F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [W/R]***

Read the section of the article below. Write down any new words and look them up in the Cambridge dictionary. Write 1-2 example sentences.

Next class: discuss specific phrases or means you don’t understand.

http://www.parenting.com/article/terrible-twos-myth

Pronunciation

president ( prez – ih – dent ) vs. present

Girl ( GRRRR – ULL )

buzz: The movie gives me buzz./ My brain was in buzz.
tantrum: My daughter had a tantrum,she was crying and shouting./ Don’t get into a tantrum.
mayhem:Don’t cause the mayhem,please! / The movie is mayhem.
toddlers: Keep watching for babies and toddlers. / Toddlers already have ideas.
coin: My girl coins a lot of new words./ China coined it’s culture.

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buzz – There’s a lot of buzz about the Coco Chanel Cafe. / There’s a lot of buzz about the new movie which is about monsters./ My brain was buzzed after 2 beers and I am very relaxed.

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tantrum: My daughter had a tantrum, she was crying and shouting because  I didn’t give the glasses to her. – PERFECT!/ Don’t get into a tantrum or else we will leave Disneyland and go home. / Don’t throw a tantrum like a toddler!

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mayhem:Don’t cause mayhem, please! The ayi just finished cleaning the house. / The movie is mayhem but a lot people like it. – PERFECT!

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toddlers: Fan, keep watching the/our friend’s babies and toddlers until we come back. / Toddlers already have ideas which surprises me. – PERFECT!

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coin: My girl coins a lot of new words which makes me laugh. -PERFECT! / China coined its culture which many people study.

Age 1

What’s to Love

They can be wonderfully cuddly. And since many 1-year-olds haven’t yet realized the power of the word “no” to antagonize you, they can often be more compliant than their 2- to 4-year-old sibs. Their distractible nature means you can get them to stop fiddling with the oven knob by giving them a pot and a spoon to bang with.

What’s Tough About It

Establishing good sleep patterns is still a struggle throughout this year, as you drop the morning nap, lengthen the midday one and solidify bedtime. All that snooze drama can make for an overtired, cranky kid. In addition, his limited vocabulary makes for misunderstandings. (He says “nana.” You put him on the phone with Nana Helen. He wanted a banana. Cue meltdown.)

How To Make the Most of It

They need about 13 hours of sleep (11 at night and 2 during the day), so try to make it happen, suggests Bronwyn Charlton, Ph.D., co-founder of SeedlingsGroup, a collective of child-development experts in New York City. Inadequate sleep stacks the deck against you: A tired toddler is a cranky toddler.

Vocabulary

sibs = sibling/s n. – brothers and sisters