I know that I have been blogging a lot lately about our Lily and Monet has taken a bit of a backseat here. However...
Our five year old daughter is doing stuff that is making us proud (and sometimes a little irritable) but she's our Monet and we do love her dearly. Even if I am currently working on a 'Star sticker' system for her behaviour! (She can earn up to 3 stars a day to get a present after a certain number is earned. Currently it seems to be working.)
She is blitzing school. True dinks. She is really enjoying it, loves her (young) teacher, has a 'best' friend and is learning so much.
I was thrilled the other night when Monet actually read a book to me. To me. For five years it has been me reading to her so it was lovely for her to be reading to me. Sure it was about Clifford The Big Red Dog running (and winning) a race against Mac the Dog, but it was a book all the same and she read it to me. I could have cried.
And after spending the past four years with Monet in the pool, first using floaties, then a swim vest and her being paranoid getting her face wet, now she can swim underwater! She does swim lessons at school and even after only a handful of lessons she is doing so well. Lyndon is usually the one who takes her to the pool at our place so he is rapt!
Monet went on her first school excursion today...to all places, 'Children's world' in Dubai!(Who goes to Dubai on their first school 'field trip'?) There they saw a little play about the five senses which they are learning about. She said she had a great time and was rather pleased with herself for not falling asleep on the bus on the way home! (Dubai is 150 kilometres from Abu Dhabi.)
She can count fluently to ten in Arabic and French and sings songs and says words in both languages. She is learning to write the numbers and letters in both languages too.
Makes you realise how much of a sponge the brain is when you're a kid, if given the opportunity.
We're proud parents (its my blog so I can gloat), but we are still ironing out some current 5 year old behavioural problems, but we're getting there. S L O W L Y.
8 comments:
What you have to realise is that at five - they know stuff. This is great for learning, but it means that they don't need you to tell them anything and is not always so good for behaviour...
Well done to her for staying awake for such a long bus trip!
I remember when I first realised Patrick could read, I bawled like a baby in front of his teacher! So I know how you feel!
Good on Monet, she's growing up fast!
I'd stand no chance of staying awake on the bus. In the car, if I'm not driving, I'm sleeping.
What a clever girl she is. It is just wonderful when they start reading.
It sounds like Monet is growing by leaps and bounds, as they say...So grown-up in so many ways...I'm sure there are things that are difficult but my Lordy Melody, Reading You A Book! WOW! I cannot get over that. And how fantastic that she will know at least three languages....And you are so tight! The ability to learn everything when one is young is truly like a sponhe soaking up everything around them.
The "star" system sounds like a wonderul method, my dear!
"RIGHT"....not tight....lol! I just type too fast with my one finger...lol!
"SPONGE"....another finger-slip...OY!
She'd be a saint if she wasn't having behavioural issues with a new sister after 5 years of being an only child. I predict this is a temporary glitch. Meanwhile well done on her clever doings.
Monet is growing up so fast. I imagine you guys have your hands full now but are loving every minute of it. I love 5 year olds. They can be difficult at times but the things that come out of their mouths are priceless.
I do hope that bus driver wasn't doing the 120km/hr!!
5 year olds are amazing - and frustrating.
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