The things they learn! - Real Mum story on MoM

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It is amazing how quickly kids can learn with a little repetition. I have turned our morning walks into an education experience and have managed to teach my 3.5 yr old daughter all sorts of things. So far over a period of time I have taught her to count to 10, the alphabet, the days of the week, 3 bible texts, mine and my husband’s phone numbers and her address. We are currently learning the months of the year and this is one that we have only just started and it is remarkable how much she already remembers – especially considering that I can only do the morning walk on Mondays and Tuesdays when I am off work.
Occasionally she remembers things that I must say that I would rather that she didn’t – my road rage for instance! I have heard her say a few things like ‘he’ll wreck his car doing that’, ‘is that an idiot mummy?’ and even ‘dickhead’ which I have told her is not a word for little girls!
I guess we all have to be careful when little ears are listening and try to teach them good things instead of the worst parts of our personalities.

Posted by sars_angelchik, 30th June 2016

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 14 Oct 2016
    3:55 pm
So true, their little brains are like sponges.

- - mom81879 said
  - 30 Aug 2016
    6:23 pm
Tell me about it! Sometimes you don’t even remember saying the things they’re repeating! Life’s live tape recorders for sure

- - mom172741 said
  - 31 Jul 2016
    10:30 pm
It’s great to use this special time for learning. I used to use the grocery shopping as a learning time. We would read labels, add up prices, look for numbers. Sometimes I would get them to use a calculater and sometimes we would add up in our heads. It made the shopping trip much less stressful.
- sars_angelchik replied
  
  03 Aug 2016 , 11:14 am
  That’s an awesome idea- I love it!
- - june11 said
  - 09 Jul 2016
    2:50 am
The son of a friend of ours drove an old car on a farm. When his Dad asked him how he knew how to drive he informed him that he had watched what he did ever since he could see through the gaps in the front seats. He worked out how to reverse a trailer playing with his toy cars, trailers, trucks etc. At 19 he could reverse a medium size trailer Into a space that a professional driver couldn’t. Before he got a semi-trailer license he could reverse one into a receiving dock at a warehouse on private property where he worked in a different capacity. One of the regular drivers couldn’t put it in the position on a few occasions.
- sars_angelchik replied
  
  13 Jul 2016 , 1:41 pm
  That is AMAZING! I have enough trouble reverse parking as it is with a normal sedan!
- - mom176887 said
  - 05 Jul 2016
    8:14 am
I think you’ve found your daughter’s learning modality! Some are visual learners and despite years and years of constant audio stimulation and repetition they just don’t get it. I think she will do well at school since that is lots of listening…. now for the challenge: learning a foreign language! or at least the pronunciation and tones that can be so hard to pick up later in life. Put on the DVDs and headphones and have a go together!
- sars_angelchik replied
  
  13 Jul 2016 , 1:40 pm
  She does seem to enjoy language- my parents get Japanese and Chinese students and she seems to enjoy learning new words here and there :).
- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Jun 2016
    10:25 pm
Children do learn quickly from all educational experiences.

- - BellaB said
  - 30 Jun 2016
    5:56 pm
Yes, I find walks are Great times for purposeful chatting.

- - mom90758 said
  - 30 Jun 2016
    1:43 pm
Kids can learn so much. Keep up with this great job you are doing with your daughter!!