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Mom: Sumire
Daughter: Mio (2.5 years old, girl)
Enrolling in bilingual courses
I enrolled in the Light Course Plus in May and the Bilingual Course in September.
I currently have a daughter who is two and a half years old.
I bought DWE when my daughter was 6 months old, and for the first year I played CDs and watched DVDs on her (just in between doing housework).
Within six months of purchasing DWE, my child began to say simple words like "apple" and "bee," but
I began to wonder, "What exactly is the native language method?" and "Am I really making full use of this large amount of teaching materials?"
From there, I met Yume Mama,First of all, you need to pour a lot of SP.I received this advice and continued to consciously provide large amounts of running water and TAC until my baby turned two years old.
By doing this, he started to start sentences one by one with words.
I was so happy about this that I decided to not be swayed by the opinions of various people on social media, but to learn and practice the evidence-based native language method of learning at Besty.
When I first joined, the members were very self-conscious and I sometimes felt anxious about whether I belonged there or not.
There was also a time when I was troubled by negative thoughts, such as, "I understand the need to incorporate DWE into my life, but how should I actually do it? I'm not as good at thinking as other people..."
At that time, I reopenedI didn't know what to do, so I started by watching regular meetings and tea parties over and over again and imitating the play that the instructors and members were doing (everyone's ideas are very helpful as they understand the mind of a child)..
As we continued doing this repeatedly, I began to intuitively understand how to incorporate it into our daily lives, and when my daughter was playing in bed, I would simply add the word "Roll over" and she would enjoy rolling around and say, "Let's roll over together!" and she would actively use English, although still mixing in some Japanese.
When playing in the sandbox, even if the children don't know the chants, if we sing the DWE song or use phrases from the DVD to encourage them to "make a cake out of sand," "pick up the branches," and "stick the branches into the cake like candles," the children are happy and quickly absorb the words and are able to express them in English.
I used to think that "incorporating it into my daily life would require some incredible feat and that I couldn't do it," but when I actually started, I realized that it wasn't that difficult and that it was just a matter of "getting used to it."
Also, even when my daughter would say the words "What color do you like?", I would often be unable to use that sentence again or make use of it (such as changing the "○○" part of "What ○○ do you like?"), which was frustrating.
I thought that since she had produced one output, she already understood the usage and meaning of the words and was able to speak them.After watching the "Seven Keys Course," I continued to talk to my daughter about various patterns over and over again, and she gradually began to understand the meaning.I found out that...
What has changed since joining Besty?
Also, the biggest change that I have experienced since joining Besty is,
My own mind
It was.
When I am motivated (for example, when my child is producing output), I am able to work hard at my best, but when the input period begins again, I tend to focus on the things he cannot do, such as ``he won't talk at all,'' ``he could say it yesterday but won't say it today,'' or ``he won't rearrange the same sentence a little,'' and my actions tend to slow down (I end up just doing my daily routine, such as running the water, and neglecting to incorporate it into my daily life).
However, at the regular meetings, I was taught how to reset my mindset, which helped me to rediscover my own habits, such as what makes me depressed, and I was able to deal with the situation before it got too bad.
From there, instead of focusing on what my daughter is not good at,I started to focus on what I could do, and my attitude towards English at home changed in a positive way.It's become harder to float and sink.
Finally, a while ago, I exceeded 2,000 hours of input time by watching DWE DVDs, and as a result of setting monthly goals and incorporating them into my life, I have been able to have more conversations with my daughter in English, albeit slowly, and I feel that the efforts I have made up to now are gradually bearing fruit.
I think I will continue to have worries and depression, but ICompass for English at Home (Learning with Besty)So I want to keep moving forward and continue enjoying learning English at home with my daughter.
