Children are naturally curious about the world around them.
Last night Shi Xu looked up at the sky and stared at the Moon in wonder,he asked me why we can see the moon at night.I stumped by his question again . Daddy is always the person who will answer his question . daddy told him because the Sun’s light shines on it.But I think the answer is too brief!
It is not easy to explain the moon to a 2.5 years old toddler . After back home , we searched some information from internet and used his 3 different size of balls ( to be Sun , Moon and Earth ) and share with him how we can see the moon .I have no idea how much he can understand it but at least let him grasp a deeper knowledge about his world.
I am wondering what is the next question now .We are feeling the joy of seeing him make some amazing progress.His learning journey is filled with joy and fun and so we are .
**Shi Xu @ 31 months
lately we are bombarded with so many questions(or perhap answers ?) from my little boy.Sometimes we really need to think hard to answer his questions .But we truly enjoy the conversation with him .
Here are some tricky yet funny Q & A we had
Case 1 :
Shi Xu :爸爸，fish 有没有喝水？
爸爸： 有！ (**very confident answer **)
Mummy : ........
( i remained hesitant to answer because i do not know the answer ! )
Isn't it a funny yet tricky question ? I asked around and I got different answers. My brother said fish do not drink water but use their skin to absorb water , while my husband insisted that fish do drink water . Both sound logical .(then what is the correct answer? ) we stumped by the scientific question posed by my little boy .
Well ,my collegue got the answer from internet ,here is the explanation .
"Fresh water fish absorb water through their skin and gills, saltwater fish actually do drink water.
In saltwater fish, they have to drink because their body's concentration of salt is lower than the surrounding water. Therefore, they have to drink huge amounts of water every day to stay hydrated.
In freshwater fish, their salt concentration is higher than that of the surrounding water, and, as osmosis dictates, they absorb water through their highly permeable skin. To keep from bursting, freshwater fish actually have to excrete water, up to 10 times their body weight daily, unlike saltwater fish. "
Case 2 :
The other day ,we were chatting on the bed ..
Shi Xu : 爸爸 can not fly ,mummy can not fly , Shi Xu also can not fly .
Mummy : Why we can not fly ?
I expected he would give me the answer something like "because we are not bird ", however....
Shi Xu : no more wings! ( he always misuse "no more " as "don't have " )
He caught me by surprise!I was COMPLETELY shocked.Where on earth did he understand that we can't fly without wings!?
First , i would like to apologize to my little boy .
This morning , i got him changed a pretty baggy school uniform shorts and that time i still wonder would it slip down when he jump or run .But i still let him put it on. (what a bad mum :P )
And it really happened as i thought !
Here is our conversation after he came back from school ...
Shi Xu : 我的裤子掉下来，everybody laugh you know ? (he grinned when he shared this )
Daddy : 哦！你的裤子掉下来！为什么你的裤子掉下来 ？
Shi Xu : I ran to playground then 我的裤子掉下来.
Daddy : Who laugh at you ?
Shi Xu : Sarah , Cayen laugh , Ayden never laugh , Ayden happy ...(**fainted** )
I can imagine how embarrassed he was feeling that time .Would he find himself humiliating moments where his peers all laughed at him ?I hope he was not .( I think he was alright as he still can share this experience with grin ,probably he take it as a funny story to share with us ) .
Anyway embarrassing moments are something that every one of us will face also. Hope he can get over this.
**Shi Xu @ 30.5 months
