The very first few things that we taught Dawn when she started talking, was answering to the question of “What is your name?”. This is usually a common question that others will ask a little girl and my feel is how can my little girl doesn’t know how to answer that question? By able to recognise and know how to answer a “name” question should help boost kid’s confidence, at least that’s what I strongly feel. Now at 2 and a half years, she can answer the question in both Mandarin and English.
Me : 你叫什么名？
Dawn : 佳萱！
Me : 你今年几岁？
Dawn : 两岁半！
Me : What is your name?
Dawn : Dawn (Dawn)!
Me : How old are you?
Dawn : Two!
The reason why Dawn still says “Two” in English instead of “Two and a half” because it’s too mouthful for her. She started mumbling “Three and a half” instead, which I think is a no-no incase the restaruants start charging me for her buffet price! :p