Happy New Year 2011

As the new year begins my personal resolution is to see Sasha to be more independent. He starts off very well with brushing his teeth by himself, going to the toilet and washing his hands by himself. Little things that he can do by himself he does them. This year Sasha is going to be a big brother too, so to be independent is important.

Playground

Sasha loves fountain and he was very happy that we took him to a playground that has a lot of fountains in it.

Rodin Flash Card

We were done with flash cards when Sasha suddenly asked for Rodin flash card. So I asked him which one of the sculpture flash cards that he wanted. He immediately tried to imitate the sculpture (Sasha is a very expressive boy and likes to imitate anything). After looking at him I gave him the Thinker flash card and he said: "no mama I want the Kiss." I was very surprised that he knew the name of the sculpture. Even though, I know as a Shichida kid he possesses a lot of information, I was still very surprised. He even further said that when we go to Japan again he wants to go to the museum that has Rodin sculptures.

Student of the week

Week of October 15, 2010

October

I am finally healthy and well. I have to admit, Sasha's Shichida lesson is effected heavily by my sickness. I had to temporarily stop Sasha's home lesson and could not accompany Sasha to Shichida school. These past month was the first time that Sasha did not have his daily flash cards routine as well as other right brain exercises. However, I am more determined than ever to go back to Sasha's normal routine.

Top 20 Food List

Food that Sasha loves to eat and can finish in a second:
1. Noodle
2. Rice
3. Tomatoes
4. Spinach
5. Chicken
6. Any kind of Soup
7. Seaweed (nori)
8. French fries
9. Rice porridge
10.Strawberries
11.Melon
12.Meat sauce spaghetti
13.Cereals
14.Osembe
15.Japanese strawberry short cake
16.Pudding
17.Banana
18.Japanese Hamburger set
19.Bread with nutella
20.Corn pretzel

Pride and Joy

I consider myself lucky that Sasha has grown to be a pretty easy child. He likes to eat his food even though he has a thing about onion (he refuses to eat it and can distinguish onion as one of the ingredients), he likes to go to school, loves to study and has a good manner. I truly believe that I owe all of this to the Shichida method teaching. The combination of Shichida method training and attending a good school play a significant part in shaping Sasha's life.