Readers Mania "Cc"

If sophie could articulate well enough, she probably would insist that she was all well and ready to move on from her recent fever episode. But Mama was not so keen to resume her schedule and routine quite yet... after all, her little body might still be in the process of recovering from the viral infection. We have not been doing much with the readers... I only read them to her one or twice this week. Perhaps tomorrow, we shall do it.

I had thought that Sophie would love the "C" book of Alphatales because the characters are cats, but she was not too enthusiastic unfortunately. Still, there are quite a few good words there.

Again, we see "cats" in the "C" book of Now I'm Reading!: All About the ABCs by Nora Gaydos. Somehow, the illustrations appealed to Sophie better... something about the way they are drawn... Hmm...

The "C" book of Sunshine Phonics introduces the "c" words like "cake" and "candles", then expands them into sentences like "I can count the candles on my cake. " with "c" verbs.

I have not played the song for Sophie, but I am sure she would like pretending to grunt and snap like a crocodile... although she is more familiar with "alligator". However, I did manage to let Sophie play with her beloved playdoh and accessories this morning. We bought her a set of moulds (alphabet and numbers) last weekend but I only opened it today. While she was experimenting with her new gadgets, I made her the letters "C" and "c" with jumping clay. Yes, black for the few days of viral infection that robbed away our sunshine.

After Sophie woke up from her nap, she seemed a little bored and restless so I thought we could do some simple craft together. So, I looked around for inspiration and found Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo by Kevin Lewis that I bought from Kinokuniya some time ago. I did not buy it immediately when I first saw it. I could not really appreciate it then. I went back and read the reviews in Amazon. After several trips and much pondering, I finally decided to get it for Sophie. After all, she loves to yell "choo choo" and put up her arm to "pull the whistle" when she sees Thomas and His Friends on TV.

End Product - Freight Steam Engine

The story is set in the bedroom of a little boy (something like Toy Story). The toys bustle about to load up the steam engine with freight in the morning and made its way through various terrains until it finally reaches its destination - the city. By then, it is already night time, so the "sleepy" train rests beside the sleeping boy on his bed. The illustrations are quite beautiful and imaginative, with building blocks as mountains and tunnels... presumably done by the little boy when he is playing. There are also many toys that are easily identifiable for Sophie to "talk" about. After reading her the book, we made a freight steam engine together. She did most of the pasting and doodling while I did the cutiing and "damage control" work.