One of the key positives for Tiger in attending school is to have found a best friend in his class, a French boy, L, who shares his passion for all things Star Wars. Tiger spent a whole day hanging out with L at his home (talking non-stop about Star Wars, according to L's mum) and also went to the cinema to watch the latest franchise movie:
Since I have not totally forgotten my previous role as a homeschooling mother, I then followed up with Tiger's interest by taking him to the Star Wars exhibition.
Given his current obsession with Star Wars, Tiger really enjoyed the exhibition. I am not a sci-fi fan in any way but I have found the slightly philosophical theme (about making choices) of the exhibition to be interesting. We had the opportunity to 'mould' a character by the end of the exhibition, and the below are our Star Wars characters:
Back home, Tiger whipped out the dot-to-dot book that I got him for Christmas and started playing with it. Doing the dot-to-dot is nothing especially intellectual, but Tiger enjoys it, as so I, and doing what we enjoy is a good enough reason to carry on with the activity.
Besides, this is how we have always supported and will continue to support Tiger's interests, aligned with his increasing fleet of Star Wars models.
If you happen to be as ignorant about the various space vehicles as I am, here is a video that I have found to be useful to bring me up to speed with what the Millenium Falcon is:
Of course, one needs to know about Walkers:
Where does this obsession begin? I trace it back to two Christmases ago. Since then, Tiger has caught the bug, despite my best efforts to distract him from it. When I saw that I could not save him from it, I let him immerse himself by reading all the related books we could get our hands on.
Having said that, I must confess that I struggle to see the importance of knowing the entire chronological history of Star Wars...
Since I have not totally forgotten my previous role as a homeschooling mother, I then followed up with Tiger's interest by taking him to the Star Wars exhibition.
Given his current obsession with Star Wars, Tiger really enjoyed the exhibition. I am not a sci-fi fan in any way but I have found the slightly philosophical theme (about making choices) of the exhibition to be interesting. We had the opportunity to 'mould' a character by the end of the exhibition, and the below are our Star Wars characters:
Back home, Tiger whipped out the dot-to-dot book that I got him for Christmas and started playing with it. Doing the dot-to-dot is nothing especially intellectual, but Tiger enjoys it, as so I, and doing what we enjoy is a good enough reason to carry on with the activity.
Besides, this is how we have always supported and will continue to support Tiger's interests, aligned with his increasing fleet of Star Wars models.
If you happen to be as ignorant about the various space vehicles as I am, here is a video that I have found to be useful to bring me up to speed with what the Millenium Falcon is:
Of course, one needs to know about Walkers:
Where does this obsession begin? I trace it back to two Christmases ago. Since then, Tiger has caught the bug, despite my best efforts to distract him from it. When I saw that I could not save him from it, I let him immerse himself by reading all the related books we could get our hands on.
Having said that, I must confess that I struggle to see the importance of knowing the entire chronological history of Star Wars...
Hwee, it's so lovely to see you back here! I'm glad Tiger is settling so well into school and has made a good friend who shares some of his interests.
ReplyDeleteOur passions may change throughout our lives, but the drive to intensely immerse ourselves in something we love will always be a life-enhancing character trait.
I have fond memories of helping my little brother build his Millennium Falcon when I was a child. :)