[Parenting] My 4-year-old is turning into Lou Oshiba

I wrote an article like this before.

They started learning English last month and have already taken several lessons, but so far they are attending without any complaints and things are going smoothly.

They get homework every time, and since they started doing it as soon as they get home from their lesson, I'm relieved to see that they are enjoying English.

I don't know what kind of classes they are having, but judging by the textbooks and homework, it seems they are learning the alphabet, simple English words (like Apple or car), and answering questions asked in English with single words.

Perhaps due to the lessons, they have recently started throwing in English words they know into their everyday conversations.

They are turning into Lou Oshiba like this.

Lou Oshiba is famous for his comedy routine? known as "Lou-go," where he mixes Japanese and English, saying things like "Let's together!" and "Yabu kara stick" (a pun on the Japanese idiom for 'out of the blue').

Naturally, my child doesn't know who Lou Oshiba is.

I remember Lou-go being popular quite a long time ago, but I never imagined my own child would start using it.

Also, they have started counting in English more often.

If you thought, "Wait?", you are sharp.

They are skipping eight.

They can already count perfectly up to 100 when counting in Japanese, so they already know that eight exists, but for some reason, it gets skipped when they switch to English.

Every time they get out of the bath, I tell them, "Count to ten before you get out," but they skip eight every single time.

When I say, "Eight is being left out," they say, "Oh, I skipped it again," and count again.

Perhaps they have memorized the whole sequence from one to ten as a single phrase with eight missing.

I really wish they would let eight join the group already.

Today was a story about my child enjoying English in this way.

The end.