Ishaan wins his lightsaber !

We have been following a point system to reward good behavior for Kavya and Ishaan for past 3-4 months. Ishaan's goal has been to get 100 points so that he can earn the lightsaber! He has been asking for it since he saw the Star War movies. Kavya does not want anything in particular (I like to think of it as she has everything :) ) So, she is little less enthusiastic about it.

The way it works is that they earn points for doing good things. Some things are already called out. For example, Ishaan can get a point if he reads 3 books. Kavya can get a point if she reads 1 book (since hers are chapter books with 80 to 100 pages). If Ishaan does not come to me in the middle of the night, he can earn a point. Or sometimes, they can earn a point on-the-fly for just being nice or helping out.

Ishaan has been dedicatedly working towards his goal - meticulously keeping track of his points making sure not a single point is forgotten. He even got upset and threw tantrum if we talk about taking a point away for his bad behavior. Finally, he made it to 100 points today and earned his lightsaber. He was so happy and proud to earn his reward.

Keep it up, little Ishaan. Just work on your temper a little :)

Ishaan loves numbers !

Ishaan is very fascinated with and interested in anything to do with numbers. You can practically get him to do anything if you represent it in the form of numbers. Here are the different incidents that shows his love for numbers !

He loves Maths - addition, subtraction, greater than/less than. He was doing 1-2 digit addition/subtraction without regrouping and just yesterday, I showed him how to do 2-digit addition with regrouping and he immediately picked it up. He enjoyed it and asked for more and more. Kavya also helps him practice using Uno cards. She has started teaching him multiplication (tables) too.

Whenever he is home, he keeps on checking the digital clock on our microwave/stove top every few mins and keeps on calculating how many minutes is it till/past his bed time or school time.

He loves the Fitbit dongle that Gaurav uses. Every evening he asks Gaurav if he can see how many steps it shows. Then he requests if he can walk or go up/down the stairs with it. He holds it in his hands and runs with it, periodically checking the numbers.

Few nights ago, he kept on coming up with one or the other request instead of sleeping. After a while, he was still awake and asked me to tickle him. I told him that if he laid down quietly for 5 mins, I will do it. My hope was that in those quiet 5 mins, he will fall asleep. Instead, after few mins, he woke up and told me "Mommy, I counted till 300, now can you tickle me ?" :)

He also loves to count his money. Every few days, he will count how much money he has in his piggy bank and then give it to Gaurav to deposit in his bank account.

So, as you can see, he loves numbers and money - Just like his daddy :)
I tell him that he should plan to be a CPA or Financial planner when he grows up.