counting in mandarin, reciting the multiplication table

RE: counting in mandarin, reciting the multiplication table

Jasper was counting in mandarin 31, 32, 33... etc and I was quite surprised as I have never taught him any mandarin (cos I don't speak it), then I asked my daycare place and they reckoned maybe it was during a casual game they played he managed to memorise the words.

Then I read the multiplication table to him in Cantonese, it was really just a short play while we were having our afternoon tea in the shopping mall. The next day, when I said "2 x 1 = 2", waited half a second, he then said "2 x 2 = 4", then I went "2 x 3 = 6", he went "2 x 4 = 8". Thats as far as he goes at the moment. I doubt he understands the concept but he certainly has very good ascoutic memory.

At the music class we are going to to, Jasper is the only kid who greets the teacher "hello Yvette" and says "bye bye Yvette" at the end of the class, I didn't prompt him to say it. Yvette certainly melted when she heard it. Its a 2-6 years class, the other kids aren't aware of the teacher's name.

He is quite cute, he also learns to say "oh dear !" and "I don't know"...and seems to use it quite extensively.