1. Settle down with the newspaper and a pencil in plain view of a four year old
2. When questioned, explain patiently how a crossword works
3. Smile indulgently when said four year old says 'i know numbers
also and alphabets also'
4. When he says 'can i do?', think 'wow! a perfect balance of education and entertainment!!'
5. Then watch in horror as four year old takes ten minutes to write 'axis' as 'axjs'
6. Watch all hope die as enthused four year old says 'now what number i must find?'
7. Take half an hour to spell 'deception'and get it written in the correct place
8. Mourn the demise of the erstwhile enjoyable crossword.
9. Make crosswords a highly classified activity - done only when the four year old is in school - hopefully getting his alphabets right!
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5 comments:
lol....archie, that was hilarious :))
In retrospect, i think so too ganga :)
Arch, Got here from your comment. You have a wonderful blog and I could not stop smiling as I read post after post.
On this particular one though, I am actually impressed that your 4 year old managed to spell "deception" :) Or did I misunderstand ? ;)
Krithika, am so glad you decided to visit !
That was me spelling it out to arjun....and we would stay really far away from four year olds able to spell 'deception' by themselves :p
LOL!! I have long forgotten what a crossword even looks like. Thanks to motherhood!
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