Dear Sam,
很感谢您每次信中提及对我儿子的语言培养，我在自己的博客中也得到这些以及东山培训中心，网站的编辑已把那篇文章推荐到宝宝早教专门的模块中，浏览量很可观。
自从收到您的来信，我便和先生开始留意儿子每天所发的不同声音并作记录，因为他太爱讲话，所以每天都会有所不同。
最先在出生的两个月内即会发出ha ku wu hu mu gou
有一次，是在他出生第二个月中，由于我们每天都会叫他的英文名ARES，所以他那天竟然发出这个名字的前两个音节alei,尾音还是上扬的，把我们乐坏了。尽管他是无意识的。
紧接着就是在爷爷逗他时，他竟然发出ye
在他出生后第98天，他竟然发出hello的标准读音，原因是老公每天都会对着他拉长音进行问候。他非常爱盯着每个人的口型，而且同时他的舌头和小嘴都会有变化，是在模仿。
截止目前他会发出20种不同的读音，有时是三个音节一起，比如ou-gu-gui(出生后第97天），mi-mou-ma,hai-nou,hai-lou,还有英文中E作为辅音的发声[e].
在他出生一百天的当天，我们抱他去百日宴，回来后我和婆婆说这一天太累了，ARES也没睡好，结果他马上就发出一声类似叹气的lei,又次让我很惊讶。
大家都说小孩子是无意识的，但我总会发自内心的相信他是有意识的发声，毕竟他发的音是完全不同的，每次我都会报以赞赏的目光和语气反馈给他，他的眼神告诉我，他更加自信。
现在老公在他面前全用英文讲话，而我是中文，呵呵，还有就是英文儿歌，车里家里全都会放给他听，目前我感觉他非常喜欢听英文，也许是老公每次对他讲都都像在演话剧，呵呵，他会很专注并微笑倾听。
我儿子最大的性格特点就是爱笑，非常爱笑，现在经常就是咯咯地笑出声，还有就是爱聊天，不听地说上好久。
目前不足的是还不会翻身，呵呵，正在练习中！
感谢您看完此信！
祝
幸福
Norah
Dear Norah,
恭喜您！您的孩子聰明得不得了！
孩子的照片真可愛！
出生首8個月，是語言細胞發育的高峰期，請繼續多跟孩子聊天、談心，多唱歌，多表演。
英語兒歌的光盤，必需由父母一起伴唱，同時搖搖他的小手，伸伸腳。孩子要通過父母的歌聲，才會慢慢留意原唱者的歌聲。
請記下他每天在語音方面的進展。
通過語言和遊戲，你們開發了孩子對母語和英語的興趣，和語言細胞的連線。你們並且開發了孩子的情緒智商，為孩子建立了一個開朗的性格，令孩子更自信，更好奇，更喜歡學習。
知識是人類共同的財富，很高興有機會和您分享一萬小時研究的成果。
歡迎你在網上的平台和其他朋友分享。
我們正在加緊籌備外語幼教的資料，希望盡早能在網上為年輕父母在教導孩子外語的時候多一些支援。
Best regards,
Sam
22.10.09
Your child can speak English & Putonghua like a native speaker
Are you satisfied with your own spoken English? Do you speak with a local ascent?
Your child can speak English, Putonghua or Spanish like a native speaker by starting early, from infancy.
Grow up with the language with a native speaker, your child will be able to speak the language like a native speaker.
A baby in the first 8 months has 10 times the amount of language synapses in the brain than an adult and hence 10 times greater sensitivity to speech sounds. A baby is able to pick up a new speech sound and memorize it effortlessly, without the interference of a dominant language.
The rich and stimulating environment develop babies' EQ, IQ & LQ. Children grow more confident, curious and become active learners. They are sociable, highly intelligent and are much sought after by all leading kindergartens.
Come and visit Le Beaumont Language Centre, in Admiralty, Causeway Bay, TST or TKO. See how infants grow up with 5 languages from 3 months and speak like a native speaker by the age of 3. Join the Parenting Seminar every Saturday from 2-3:30 p.m.at Admiralty Centre, Tower 1, 5/F.
Tel: 2866 2028
Your child can speak English, Putonghua or Spanish like a native speaker by starting early, from infancy.
Grow up with the language with a native speaker, your child will be able to speak the language like a native speaker.
A baby in the first 8 months has 10 times the amount of language synapses in the brain than an adult and hence 10 times greater sensitivity to speech sounds. A baby is able to pick up a new speech sound and memorize it effortlessly, without the interference of a dominant language.
The rich and stimulating environment develop babies' EQ, IQ & LQ. Children grow more confident, curious and become active learners. They are sociable, highly intelligent and are much sought after by all leading kindergartens.
Come and visit Le Beaumont Language Centre, in Admiralty, Causeway Bay, TST or TKO. See how infants grow up with 5 languages from 3 months and speak like a native speaker by the age of 3. Join the Parenting Seminar every Saturday from 2-3:30 p.m.at Admiralty Centre, Tower 1, 5/F.
Tel: 2866 2028
20.10.09
Gifted Babies
GIFTED BABIES PROGRAM – A RESEARCH BASED PROGRAM FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS
This is the Crown Jewel of Le Beaumont's 10,000 hours of R & D. It has been proven highly effective. Many babies have benefited from the program over the past 4 ½ years. They grow up as confident, curious and active learners with outstanding communication skills, in English, Putonghua and a number of other leading languages. They are well sought after by all leading kindergartens and reception classes.
HOW BABIES LEARN
The Gifted Babies Program benefits enormously from breakthroughs in neurology studies on early brain development in the last few years. Research at the Washington Univeristy in 2003 and 2007 proved that babies did not learn sound or visual stimulations through TV or or DVD. Babies learn from interaction with people.
A baby is borne with more than a hundred billion synapses, not yet wired. Wiring (learning) takes place upon stimulation to form a memory unit, and is stored up in the sound data base.
THE RISE AND FALL OF LANGUAGE SYNAPSES
A new born baby has twice as many language synapses than an adult. Rapid growth follows. It peaks out in the 8th month when the amount of synapses is almost ten times that of an adult. The amazing thing is that redundant synapses are pruned off in a massive way after the 9th month. By the age 4, the amount of language synapses is down to that of a 2-month old baby.
If you want your child to speak English, Putonghua, or any language with the details of a native speaker, start early! Start from infancy! Wiring for infants take place at a rate of 30,000 synapses per minute, giving as much detail as a in a digital camera with high mega pixels.
Beaumont Playgroups accepts babies from the 2nd month onwards. Daily exposure to different languagaes, songs, games and activities, and the chance to meet more people improves their EQ. IQ & LQ.
This is the Crown Jewel of Le Beaumont's 10,000 hours of R & D. It has been proven highly effective. Many babies have benefited from the program over the past 4 ½ years. They grow up as confident, curious and active learners with outstanding communication skills, in English, Putonghua and a number of other leading languages. They are well sought after by all leading kindergartens and reception classes.
HOW BABIES LEARN
The Gifted Babies Program benefits enormously from breakthroughs in neurology studies on early brain development in the last few years. Research at the Washington Univeristy in 2003 and 2007 proved that babies did not learn sound or visual stimulations through TV or or DVD. Babies learn from interaction with people.
A baby is borne with more than a hundred billion synapses, not yet wired. Wiring (learning) takes place upon stimulation to form a memory unit, and is stored up in the sound data base.
THE RISE AND FALL OF LANGUAGE SYNAPSES
A new born baby has twice as many language synapses than an adult. Rapid growth follows. It peaks out in the 8th month when the amount of synapses is almost ten times that of an adult. The amazing thing is that redundant synapses are pruned off in a massive way after the 9th month. By the age 4, the amount of language synapses is down to that of a 2-month old baby.
If you want your child to speak English, Putonghua, or any language with the details of a native speaker, start early! Start from infancy! Wiring for infants take place at a rate of 30,000 synapses per minute, giving as much detail as a in a digital camera with high mega pixels.
Beaumont Playgroups accepts babies from the 2nd month onwards. Daily exposure to different languagaes, songs, games and activities, and the chance to meet more people improves their EQ. IQ & LQ.
Key Stages In Language Development
Key Stages in Language Development
STAGE ONE Voice recognition is the most difficult part in learning languages. Infants and toddlers can pick up the rich details in a language far better than adults. A baby builds up his voice recognition system in the first 8 months.
Your baby should be able to respond to what you say by the 3rd month. If your baby does not show any response to what you say by the 6th month, it is a sign of trouble. Check if your baby has been brought up under acute deprivation of a language environment and human interaction. And do something about it quickly.
STAGE TWO Immitation to produce sounds. Different babies progress differently. The earliest case we have come across in Le Le Beaumont is as early as 2 1/1 months! Some starts at 8 or 9 months. The majority make the first monosyllable at 13th or 14th month.
If your baby shows good response to what you say, but is not saying anaythig, don't worry. Einstein began to talk not until the age of 4. Send him to a playgroup which gives him much more opportunities to talk.
In the first 15 months, a baby is more interested in sounds and rhythms than meaning. So focus on sound play. Babies love familiar songs, stories and games. Don't change too frequently. Remember, it is sound play that is important, not the contents of the program.
STAGE THREE After the 15th month, a baby's attention shifts from sounds to meaning. A vocabulary spurt follows.
The best way to build up vocabulry is by recognizing actual objects in daily life, through play, conversation and story telling. Reading of big picture books with scanty words can be intrdoced at this stage.
Flash cards help but should be used only as a supplementary learning tool. Overuse of flash cards leads to rote learning. Over indulgence in flash cards eats up valuable time to play (and learn) and and to speak. it runs the risk of killing the interest in learning. (Re: Einstein Never Used Flashcard, Psyschology Book of the Year 2003).
STAGE FOUR By the 3rd year, the baby's attention again shifts. This time, attention shifts from individual words to commonly used sentence patterns.
Playgroup creates enormous opportunities to use English in the context of senstences. Reading should play a more important part at this stage. But read together.
By the end of the 3rd year, your baby will be able to use English in full compliance with the customary rules of English grammar.
STAGES FIVE Vocabulary comes naturally with life experience and usage. At age 4 and 5, your child still likes to run around, explore the world and build up the vocabulary. This is by far the best way to develop the communication skills in English, Putonghua, Spanish or any other language.
Children in Finland spend their time in playgroups up to 6 years of age and start their formal schooling at the age of 7. By the age of 15, students in Finland tops the world. (PISA – Program for International Student Assessment by OECD).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment
STAGE ONE Voice recognition is the most difficult part in learning languages. Infants and toddlers can pick up the rich details in a language far better than adults. A baby builds up his voice recognition system in the first 8 months.
Your baby should be able to respond to what you say by the 3rd month. If your baby does not show any response to what you say by the 6th month, it is a sign of trouble. Check if your baby has been brought up under acute deprivation of a language environment and human interaction. And do something about it quickly.
STAGE TWO Immitation to produce sounds. Different babies progress differently. The earliest case we have come across in Le Le Beaumont is as early as 2 1/1 months! Some starts at 8 or 9 months. The majority make the first monosyllable at 13th or 14th month.
If your baby shows good response to what you say, but is not saying anaythig, don't worry. Einstein began to talk not until the age of 4. Send him to a playgroup which gives him much more opportunities to talk.
In the first 15 months, a baby is more interested in sounds and rhythms than meaning. So focus on sound play. Babies love familiar songs, stories and games. Don't change too frequently. Remember, it is sound play that is important, not the contents of the program.
STAGE THREE After the 15th month, a baby's attention shifts from sounds to meaning. A vocabulary spurt follows.
The best way to build up vocabulry is by recognizing actual objects in daily life, through play, conversation and story telling. Reading of big picture books with scanty words can be intrdoced at this stage.
Flash cards help but should be used only as a supplementary learning tool. Overuse of flash cards leads to rote learning. Over indulgence in flash cards eats up valuable time to play (and learn) and and to speak. it runs the risk of killing the interest in learning. (Re: Einstein Never Used Flashcard, Psyschology Book of the Year 2003).
STAGE FOUR By the 3rd year, the baby's attention again shifts. This time, attention shifts from individual words to commonly used sentence patterns.
Playgroup creates enormous opportunities to use English in the context of senstences. Reading should play a more important part at this stage. But read together.
By the end of the 3rd year, your baby will be able to use English in full compliance with the customary rules of English grammar.
STAGES FIVE Vocabulary comes naturally with life experience and usage. At age 4 and 5, your child still likes to run around, explore the world and build up the vocabulary. This is by far the best way to develop the communication skills in English, Putonghua, Spanish or any other language.
Children in Finland spend their time in playgroups up to 6 years of age and start their formal schooling at the age of 7. By the age of 15, students in Finland tops the world. (PISA – Program for International Student Assessment by OECD).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment
Hong Kong leads the world
As a metropolitant city with a large expatriate community and free assess to information all over the world, HK is strategically placed to lead the world in the R & D in multi-lingual studies.
HK gives me the opportunity to study 10 national languages and 6 Chinese dialects. My former position as an Assistant Commissioner for Labour (1990-2004)enabled me to meet many learned friends in the diplomatic circle. (My favourite question was "Diplomats are so strong in languages. How do you train up your people?")
As a Founding Executive Director of the award winning Employees Retraining Board(1992-1998), it enabled me to meet world class academics and training experts from different countries.
My lifelong interest in languages has prompted me to take early retirement and to invest 10 of my most productive years(2004-2013)to understand more about languages and to find a more effective way in learning foreign languages.
I am extremely grateful to many friends in the academic world and the diplomatic circle, especially Prof. Nigel Reeves, OBE.
We have focused our study in a narrow field in the past 5 years, viz. early brain development and language education. We are grateful to the primary research conducted at the Harvard Univeristy Medical School, the North Carolina Univeristy, the Washington University, to name just a few.
We are much indebted to the Newsweek International's feature article on 16 Aug 2005. We also benefited enormously from the many splendid documentaries produced by the National Geographic.
Le Beaumont is probably the only centre in the world that is putting all these latest research findings into actual application. We are grateful to the many talents who have joined Le Beaumont in helping us to push the frontier of knowledge further.
Mr. Patrick Carr, with a First Class Honours Degree and also a Master Degree from the Oxford University, helped us to develop the prototype for the Gifted Babies Program.
Mrs. Eileen Lawson, Mr. Chrit Jenkins, Ms Christine Taylor, Mr. Benjamin Holladay, with a First Class Honours from the Essex University, have returned to their own countries.
We are building a very strong team in the key languages in the modern world. We meet once every week. We are continuously enriching our unique pool of knowledge about language development among infants and toddlers.
We are most grateful to all the valuable feedbacks, comments and suggestions from our parents. Moms are the true experts on infants and toddlers. Their observations are a constant source of inspiration. The moms have informed us that their babies have become more intelligent after joining our baby program, previously known as Baby Phonics. This directs us to the study of the development of IQ and EQ.
Our baby program started off as a language program in the first 4 years. But by the end of the 4th year, there are overwhelming evidence as well as theoretical support that EQ, IQ and LQ are not largely developed by the early experience and environment in which a baby is brought up. Acute deprivation in language stimulation, when both parents are working, leads to retarded growth in brain development and language impairment.
Exposure to more languages very early on and rich stimulation through play do bring up infants as gifted babies. Beaumont Babies will become future leaders in our society.
HK gives me the opportunity to study 10 national languages and 6 Chinese dialects. My former position as an Assistant Commissioner for Labour (1990-2004)enabled me to meet many learned friends in the diplomatic circle. (My favourite question was "Diplomats are so strong in languages. How do you train up your people?")
As a Founding Executive Director of the award winning Employees Retraining Board(1992-1998), it enabled me to meet world class academics and training experts from different countries.
My lifelong interest in languages has prompted me to take early retirement and to invest 10 of my most productive years(2004-2013)to understand more about languages and to find a more effective way in learning foreign languages.
I am extremely grateful to many friends in the academic world and the diplomatic circle, especially Prof. Nigel Reeves, OBE.
We have focused our study in a narrow field in the past 5 years, viz. early brain development and language education. We are grateful to the primary research conducted at the Harvard Univeristy Medical School, the North Carolina Univeristy, the Washington University, to name just a few.
We are much indebted to the Newsweek International's feature article on 16 Aug 2005. We also benefited enormously from the many splendid documentaries produced by the National Geographic.
Le Beaumont is probably the only centre in the world that is putting all these latest research findings into actual application. We are grateful to the many talents who have joined Le Beaumont in helping us to push the frontier of knowledge further.
Mr. Patrick Carr, with a First Class Honours Degree and also a Master Degree from the Oxford University, helped us to develop the prototype for the Gifted Babies Program.
Mrs. Eileen Lawson, Mr. Chrit Jenkins, Ms Christine Taylor, Mr. Benjamin Holladay, with a First Class Honours from the Essex University, have returned to their own countries.
We are building a very strong team in the key languages in the modern world. We meet once every week. We are continuously enriching our unique pool of knowledge about language development among infants and toddlers.
We are most grateful to all the valuable feedbacks, comments and suggestions from our parents. Moms are the true experts on infants and toddlers. Their observations are a constant source of inspiration. The moms have informed us that their babies have become more intelligent after joining our baby program, previously known as Baby Phonics. This directs us to the study of the development of IQ and EQ.
Our baby program started off as a language program in the first 4 years. But by the end of the 4th year, there are overwhelming evidence as well as theoretical support that EQ, IQ and LQ are not largely developed by the early experience and environment in which a baby is brought up. Acute deprivation in language stimulation, when both parents are working, leads to retarded growth in brain development and language impairment.
Exposure to more languages very early on and rich stimulation through play do bring up infants as gifted babies. Beaumont Babies will become future leaders in our society.
CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY STUDY
The Cambridge University has just completed a 6-year in-depth study on primary education.
Dame Gillian Pugh, the review’s chairman, said: “If you introduce a child to too formal a curriculum before they are ready for it then you are not taking into account where children are in terms of their learning and their capacity to develop.”
She added that forcing four-year-olds to “sit quietly” often backfired as it turned them off reading at a young age.
http://www.primaryreview.org.uk/Press_and_media/Finalreportcoverage-Octob.html
Dame Gillian Pugh, the review’s chairman, said: “If you introduce a child to too formal a curriculum before they are ready for it then you are not taking into account where children are in terms of their learning and their capacity to develop.”
She added that forcing four-year-olds to “sit quietly” often backfired as it turned them off reading at a young age.
http://www.primaryreview.org.uk/Press_and_media/Finalreportcoverage-Octob.html
16.10.09
活力充沛的上海
剛從杭州、上海渡假回來，深受上海的活力所感染，亦很欣賞杭州的旅遊配討設施。中國近三十年的成就，是優秀領導層的成就。我特別欣賞朱鎔基，他原是清華大學經濟學院的院長。
清華大學和中國近代史有分割不國的淵源，1900年義和團事件，引至由庚子賠款，美國國會決定以部份賠款，在中國設立清華大學。清華大學教授的薪金，數倍於國內大學，因此吸引了梁啟超、胡適、朱自清、陳寅洛等名重一時的學者，建立了強勢美國一流大學的的傳統。
朱鎔基思路清晰，領導能力高，公信力強。他上任後把國務院的職位，裁減一半，首次發行國債，把國營企業現代化，並推出A股和H股，通過市場機制，順利把國企私營化。他並且通過加入國際關 貿組織，借助外力，打破國內的寡頭壟斷經濟，引入競爭，盤活國內的經濟。
香港在中國近三十年經濟起飛，擔當了資金和市場訊息提供者的重要角色，造成了一個雙贏的局面。珠三角仍有約六萬間港資企業，長遠計，必須打破來料加工、低技術含量的加工業。
香港資訊發達，管理比較上軌道。東山語言中心，在對上5年中，對嬰幼腦部發育和語言學習，投入超過一萬小時的研究和發展工作，跟進全球最新科研的報告，並得到英國和美國尖端學者的參與，成就了全球最先進、效益最高的嬰幼培訓計劃。這是香港的優勢，亦將會是我們對國家的貢獻。
清華大學和中國近代史有分割不國的淵源，1900年義和團事件，引至由庚子賠款，美國國會決定以部份賠款，在中國設立清華大學。清華大學教授的薪金，數倍於國內大學，因此吸引了梁啟超、胡適、朱自清、陳寅洛等名重一時的學者，建立了強勢美國一流大學的的傳統。
朱鎔基思路清晰，領導能力高，公信力強。他上任後把國務院的職位，裁減一半，首次發行國債，把國營企業現代化，並推出A股和H股，通過市場機制，順利把國企私營化。他並且通過加入國際關 貿組織，借助外力，打破國內的寡頭壟斷經濟，引入競爭，盤活國內的經濟。
香港在中國近三十年經濟起飛，擔當了資金和市場訊息提供者的重要角色，造成了一個雙贏的局面。珠三角仍有約六萬間港資企業，長遠計，必須打破來料加工、低技術含量的加工業。
香港資訊發達，管理比較上軌道。東山語言中心，在對上5年中，對嬰幼腦部發育和語言學習，投入超過一萬小時的研究和發展工作，跟進全球最新科研的報告，並得到英國和美國尖端學者的參與，成就了全球最先進、效益最高的嬰幼培訓計劃。這是香港的優勢，亦將會是我們對國家的貢獻。
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