各種版本囉!), 哈哈! 原來全世界的媽咪碎碎念的都差不多耶! 不過我非常佩服原作者可以用這麼令人莞爾的方式說出媽媽們的心聲, 最好笑的是下一部爸爸之歌The Dad Song,聽完媽媽之歌後,一定要接著聽爸爸之歌喔! 因為實在太好笑了, 當然不是所有的爸爸都這樣啦! 


Ps. Howard 太愛這首歌了,每天都唱,這首歌詞很多, 真的要唱的清楚真的需要功力, Howard 能唱完整首,瑪德琳就已經非常佩服了. 來聽聽Howard 版本的Mom Song吧!







原文如下:
Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepy head
Here's your clothes
And your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now
Get up and make your bed
Are you hot?
Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where's your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and your gloves and your scarf and hat
Don't forget you gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast
The experts tell us it's the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodon'tist will be seeing you at three today?
Don't forget your piano lesson is this afternoon
So you must play
Don't shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside
Don't play rough
Would you just play fair?
Be polite
Make a friend
Don't forget to share
Work it out
Wait your turn
Never take a dare
Get along
Don't make me come down there
Clean your room
Fold your clothes
Put your stuff away
Make your bed
Do it now
Do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn?
Would you like some hay
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone
Get Off the phone
Don't sit so close
Turn it down
No texting at the table
No more computer time tonight
Your iPod's my iPod if you don't listen up
Where you going and with whom and what time do you think you're coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me
Makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You'll appreciate my wisdom
Someday when you're older and you're grown
Can't wait 'til you have a couple little children of your own
You'll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now
I thank you NOT to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew
Would appreciate
Take a bite
Maybe two
Of the stuff you hate
Use your fork
Do not you burp
Or I'll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, Get the door
Don't get smart with me
Get a Grip
Get in here I'll count to 3
Get a job
Get a life
Get a PhD
Get a dose of...
I don't care who started it
You're grounded until your 36
Get your story straight
And tell the truth for once for heaven's sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff
Would you jump too?
If I've said it once, I've said at least a thousand times before that
You're too old to act this way
It must be your father's DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straight when you walk
A place for everything
And everything must be in place
Stop crying or I'll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth
Wash your face
Get your PJs on
Get in bed
Get a hug
Say a prayer with Mom
Don't forget
I love you
**KISS**
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom's work never ends
You don't need the reason why
Because
Because
Because
Because
I said so
I said so
I said so
I said so
I'm the Mom
The mom
The mom
The mom
The mom
Ta-da




接著一定要聽的爸爸之歌The Dad Song

Camilla's Studio of Children's Literature 20101002

課程: Camilla's Studio of Children's Literature
內容: Reading & Writing
今天Camilla 請小朋友到白板上寫下被分派的文法部份,Howard 寫的是人稱代名詞部份.
這一班的孩子由於需要大量的閱讀,寫作與戲劇的產出, 所以文法的理解是必要的喔! 這些小孩都很厲害喔! 而且一邊玩卻還是可以把知識記起來才是瑪德琳佩服的地方, 更深深相信學習必須是快樂的啦!

根據瑪德琳的觀察發現Howard 很多的文法基本知識都是從閱讀得來的, 直到現在我們雖然沒有真正進入文法,但是瑪德琳發現Howard 的文法用法其實都是正確的, 有時也會很訝異的問他怎會知道時態這樣用這樣寫, Howard 回答的也很有趣 : "就是知道呀!" 所以啦! 我其實覺得文法真的應該要等到孩子較具邏輯思考能力時來敎會是事半功倍的哩! 太小卻硬要敎文法真的太為難孩子了, 他們也只能硬背但無法理解 .

副詞 / 人稱代名詞 / 疑問代名詞

今天的另一個學習重點 : Direct Speech

壯觀的文法牆

助動詞 ....

今天討論的小說 Frederick Douglass 的自傳 ,描述他從黑奴到成為自由黑人的故事.

Reading - Idioms In Action Through Pictures

去芳鄰上課時,車因停在中原大學裡,就常常會到大學裡的敦煌書局逛, Howard 很愛看那邊的書, 我剛好看到"Idioms in Action Through Pictures " 共有3冊, 我覺得慣用語可以寫的這麼有趣,就買了第二集 ,沒想到Howard 好喜歡這套書, 不一會兒功夫就全看完了, 最近還套上這些慣用語來跟我說話, 有趣極了, 他催促我買其他集數給他看, 所以又買了第三集給他看, 第一集敦煌架上目前沒有, 得等調貨了.

Ps. 感謝Kevin's Mom , 知道Howard 很愛這套書 , 上Camilla 的課時送給他第一集, Howard 的眼睛都發亮了, 立刻道謝就坐下來安靜的看這本書.


瑪德琳很推薦這套書, 英語學習本來就應該是有趣,只要有趣,孩子就會在不知不覺中紮深閱讀的厚度, 等到累積的能量夠了, 寫作絕對不是問題.

出版社是新加坡的怡學 Learners Publishing
可以上敦煌書局看看sample pages