Arishah's Vocabulary

Before this post, I'm suppose to write about Arishah's birthday and her zoo trip, with loads of picture, but I'm having trouble finding time to connect the pictures to the computer and upload it. So, I thought I put this entry first.

Well, my family knew that me and hubby is introducing more language skills for Arishah, and perhaps for the rest to follow. Other than English, we also want to try Mandarin, Arabic, Japan...macam banyak gila, tapi we'll see la dulu. But when she was about 2-3 months, I found about Sign Language, and how it can help children's mind because it has so many types of stimulation to the brain - visual, tactile, auditory.

I heard about Signing Time. Baba downloaded the program, and Arishah has been seeing the program over and over again since age 6 months. She never got tired of them until a bit recently...hehe. Plus, she's learning English, and alphabets/spelling too, non-directly. I'm also learning at the same time, and I'm having a great time! Learning a new language by watching children's video is just awesome.

1 Month ago, I've observed her more and more whether she understand and uses the signs to describe things. Now, when she's making a little noisy and cranky, I would ask her, "What do you want Arishah?", and she could sign Milk, Eat, Bath, orlead the way. She sign Fish, Wind, Rain when she sees them or when someone mention its name.

She's imitating sounds of animals...visiting the Zoo was so much fun! Lion, cat and dog. She already saying Apple, Cat, Fish, Star. She talks...a lot. Even though we can't understand most of them, she talks like it's the real thing, and talking/explaining to us like we can understand what she's saying.

There are still some words that she can't pronounce right, like Open (since she likes to open cupboards!), she would say -pen. Stay -tar.

Mama and Baba feel so blessed to be gifted with such a smart girl. The funny thing is, we both don't feel it's genetic! Haha. Must be the Selawat Nariyah that I sometimes recite to her. Maybe it's just kids these days, so many different stimulations.

Tok Wan is also teaching a lot of new words and action to her. She can salam with cium tangan...so sweet.

Arishah is definitely an entertainer, penyeri hidup Mama and Baba!