Report card for Junior KG

It was one of the world's best kept secrets!
Mom n Dad had no idea on what to expect when they came in for the report card distribution for the pre-primary school kids.

Well, suffice it to say, I did well!

Out of the 4 categories, I won first prize for recitation and also for colouring. The medals were quite nice :-)

Guess the report card speaks for itself.

The medals were accompanied with certificates!

Overall, a very satisfying experience!

Guess the party begins...

Taking Math to a higher level

I must tell you that I was a little unsure about able to add numbers. But a systematic approach helped. I started adding numbers (please refer to my earlier post) using my fingers. That became easy after 4-5 practice tests:-) But daddy had different ideas in his alabaster head. He wanted me to count numbers higher than fingers on my hand. Here, I had to really struggle and rack my brains for ideas. The Eureka moment came one afternoon, when I was looking for options. I used my pencil to draw lines, which denoted numbers. Different lines for different numbers. Then it became easy to add. After a few practice sessions, I went through the final test!! Results were as usual, predictable!! 5/5 (100%) Daddy was happy, and he asked me if I wanted to top this test with the mother of all tests!! At this young age, I am a huge risk-taker! So, I said 'YES!!"

Daddy, again, was true to his word.

I got my ice-creams. Two of them!!

My first test paper

Daddy & I have been working on arithmetic these past few days...The focus has been on addition. We would ask each other complex questions on additions, using fingers to denote numbers... Then daddy made the mistake of challenging me to take a test! A tough one! I was a bit skeptical, since I had no previous experience, but decided to take the plunge. Have a look at the test! I am sure that you will agree that it was a tough one for an four and a half year old...

But I kept my calm and took it one question at a time. As you can observe, the results were good. I could see daddy's jaw dropping, which ensured my happiness quotient went up :-) Do you want to know why? Because we had a bet :-)

The bet was that if I answered all the questions correctly, I would get an ice-cream of my choice!!

Well, since my daddy is a gentleman, he kept his word, and I got an ice-cream of my choice (which is hardly a choice... Henry Ford used to say 'I can give you a car in any colour, as long as it's black'. I use a similar example to share my choice on ice-creams!)

For the intellectually challenged folks, I had a strawberry ice-cream. Duh!!

Well, the happiness did not end with one ice-cream. I pushed my luck, and asked him for one more with an expression I usually reserve for tough situations :-)

Needless to say, the idea worked & I got another one!! This time, I chose alphonso.

Nice :-) I am looking forward to more tests! Daddy has been recently certified on the MBTI. I may take that soon...

Happy Gudi Padwa

It was a very proud moment for me. Mumma gave me the entire responsibility of doing the Gudi Puja! I was well-prepared and confident because of my past experience in handling pujas for Diwali etc... but you could still see the pride on my face :-)

I did the procedure impeccably. The results were satisfactory.

Hope you guys had a great beginning to the year... Best wishes to all!!

Teaching Salman to fly

The other day, Salman Khan was a little hassled. That was because he had to do a stunt where he had to jump from a big height. Because of all the tension, he drank a lot of Sprite thinking that all this blabber about 'Dar ke aage hi jeet hain' will help. It didn't :-) Then, he came to me for advice. Rather than giving him gyan, I took him to R-City and gave him a demonstration. First, take care of all precautions. Check the rope, the carabiners etc, and it gives you an added sense of safety.

Once you are ready, do not think too much about it.

Just take a leap of faith.

Guess the session helped.

I think Salman did a good job in the ad.