2006 October 13 « Qianyi’s World

I called Teacher Linda yesterday while Qianyi was taking her nap. I asked her if Qianyi’s still attending the clay lessons. According to her, Qianyi’s still scared of the clay teacher but she didn’t cry anymore. She’s actually accepting him. They let her play with the clay in her classroom. They will put her back in the clay class when she’s not scared anymore.

I asked Teacher Linda if the clay teacher really looked scary. I wonder how he looks like. Why is Qianyi so terrified of him? The answer I received from Teacher Linda was somewhat amusing. “No no….he looks ok to me..but of course, not as handsome as your husband!” We both laughed…:)

I then told her about Qianyi’s speech assessment. I asked if it’s normal that Qianyi still doesn’t speak much at this age. She told me there are kids that started talking at age 3. She said Qianyi’s been learning and she has shown some improvements. She taught Qianyi what to do in the classroom when she reaches school in the morning. First, she would put her bag in the cubbyhole. Second, she would take her water bottle out of the bag. Third, she would drink water from her bottle. When it’s time to change her pull-up diaper, she would take it out of her bag. She follows Teacher Linda everywhere, even when she goes to toilet. If Teacher Linda asks her if she needs to pass urine, she would point to her pull-up. Sometimes the older kids would ask her if she needs to go to toilet, she would point to her pull-up too..Teacher Linda told me she’s a smart girl. She enjoys interacting with her friends too. She would say hello to them and talk to them in baby language.