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nine(teen! :D) of july thinkings
We were all there from 3.45 to 5.35 today!

Tutored An today again. We had a lot of model drawing to do! SO! we did the questions :DD

tried explaining to him the 3-box-4-box-how-many-apple question using mr liu's method that i mentioned in the last post, but he cannot understand! or rather, he was "huh?" and very impatient and hence too frustrated to try and understand the concept slowly.

during the day, i realised that An is visual/kinestatic learner! he understands immediately when you draw him a diagram to represent the question, but he isn't interested enough to actually do the question. so his "kinestatic" trait kicks in and he's only willing to do when he moves stuff around.

i realised that mr gan uses kinestatic methods to teach us, or at least the visuals on the board/ projector screen move around. i cant do the same with An cause the setting is different, plus he likes to move stuff using his own hands and not watch me move them, so little objects are needed instead! lego blocks! :DD

he also has this new little quirk, and it helps to keep him interested in the questions cause he dosent get "sianned". He likes to be a flower, then after he's done with every question, he will "wilt" and collapse onto the table and demand that i water him. so i have no choice but to imaginary-ly pour invisible water on him to help him "grow" until he's an "adult flower" and hence be able to attentively listen to me explain the him to question, or attempt the question himself. It's good that he amuses himself and creates his own "fillers", but it's kinda boring after a while when i have to keep "watering" him and be careful not to "over-water" him, incase he wilts due to excessive rain.

so we were pretty productive, not bad :DD.

as for reflection on my behavior, i think i was okay, but i shouldnt have shown my bored face when i have to keep on watering him. i dont think it made a difference to An, but if i were him, i wouldnt feel good if my tutor showed she was bored with me DD:

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Jelly! wobbled @ Wednesday, July 16, 2008