So, the other day I was checking the diagnostic papers of my kids. Most of them totally messed up at Math not because they did not know the answers but because they did not know how to read the question. They have a pretty good number sense. When asked orally or in Hindi they know the answers. If this was the case with Math, you can imagine what English Grammar and Comprehension must have looked like....sigh...Nevertheless the English Grammar paper left me smiling...especially the singular plural forms...
The way kids comprehend can be so awesome! Just check this out...you will love it! There were two columns. Column "A" had singular forms with pictures. And column "B" had their plural forms, supported by pictures. Kids were supposed to fill in the blanks. The question was something like shown in the image.
The way kids comprehend can be so awesome! Just check this out...you will love it! There were two columns. Column "A" had singular forms with pictures. And column "B" had their plural forms, supported by pictures. Kids were supposed to fill in the blanks. The question was something like shown in the image.
And this is how some of my cute little babies answer them-
One kid- Poor thing! She thinks the picture of boys on the plural side is not really visible. So she fills in the plural as "no more boys" :)
Another kid- For mango, she sees 4 mangoes on the plural side. So she writes "mango mango mango mango" :) And for sheep "sheep sheep" as there were two sheep in the picture!
3 or 4 kids- I love their sense of logic! If you notice, in the question, the 4th one is given as an oxen on the plural side and the kids were supposed to fill in the singular side i.e. ox. They actually got it correct out of logic by removing the "en" from oxen. And they added "en" to all other words. So the answers they came up with were "boyen" for boy, "mangoen" for mango and "sheepen" for sheep! :)
And these kids proudly raise their hands and say "didi finish"...I love their innocence. As long as they are not giving up and using their brain to come up with some answers! And coming to think of it, none of the answers above are illogical. I love my kids for what they are and the way they comprehend :)
One kid- Poor thing! She thinks the picture of boys on the plural side is not really visible. So she fills in the plural as "no more boys" :)
Another kid- For mango, she sees 4 mangoes on the plural side. So she writes "mango mango mango mango" :) And for sheep "sheep sheep" as there were two sheep in the picture!
3 or 4 kids- I love their sense of logic! If you notice, in the question, the 4th one is given as an oxen on the plural side and the kids were supposed to fill in the singular side i.e. ox. They actually got it correct out of logic by removing the "en" from oxen. And they added "en" to all other words. So the answers they came up with were "boyen" for boy, "mangoen" for mango and "sheepen" for sheep! :)
And these kids proudly raise their hands and say "didi finish"...I love their innocence. As long as they are not giving up and using their brain to come up with some answers! And coming to think of it, none of the answers above are illogical. I love my kids for what they are and the way they comprehend :)
may be the kids are not blank canvases, but paintings already , and u help them uncover. :)
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Hey Ruhi
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Read ur blog for the 1st time n got to know abt ur noble venture
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Awesome Ruhi!
ReplyDeleteNow you are gonna have a hard time explaining them the rules of language! "When the plural of Ox is Oxen, why can't the plural of Boy be Boyen?" Lets see what happens when you give-out their evaluations! :P
Reading your blog always excites me!
-Teja Myneedu
nice to see your spirit. No doubt the situation is difficult but you have as always seen a bright side:-)
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