Little Tiger: 30 Months

I came across this picture of my darling at 1 year plus taken

during D is for dinosaur week.

I miss his spiky hair and chubbiness.

In the blink of an eye, he is 30 months! Geez...

Before long, I will be shouting, "You are grounded, mister. No buts"

This is his interpretation of modelling
His trademark squinty eyes

Speech

He is a master narrator of his actions;

gives a running commentary of whatever he is doing

using 'and', 'then', 'somemore', 'because'

Calls himself "Mama daning (darling)"

Not only does he possess selective hearing,

sassy mouth can back talk now, at 2.5 yrs!

@.@"

Good luck to me

Tiger has the habit of dragging a basket whenever we are shopping,

Mama: Can I hold the basket please?

Tiger: No, I can do

Mama: Can you stop putting EVERYTHING into the basket?

I've got no money

Tiger: I got money in ickey mau (mickey mouse case, ie: his wallet)

If I speak to him in Mandarin or Hokkien, he will reply in English.
Pfftt.....

Social

He is torn between love and jealousy for his little sis.

Developmentally, he is regressing to babyhood.... throwing tantrums, carry me, etc

Everything that is Dragon's is his.

He squeezes himself into seats and strollers

Occasionally, he pokes, hit, and smack the baby.

Sigh....

Currently he still has 2 friends only: the guard and Lil J

Has a strict criteria for those considered friends.

He doesn't just like anyone, you know.

Cognitive

Reading

He can read words that are common in ABCs like

apple, ball, cat, dog, elephant, fish, gorilla, hat,

igloo, jug, kangaroo, lion, monkey, nose, octopus, panda,

question, rabbit, snake, turtle, van, watermelon, fox, yak,zebra.

You get the idea?

He is starting to warm up to math dots.

Loves counting with his abacus.

We are introducing skip counting by 2

Addicted to worksheets/markers

Focus and attention span is still good.

Right brain work:

Photographic memory: 5 objects

Grid memory: 5 objects

Mandala: 3 colours

Flash memory/spot the difference: good

linking memory: terrible

Chinese:

Odonata:  Collected 4 cards only

Physical

He requested to brachiate in the playground

but mama's too short to support him :p

Pretend play

Loves 'cooking'

I made him a menu for more fun

He also has a shopping trolley.

I believe toys are gender neutral...

Tiger: Mama, order? (hands me menu)

Mama: Hmmm, let's see. I will have the fried kai lan and some kiwi juice.

Tiger: Okay!

Halfway to his kitchen, he will always turn around and ask:

 Order okay ah?

Mama: Yes.

I think he is worried that I am a non-paying customer

Tiger: Nah. Vege and juice. (Hands me empty plate and glass, always)

Mama: What juice is this?

Tiger: Ermmm, orange?

Tsk, tsk, tsk.....the level of service nowadays

Toilet training: Sigh....enough said!

Right Brain: Home Practice {28 months}

At 28 months, his home practice sessions generally last about 10 minutes.

Sometimes, we do a part of it.

Sometimes, none at all. {If mama's working late}

This is a sample of what goes on during a session:

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 Welcome Song

{or Oppa Gangnam Style if that is what he wants}

As long as he is happy.

Hug & Kiss

Not a normal hug; a tight, I really really love and appreciate you looong hug

Energy ball

Here is a video on how to make one

He usually makes one for me too ^.^

Blowing exercise

To teach child deep inhalation and controlled breathing techniques.

This is a foundation for meditation sessions later.

On this day, he was suppose to move the tentacles.

Eye exercise

I printed mine from from Right Brain Shop but you can simply draw one yourself.

 It is kept in a clear holder

Using a red dot magnet in front and another pin magnet behind,

I hold it in front of Tiger and move the red dot up-down, right-left

This is to warm up his eye muscles for memory work later.

Photographic memory

Here's a demo video on how it's done

These are mama's DIYs since they are so overpriced.

On the left are 2 question templates placed into clear holder

I used Tack-its to place the icons randomly.

The blue folder are the answer sheets for Tiger to replicate the icons' positions.

Grid memory game

Tiger loves this game

I used the Tot packs from Carisa's for these since they are already the perfect size
and oh-so-cute!
Do check put Jolanthe's packs as well

Imaging

This is from his Brainbox Set

I give him the card for 8 seconds before removing it.

Then I will ask some simple questions, like

Can you name the animals? How many birds were there?

Great for mental imaging

Spot the difference.

I give him 4 seconds to do this.

Tiger usually point out the difference, "This, this no same"

Colour memory

The icons are same, just different colours.

In these case, a clown balancing 3 balls

Linking Memory

Shen Li @ Figur8 is sharing her resources graciously.

Do check out her site to learn more about right brain education.

You can recycle old flashcards to do this.

Mandala

Ours are from Right Brain Education Shop

You can buy from here as well

If he is still interested we will continue with flashcards or puzzles

Otherwise we will read before retiring for the night.

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To read more about right brain education, here is our intro

For more free downloads, here are the links

Why I teach Lil Tiger from young (since 9 months)? Read about it here

My photographic memory templates/icons are from Google image.

If you would like a copy, just pm me or leave a comment.

You will need a printer, laminator and paper cutter.

A lot of work but think of the money you will be saving. $.$

Right Brain: Our Homemade Photographic Memory Material

This is an old picture from our archive but this is generally how it looks like on a heavy production day.

The printer is exhausted

The laminator is shivering with fear...

This is our second laminator by the way...

The first one was sent to warranty twice and according to my sister who inherited it, 

it is no longer acting normally nowadays.

The best part about our right brain training is the memory training.

Lil Tiger love his linking memory and photographic memory games.

The problem is, sigh, he wants new materials all the time.

So, I have to make a lot, A LOT..

Here, he was going through the template/background for the photographic memory,

looking for something with ABC in it.

@.@

When I told him there wasn't any, he replied, "Mama, make.."

Faint....

In the end he found a picture with 3 alphabet wooden blocks with A B C printed on it, phew...

Here are the some of the free vectors I made

Laminated of course...how else would I have managed to semi-kill one laminator?

I will share how we play this game tomorrow.

We call it, don't laugh, "ARE YOU READY, GO!"

 It became the name of the game because I used the same phrase everytime before I flash the template,

By the way, my niece, my fatty chubby adorable niece prefers my homemade material to the store bought ones!

I should start selling these @.@