Handsome?

After JS’s haircut, I’ve decided that WH also need a little trim for his very little locks. Being calculative (not willing to spent the RM2 -5 ) for a simple haircut… decided to DIY again.

The first time I’ve trimmed it for him, turned out to be quite a disaster . The first time he could sit still, but this time round he’s moving about a lot and I have to get the maid to hold him down and I try to avoid cutting too short like the first time. But good thing is he never fuss about getting his hair cut.

Before (see the curly side)

After

Hubby asked why got no sideburn….errr…. now “heng” la…it’s the “IN” thing…haha….what do you think? Nice or not?

Asked WH: “Who handsome? Daddy or WH?”

WH: “I”

“Daddy handsome or not?”

WH: “NO”

口

Today’s writting for chinese lesson is the word 口 (mouth).  JS already recognize this word long time ago, but teaching her to write this word is the first time.

Though it’s such a simple word with only 3 strokes and very simple squarish form, it took me more than 1 hour for her to write in the correct stroke sequence and I almost lost my patient in between the process of teaching.  What she did was merely drawing a square box which is so wrong.

In Chinese writing, the way each stroke is written is very important. One cannot just simply copy out the form of the words without writing in a correct stroke sequence. The horizontal line must always be written from left to write and to complete the word it’s also from left to write, top to bottom never the other way round.

The proper way for writing the simple 口, is

1: the vertical line at the left

2: the top horizontal and right vertical line in ONE stroke (JS kept doing it in 2 strokes instead of one)

3: Last stroke is the bottom horizontal line, which must be from left to right and seal of the two strokes at the bottom to form the square. (JS did it by writing from right to left instead)

After one hour of correcting her, holding her hands to write, writing example on the white board…she finally got it.

When teaching JS, I make sure that I do it the correct way and not just merely pass through. Whatever I teach them must be accurate so that the effort is not wasted and it the foundation and basic is not right than it will be very hard to change later.

JS Recite Poem

JS recite chinese poem..

王维——《相思》

红豆生南国，春来发几枝？
　
愿君多采撷，此物最相思。