Amazing how the brain develops language skills. A year ago when she had just joined pre-KG the teacher remarked on her poor grasp of the English language ( Tamil is our mother tongue). Now she is in LKG and her teacher appreciates her story telling abilities( completely in english, enacted and with sound effects I believe). Just a year and such a huge difference.
My 20 month old son rushes to me one day and says "Push" in a complaining tone . I ask him "who pushed you?". He dramatically says "Akka" . The following day they were apparently playing the same rough games and he comes running once again. This time he says" Amma, akka push". I thought that was an impressive progress over a day. From a single word he had learnt to frame his sentence.
My daughter loves music and I play a lot of music too especially Hindi music. I find her picking up a new language thanks to the tracks playing in the background. She pays attention to the songs she specially likes and stops me in between asking for the meaning of the key words to understand what the musician means. The next time she hears it , she promptly comes up to me and reminds me of the meaning!!!
On the other hand, when i read, hear or come across people with memory loss related illnesses I feel so bad and helpless. I was shocked to learn about memory loss related illnesses that can make you forget basic things such as turning off the tap or even opening a door! The very same brain that had years ago performed amazingly can just decide to take a break and totally break down our life!
Lets just appreciate ourselves for all what we are, what we know, even the simple everday activities and say "Thank you brain!!".
