accomplishments

he has started reading pretty well and is doing additions,subractions and skip counting ...

why is there no one like me ?

manu:-mommy why is there no one in the world who looks just like me ,why are there not too many manus ?

me:-why do u want too many manus ?

manu:- no no i want many smarans ,kazukis,mommys ,daddys...

and dinocos as well( name of his new car)

me:- why?

manu:- so that I can play with as many people and cars that I like

manage my cough

i had a bad cold this morning ,decided not to go office ,manu woke up and saw me sneezing and coughing ...

mommy I can manage my cough ,don't worry about me :-)

lovely kid ,he is so caring 

why is everything round

manu-mommy why is everything round-the sun,the earth,the apple,the orange ,the thing inside the eye (he couldn't remmeber pupil) 

me-interesting one ...what do u think ,why could everything be round 

manu and i are  looking for the answer ...will post it as soon as we find one ;-)

why is the black forest so black ?

we were in bad antogast walking through the black forests when manu asked the question. 

me-hmmmm what do u think why is it so dark here 

manu-because the trees are so close together 

can there be train tracks on the sun ?

manu asked me this question,these days I am putting back the question to him so that he tries to find the answer himself and most of the times i find he knows the right answer -

he answered-i don't think so because they will melt there :-) 

Tub Fun...Neils first book he read all by himself..

he is soooooo proud :-)

I am proud too :-)))

wow! great job neil...he can read  3 letter words 

the hooked on phonics is working well 

Manu has got all his sounds right and he has started redaing 2 letter words ...great job 

simple additions have also started 

Janaury 2008

manu is with me at home all the time ,have to think of new ways to keep him occupied.

Hooked by phonics seems a good option .

lets start reading and getting the sounds right