We have decided to sign Ethan up at Berries this week, which obviously require us to coax him throughout the day to prep him up for the lesson in the evening. I have also gotten Caden into a trial class on the same time slot as well but Caden was quite resistant in attending the class. He told us that he may not understand what the teacher will teach, and he will not be able to understand his classmates since the conversation will be in Mandarin. I was alarmed when Caden said that and felt that we should have more urgency to get Caden started on Chinese asap before he start hating it when he goes to Primary 1.
It turned out that Ethan had enjoyed his second class session more, and he didn't cry out during the lesson. After the trial lesson was over, Caden actually came running out of the classroom and asked us to continue him on the lessons! We were quite surprised with his reactions and agreed to continue him on the class along with Ethan.. Although the timing of the lesson will be restrictive to our Saturday plans going forward, but putting both of them in the same centre at the same time can help them to look out for each other better..
And probably, their enthusiastic and motivational teachers played a part in keeping the boys interested. After lesson 2, Ethan can read a few of the chinese words and Caden can recite the hanyu pinyin using a birthday song rythem!
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