A B C D...

I tend to be very sympathetic with the young kids nowadays. It seems that by primary 1, they are already expected to be able to read and comprehend quite a wide range of materials. I feel that they are being pushed too fast.

I remembered starting to learn how to read and count only from Primary 1. (k - a - ka, k - i - ki, kaki "foot". 1+1=2) I can't really recall much about pre-school, but there seemed to be a lot of play and discovery activities. Look at where I am now. I still function pretty well linguistically.

That reminded me. I overheard a lady sitting beside me complaining about the language that she is learning (quite loudly, I assure you). She claimed that it is weird. She could not find a pattern on how the collective form for this language vary with the item being counted. That was when I guessed that she was talking about Japanese. Sure enough, she started giving an example about counting books.

"?!" But the collective for books is constant...
And then I realized that she must be referring to: 「本」, which is used to count long objects in Japanese. I wonder if I should just have taught her how to.

Anyway, the move is 95% complete, only 1 more box to transfer today.

Plus: Finnish Art of Conversation