She had Shane making animal noises and running through the house to find items of different colors while she counted down in Japanese. He was into it and Carrie and I were delighted.
Carrie liked her so much that Shane now takes two 30 minutes each week (Monday and Friday).
It started because Ryouma went on a trip to England. After a miscue and a hotel lesson, Ryouma said he'd be unavailable for a few weeks. We didn't want Shane to stop taking lessons, so Carrie agreed to look up a new teacher.
I had mentioned months ago I thought it would be a good idea to try another teacher. Ryouma wasn't bad per se. Shane liked him and we weren't about to pull the plug on something that was working.
However, I could tell that Ryouma was used to working with older students. Different styles work better with different ages and people. I told Carrie I wondered how a teacher more used to kids would approach teaching Shane.
Carrie didn't want to try anyone else back then, but Ryouma being unavailable forced our hand.
And it's working out great. We're booking lessons in advance and planning to stick with Sunny for the known future. Shane's interacting, learning, and maybe we'll actually get to do a family trip to Japan one day with him as our translator.
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