Jay & the Shin Kanshien (新干线)

Last year, we brought Jay to Japan. It was his very first oversea trip. Everything was a first for him, including the bullet train.



Ever since, Jay felt in love with train. So you start to buy books about train, bring him to sit MRT, show him the Thomas & Friends.

But what I found the most useful is to replay the home video of our Japan trip over and over again to him. Now, he not only remembered the trip, he remember who we went with, he remember the plane, the train, the fun things, miso soup.

Remember last time, we could only remember our past thru 4R photos. Now, the kids are more lucky, as home video recorded every single moment. Especially those that has been edited with captions and coupled with wonderful music.

Tips to make your child remember the trip...
1. Select places that will interest him. I don't think Bangkok or Bali will interest him. Find those countries that has relevent things to him.
2. Bring along a camera and a camcorder. Spend some money on it. High quality photos and video helps you to remember more clearly.
3. You gotto have a Mac to edit the pictures and video. I strongly recommend iMovie and iPhotos and iTunes and iDVD. It makes your life easier.
4. Then I recommend AppleTV so that you can replay it over and over again on your TV.
5. Lastly put all your hearts in it to produce the video.
6. Don't forget to give grandfolks a copy.

-- Post From My iPhone