The two-year and eight-month old Ali is no longer the one who is simply making noises around the house or answering questions, she is now taking the active role of speaking.
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Ali loves to watch me making her breakfasts and offer her generous help from time to time. I used a butterfly mold to cut the toast and bus it to the oven to have it lightly toasted. Before I left for other morning routines, she stopped me and said “You forgot to turn the oven on!”
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A strategy to teach kids to speak is to take on their roles as if we are speaking from their position by using the same address. To have Ali to say goodnight to her daddy, I said to Cliff “Good night, Dadda!” expecting that Ali might follow suit. Ali said abruptly, “He is your husband, not your Dadda!”
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Taught Ali to say "Happy Mother's Day" in Chinese. She became more fluent with each practice and I responded with exclamation "Thank you!" each time she said to me. While I was content beyond myself, Ali said “Say happy mother’s day to Ali!”
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Without any reason, Ali sat in her chair and sang for 10 minutes the other night. To be honest, we could not make much of it but the only phrase that we can catch is poopoo in Chinese from her singing. So let’s call this her Poopoo Song, dedicated to you.
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