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.

Necktie

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

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

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.

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.