Mother Goose

Iden received this set of Mother Goose series of books and VCD as a birthday present in January. They have been put aside at a corner and have only been given a new lease of life lately.

The Mother Goose series is an educational programme for very young children. It contains children songs like Humpty Dumpty and Rub-a-dub-dub. The colourful images and catchy tunes must have caught Iden's attention so much that he suddenly becomes interested in the books and VCD. His daily ritual currently is to get ipapa or I to watch the VCD with him, read the books and sing the tunes to him. Well, I suppose it is a good pastime for him at the moment. After watching the disc several times, Iden is able to learn something out of it. He is imitating the soldiers to march (to the tune of the Grand old Duke of York) and following the children to cover his nose when sneezing (called ati-shoo in the song, Ring-a-ring of roses). He has learnt some new words like down, dumpty, pop, bunny (though he pronounces it as money).

It is amazing how much he has learnt just by watching the disc. Sooner or later, he will get bored with Mother Goose... looks like we may have to source for new VCDs and books for him soon.