So I've been internally struggling lately, with what language I should speak to Kasper & Mayah with. Ray & I have leaned towards speaking Mandarin but as I try to trudge through Kasper's pre-school stories, and parent letters I realize that my Mandarin is really really terrible. How could I make that his primary language? But then I think again... Mandarin seems more useful than Cantonese, and English will just come naturally to him right? And so my internal debate continues.
I've also been trying to learn and teach Kasper various rhymes lately too. I feel like I need to inject more dialogue and stories into the boy to increase his language skills. Every day when I pick him up after school from daycare I sing him my standard 氹氹轉 (tum tum jun - spinning round and round), Jack & Jill, Eency Weency Spider while riding him home on my bike. I figure I have a captive audience. Hopefully the words will sink in SOMEtime. And in fact, I think they have. I've caught him mimicking the sound patterns of the rhymes while playing sometimes.
Meanwhile, his favorite words are still non-specific, generic words for anything: 這個 (this one), this or 好 (okay - which he often says even if it's not what he wants)
Sigh...I really wish God could give me more wisdom. It's probably what I lack most!
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