Book Rack and Toy Corner

Well I am not much of an organiser my self and doesn't want to pass my bad habits to her M so I guess its high time we get organised and also start her early on it. So the first thing first have to put all my stuff back to there original places after use and the comes M's turn ...but where is the proper place to put her stuff !!!! the answer is "M's corner"we already had this great toy box that holds most of her toys and also serves as a vehicle and a home and God knows what in her pretend play
but her books and other stuffed toys still needed a place of their own. So here comes our nice and simple book/toy rack. It is a simple chip board box which still needs finishing, it is screwed on the wall right beside our computer table in lunge at a height convenient for m so she can pick books and puzzles whenever she wants to and has a proper place to put them back herself .... ( she still needs a lot of practice on the second one)now our toy box has an additional purpose its also a stool now
i am planing to rotate the books and other activities as our collection grows

Birdie by M (drawn on 1st Dec.)

Life really is like a joy ride ever since we got her in our lives.No day has passed since her birth that she didn't surprise us by something utterly cute and undeniably intriguing, we were still fascinated by her portrait and here she is with her BIRDIE .... don't know what to say about this one but sure it is as cut as M herself !!! cant take my eyes off this cute thing with her small beak ( which reminds me of my sweetie's pout) and the open wing ! The best part is that she knew what she was drawing (the flag on the right is drawn by irfan i guess)

Cool Finds

Finally i got this very very cute ticker from the ticker factory for our blog and i got another cute one for my facebook account too (i have been trying to get one for a long long time )
And there is more, i found two very nice sites brightly beaming resourse and Hubbard's cupboardwith all the curriculam planned, activities organised and guidlines set even i feel confident to home school....naaaa just kidding :) i dont really want to "home school" M, I am just trying to give her an enviornment that i hope and pray will inculcate the love for learning and knowlege in her ( blieve me its not as dull and boring as it sounds, its a lot of fun for the two of us ) and i guess thats what Maria montessorie's philosophy is all about.

First Portrait

This morning M surprised us with this drawing of this absolutely cute face, what was more interesting was that she named each part as she drew.... I..eys ( eyes) "mouth" and "Ed" head and finally "FACE"Well yes Irfan drew a lot of simple objects that she recognises most of them immediately like the other day he drew two wheels and a triangle and M cried "CikhaAl" (bicycle). A child's profile is also visible in the upper half of the page with M's rendering ofcourse :) Yet non of us has ever asked her to draw anything specifically exept for the eyes coz she always draw these small spirals and cal them eyes.... so i didnt really pay attention first when she said Ieyes... but was totally awestruck when i saw what she was doing
And when the drawing was finished she had to color it ...right!!! so these strokes are actually an attempt to "colol" (color)ruined my immediate plans of getting it framed :(

One New Addition

to M's Toy chest is this3 colorful wires threaded with multicolored wooden beads I guess its best for fine and gross motor skills and also an unexpected trigger for her imagination.... i was surprised when i heard wruummmm WRrrRummm... wRUUUm..... coming from M... Oh my!! she was pretending these beads as cars on road or at least it appears so :) but what ever it was , it really was a shock!
she has also started recognising and naming some colors pPhink is always accompanied by Ello (yellow)
She even loved its bigger model in the shop but i am obviously content with this lil one :) Serving its purpose right I guess.