Some of Sahil's Sentences!

Here are some of the 'verbatim' stuff - from Sahil - jotted sometime last September...

S: "I tell. You write. OK?" ----- while doing HW.

S: "I write, then I can learn?" ----- when I insisted that he writes, so he can learn.

S: "How you know? desk is 'd', 'e' 's' 'k'? You telling when u r writing? u saw my note book?" ------ when he asked me 'desk' spelling and I told correctly.

S: "I don't want to say when I am writing. I am writing only, know?" -------- When I was insisting he reads while he writes.

S: "Can I color first, then we do home work?" -------- When he had writing and coloring to do.

S: "You help me color, please. Lets do something that I can do fast. Okay?"

S: "Mine not gone outside, see your color I think is going to go outside. You are doing so faassst know. We should not put it outside. Correct, mumma?" ------ While trying to color 'perfectly'.

S: "Okay, now I am your mother. Okay?" ----- Role-play, so he can command what needs to be done.

S: "I am the teacher. I teach you, you tell me, I ask, okay? Tell me, desk. " ----- When I asked him 'desk' spelling and he didn't know.

S: "When I become big, and I become mummy know... then you will become small know, then I take care of you, okay?" -------- This one is my favorite!! I had fun explaining he would not become 'mummy' and I would never become 'small'. :)

S: "In my school - one Aditi know, she told me 'shut up' today mumma. I felt v bad, I also told her shut up. "
M: We should not speak like that, v bad she told u like that. U don't talk like that to anyone who says bad words okay. We should never say bad words. I don't want you to say 'shut up' to anyone....
S: "Okay, next time, this time i told 'galti say' (by mistake), next time, I not say. I won't talk to anyone telling bad words, okay mumma? mumma, why is 'shut up' bad word? we should not tell 'rascal' also?" : : : (I begin to wonder.....)