What Ethan learns from Mommy and Me Class

Ethan loves music very much, ever since he was little. He dances when he hears music. And he says "nyanyi" when he wants to hear some music.

After attending mommy and me class for 1 month (no absence yet), Ethan was able to do the following:

1. Jump (lifting his both legs at the same time). He enjoys jumping so much now. He can even jump 1 step down.

2. Ethan can recognize the songs that he's been learning in his class, such as: row row your boat, itsy bitsy spider, our regular absent song & the Freeze.

Row-Row your boat.
When he hears this song, he sits down and grabs our hands, and start rowing back and forth. He loves the fast speed.

Itsy Bitsy Spider
He puts his tiny fingers together. That's all he does now.

Mommy and Me absent song.
It goes like this: Ethan's here today...Ethan's here today. Let's clap our hands and sing...Ethan's here today. While the teacher sings that song, Ethan needs to stand in front of the class and jumps until the song's over. This is how he learned how to jump. Ethan does not only jump when his name was called, but also when the teacher calls up his friends. He just gets so excited when he hears this song.

The Freeze
Ethan learned this song from our church nursery. He can stop when he hears the word "freeze" and move when the song is back on. He even gets ready to stop before he hears the word "freeze". That's how familiar he is with this song.

New vocab at 17 months old

Ethan has been talking a lot. He just repeats what we say in his version of language, baby talk. One vocabulary that he learned is "mana" (indonesian language). He learned that word from playing Ci Luk Ba (pee-ka-boo) with mommy. Here it goes:

Mommy: ethan...mommy mana? then mommy runs and hides
Ethan...mana?....mana???
Mommy: mommy mana?
Ethan: mana??? mana???

And now, when we ask him to look for his toys or papi/nai-nai/mommy, he goes: mana? mana?