Fishing Trip In A Boat

I never approve of any fishing or hunting activities because I find it cruel, selfish and totally unnecessary. In fact, I never knew Ah Gong also felt the same way until we talked the other day about fishing as a hobby for retirees. Anyway, I thought we should do something fun for Sophie on a Friday so I took out a piece of shower curtain from Ikea, put her bathtub on it and let her do fishing.

But before we started, I had to make her oar and magnetic fishing rod. I recycled one of the wooden spoons from her Traffic Signs and she was a little upset about it. Fortunately, she forgot about it once she started colouring the cardboard for her oar. She already have some "Number" Fish with paper clips attached to their mouths from our previous craft long ago. Of course I would use the opportunity to teach her some numbers.







We were a little awkward during our first few attempts to "fish" from her "boat". Somehow, she knew she had to stay in the bathtub without much coaching from me.



Sophie nowadays loves to sing Beatles Songs (thanks to Papa!) so I thought if we sing nursery rhymes and children songs to her, maybe she will eventually pick up as well. Thus, I sang and and "Row, Row, Row Your Boat". I do not like singing but I will do it!



It was quite amazing how easily Sophie learn IF she thinks it is FUN. I have been teaching and teaching her to count for ages yet she always start counting from 2 and she refused to say "one". After a few "catches", she actually said, "(I) caught ONE!" and showed me the "fish" proudly.



Sophie can be very obsessed at times. Today, she was obsessed with "Fish Number 5". She tried a couple of times but she just could not aim properly so she got out of the tub and headed for the "fish". Even then, she still wanted to "catch" the "fish" with the "fishing rod". Cute!



When Ah Gong and Ah Mah came over, Sophie was excited to show them what she was doing in the morning. I love the way she screamed for her attention.