I forgot to mention one story about Mao, my three-year-old student who had my English lessons yesterday.
In the lesson, they learned those phrases.
Q: Do you like green peppers(tomatoes, carrots, etc)?
A: Yes, I do. / No, I don't.
When I asked "Do you like chicken?" to Mao, she said, "No,I don't."
I thought every child loves chicken, so after the class, I told her.
"Mao, I didn't know you don't like chicken! That was unexpected to me!"
Then she said, "I like chicken, actually. But we said "Yes, I do!" many times in the class, so I thought I should practice to say, "No, I don't." That's why I said so."
...Can you believe that is said by three-year-old!??
I always thought she has an awareness of "studying" in my English class, although other students of her age think English class is "playing."
But when she said that to me, I completely noticed she is an AUTONOMOUS learner even though she is a very young child.
That is...treasure for her! I should grow her virtue!!
2 comments:
３歳…だよね(; ゜ロ゜)？
何回もThreeの単語を見直しちゃった！
見習わなくては（笑）。
そうなんだよー。threeなんだよ、thirtyじゃなくて！ thirty years oldでも、自立してない学習者はいっぱいいるのにね（笑）。
まおは、お母さんがいつもしっかり予習・復習させてるのが大きいと思うけど、お母さんがしっかりしててもできない子もいるし。。こうしたら必ず頭のいい子が育つっていうはっきりしたセオリーはまだ不明だわ・・。
まおは、子供らしくふざけたり走り回ったりもして、そうすると私もちょっとはのってあげるんだけど、切り替えると、すぐ切り替えられる。
遊びモードをひきずっちゃう子も多いなかで、ちゃんと覚えようとする姿勢がみられるのはほんとにえらい！
こんなに小さいころから自立してて、うらやましくなっちゃうくらい。
もっとうらやましいのは、いつも全身バーバリー着てることだけどね（笑）
まおの１０倍以上生きてても、ムリムリ！（笑）
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