Saturday, May 8, 2010

Daddy's proud

People keep telling me that Kierally is smart. I'm not sure how to react to that, mostly because I don't have a reference point to measure against. What I DO know is that kids in general learn a lot faster than adults. I read in a children's reference book that once you show a child something three times, they've usually got it. Personal experience would support that. It varies both ways of course, depending on the topic, concentration level and current mindset, but I am constantly amazed at how quickly little minds lock onto things, whether it be a new word, activity, instruction or warning.

An example is in one of the videos in today's post. Kierally has a world map as a place mat at the table. Just for funs, I've been pointing out different countries and seeing if she'll remember them. The thing is that no-one told Kierally that it was just Daddy passing the time and playing little experiments on his child, so she had diligently retained these 'pearls of wisdom' that Daddy has been passing her way. The result is that I'm starting to run out of sizable countries on the map to add to the list of places she can now recognise by name. The second side-effect of my experiment is that now Kiearally wants to do the countries game at the end of meals. I didn't see that one coming. I should have, but I didn't. Sometimes I wonder who is messing with whom.




Yesterday and today we went to a nearby shopping centre where they have a water fountain for children to play in. It's a marvelous idea: the parents get to have a sit down and relax while the kiddies run around like mad things getting all excited and wet but in a very safe environment. Oh, and it's free. I like that. Well the video shows Kierally's first time playing in the fountains and as you can see she rather took to it.




And, by the way, we like mangoes...


Saturday, February 20, 2010

This is a catch-up post of the videos that should have been uploaded over the last couple of months but never made it.
So here they all are. Thanks for indulging me. I'm horribly biased about my little girl and I think she's a champion.