September 16, 2010

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

September 15, 2010

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.

August 30, 2010

Necktie

Here is Sasha's latest artwork from Shichida's class.

And here is Sasha wearing a borrowed tie from his dad.

August 26, 2010

Masterpiece Painting

Yesterday, Sasha showed a remarkable knowledge of masterpiece paintings. I have been flashing the masterpiece paintings to Sasha for quite a while. I know Sasha knows a lot of paintings and the names of the artists. Yesterday I was opening a new set of masterpiece painting flash card I bought in Japan, and to my surprise, Sasha was able to name the artists just by looking at the paintings. And I mean, He was able to name many artists like Degas, Leonardo da Vinci, Redon, and Renoir.

August 11, 2010

Dots

It is already August and Sasha is almost done with his dots program again. Sasha has been following the two-months long dots program for a while. He actually had finished the dots program a couple of times already. According to Shichida Method education, a child needs to have a break in between dots program repetitions.

July 28, 2010

Big Bicycle


Not too long ago Sasha mastered the tricycle. However, to everybody's surprise, last week at his cousin's house Sasha tried on his cousin's big bicycle, the one that has two smaller tires on the sides, and was able to ride it as if he had been riding the bicycle forever. The bicycle itself was bigger than Sasha so it was kind of funny to see him on it. What most impressive was Sasha's lower body strength to push the pedals to move the bicycle. His coordination was so good that he rode the bicycle without bumping left or right.

July 21, 2010

Nursery

Sasha has just started his nursery year. He is definitely more mature than previous year and first day went by without a cry. He, in fact, seems glad that he is back in school after a long summer break.