好一陣子沒來紀錄.一方面前陣子有不禮貌的留言令人灰心,另一方面實在很忙,忙到忘記明天早上六點要出差,本來跟爸爸說好明天我帶小朋友去游泳呢,經爸爸提醒才想到對喔明天要飛,完全忘記這件事.待會要來整理行李.

開學已三週,來紀錄一下一年級的功課.週一到週四每天有兩頁數學,一頁拼字,預計是二十分鐘的功課量.學校 language arts 的進度是每週一敎十一個字,週一到週四的拼字功課都環繞在這十一個字上,每週五有 spelling test. Kindergarten 寫了一年的功課下來,小朋友至今對作功課興致仍然十分高昂.他很喜歡寫功課呢!

上週某天小男孩睡前說,媽媽, Say a kid is behind his friends on something, if he works on it and keeps working on it, he will be better than his friends! 我問他, Are you talking about yourself? 他不好意思的點點頭. 從很多的線索看的出來, he takes so much pride in his work. 原本剛進 kindergarten 一路落後的小男孩,在經歷兩個重大的爆發期後, reading 和 math 一下子 went way ahead of the rest of the class. 有天晚上睡前他說 You know what? Now I am one of the best readers and math-doers in my class!

我們不斷提醒他跟自己賽跑即可, everyone has different things to work on. He is such a competative kid and he can get really MAD when things don't go his way. 上週三他把學校裡的氣帶回家,爸爸媽媽都無端遭殃. And he was so furious and said we were MEAN to him. We had such a crisis going on that night and before we figured out what's goin on he turned back to be an angel again.

一直以來我從沒懷疑過他的 talent, but I don't want to overly praise his talents and make him believe talents are more important than efforts. 現在他自己嘗到努力的小成果,在這個 belief 上面算是往前走了一大步.現在他除了每天認真的 do mileage club (學校鼓勵小朋友多運動,沿著操場走路,跑步算是一圈.每達固定圈數發給 toe token 作為獎勵, 讓小朋友掛在脖子上) 只要下課有機會就跟他最好的朋友兩個一起在校園裡走路,想要成為一年級裡圈數最多的小孩.幾天前他要求每週多幾天在 after-school,前後幾件事拼湊在一起,我發覺他想留校的主因是想在同學面前寫功課,因為他寫的又快又好.發覺了這個意圖後,我很當心他的"驕傲".在孩子的成長裡,自覺驕傲或優越,都不是好東西.

當父母,有時不做什麼,比特別做什麼更難.為了讓他繼續發展 autonomy, 我特別忍著不在週四提起週五的 spelling test, 試圖做到 totally empower him to be on top of his school requirements. 第一週真難忍,我告訴自己不要特意去關注這件事,之前在 kindergarten 的時候我們帶領他準備了幾次拼字考試,現在這件事是他的 territory 了.(雖然我還是忍不住偷偷注意禮拜一發回的考試紙,目前兩次都很不錯.第一週 10/11, 第二週 11/11 全對, see, nothing is going down the drain without me nagging on it.) 就算大失手也沒關係,就像其他的事情一樣,也許小男孩會犯一些錯,也許會弄得我一個頭兩個大,但是這些都是很好的 learning experience. 當然我可以選擇不斷的提醒他,指導他,但是我選擇讓小男孩自己想想該做什麼,該怎麼做,我們不可能永遠幫他決定,也不可能 shape 他的外在行為, we welcome mistakes. 驅動從內心出發,一次一次活過自己的錯誤才是真切. As always, we are available for chit-chats whenever he needs it.

我知道小男孩在學校不免俗的會有出包的時候,有時候小朋友們一鼓譟,大家一伙去搞怪.我也能想像他上課的時候偷偷跟好友聊天講話.經過一年的 school year, 我已經不再耳提面命的要他"怎麼做",每天出門前我們對他說的話完全反映了現在的心情, Today you are going to think for youself. Remember you are not born to be a follower. I hope each day you can make a few good decisions.

We have nothing to worry about B's academics. He is definitely going uphill quite rapidly. 對我們來說,一年級真正的功課,是在 anger control, dealing with difficult situations, and learning from mistakes.

(To be honest, some adults need to learn those too!)

 

 

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