Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Nod Her Head

We have been teaching Ching Ern to nod her head whenever we say "yes" or "want" for months. Finally, she learnt 2 weeks ago. Prior to that, she only knew how to shake her head no matter the answer is 'yes' or 'no'.

I was so happy and thought this will help us to better understand her needs, or rather her demand. However after few days of observing, we have concluded that she doesn't 'fully' understand the meaning of 'yes' or 'want'.

Why I say so?

If we phase our question differently but keep the same meaning, she gives us different answer.
For example:
- Do you want XX? (wheather in English or Mandarin) --> Nod her head
- Do you have XX? --> shake her head

So now, we are phasing the question different by removing the word "want" and "have" to make her understand what is the real meaning behind.

Below is the clip of how she nods her head.

5 comments:

shoppingmum said...

Clever girl leh, knows how to nod so soon. My gal just started at 16 or 17 months, i think. But at least now we understand them better huh?

LHS said...

Bravo to Ern Ern, she is a smart girl!

khongfamily said...

Pandai!! Better for us when they know how to say yes and no by nodding their head.

ablogaway said...

I noticed toddlers learn to shake their heads first before nodding.

Tiffany said...

Smart girl :) My Jojo only know how to shake his head for 'NO' as at now. haha.