We ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ โ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ our child and ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป:
โWhen I grow up, I want to be like Uncle.โ
In Singapore, they mean the workers they see building roads and buildings. When parents ask them why they wish to be like them.
โBecause he has a big machine, a big truck, a big busโฆโ
And that may be the whole answer.
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ผ๐ฟ โ๐จ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟโ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ.
The bus driver drives the bus.
The doctor helps when someone is hurt.
The firefighter puts out fires.
Uncle has a big machine and makes holes in the ground.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ.
* They understand action before they understand titles. They notice the people who visibly move, build, fix, drive and help.
That is why their play is full of tools, uniforms, vehicles and role-play.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐น๐๐.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ preschooler, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐:
โ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.โ
|โ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ.โ
โ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ .โ
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.โ
โ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐...โ
Children remind us that work makes sense when we can see what it does.
