I was discussing with my wife over the weekend our boy follows almost everything I do and my daughter my wife.
He has his own little tool box, which he runs around with every time I am using mine, want to try and shave with my electric razor and always seems to be next to me when I am doing DIY. My daughter although she does follow me around, always wants to where my wifes jewellery and even at 1.5yrs is reaching out for the make up my wife uses.
A couple of years ago I was really ill and for most of the year was not able to pick up my son (my wife was pregnant with our daughter at the time) and for a good few months he was almost without dad. I have to say I do not remember a lot about the time because of the illness, but my wife tells me that our son was so different, a changed boy. She found him so difficult to deal with, wouldn't listen, more agressive. Now that he has dad back he is his better self again, from my wife's perspective. Almost like he has his playmate back again and can continue with the multitude of questions like - "Dad when will I grow a beard"
Hi Zaden,
It's about a year on.....
Does your little one still follow you with his toolbox 😀 )
Joking aside, I guess he's still copying you but moved onto different things which he sees you doing in daily life at home.
So, dare I ask.... what do you think he has learned from you more recently?
I definitely see our toddler doing what we do.
Our toddler says 'yeah' (so I am trying to say YES more clearly).
He likes sitting at our round table because that is where I use my laptop if he is around and I don't want him 'helping'.
and more recently he has started making a kissing sound when he comes close and bumps noses with us.
/orange
Hi Orange
Thanks for following up on that...is it a year already, can't believe it! 😯
Well he turns 6 in a couple of weeks. Not following me as much anymore, if at all. He is more of the 6 going 16 at the moment and is slouching and moaning, which he will grow out of soon I have been assured, before getting back into as a teenager. So this is the dry run...... 🙂
It is more what have I learnt recently. I now know more about dinosaurs than I have ever known and the questions are coming thick and fast. We have bought him an encyclopedia which we read quite often now. Feels like this is a second chance at learning for me.
The question I would ask of the board members is what have you learnt recently, that you did not know before, from helping your kids answer questions they have asked. The latest question why does it rain? The answer because there is water in the clouds does not suffice anymore.....
So what have you learnt recently ❓
Hi
Not from my kids, but from my 11 year old nephew at the weekend I learned about medieval life (again), everything from clothing, farming, etc etc. He was doing a half term project and he's been very thorough in his research, borrowing books from the library, no less. I don't think he used the internet. I was most impressed as he'd written 16 pages of A4, complete with detailed illustrations. History is his favourite subject.
Hi there
I recently helped my son do his maths homework - he is 10 and I thought I have an A level in Maths - no problem!!!
Apparently they don't do sums the way I did them so in the end he was teaching me a new way to do simple subtraction!
How does that work?
Mario
I had the same problem with division - they now use something called chunking. Quickly decided that she needed to ask her teacher for help as I'd only confuse her.