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I fared pretty good with my studies from pre-school up to my college years.  I did not finish with the most prestigious top awards but my folks were proud with all the ribbons, academic certificates, honors and medals I was awarded at random years of my studies.  I wasn’t really that consistent because of certain subjects and topics that just didn’t “like” me or should I say, there’s one particular subject that has always been my waterloo.  Just like many of the students out there, I find Math problems hard to deal with.  Not everything about Math though because there are certain areas that I enjoy like Fraction topics and Algebra.   Geometry and Calculus were my least liked areas, thus, I needed Calculus help from my special someone (now my husband) back then.  He’s a Math wizard.  Not everyone is as lucky as me to have a private math wizard tutor.  But, actually, getting Math help (Algebra help, for an instance) is really easy nowadays on the internet.  Since everyone’s practically connected to the web these days, a student (K-12 or college) can actually secure Homework help from TutorVista, an online tutoring company that offers private teaching services in various subjects (not just Math).  For just a $99.99 monthly tutoring package, students can avail their unlimited service at any time through their virtual whiteboard workspace and live chat site features.  Getting math help can’t get more exciting and easier than this.

Little A’s wit at this stage really never fails to amaze me. I just bought him 2 My First Words Books and a box of animal flash cards last Friday and guess what, he has already mastered and can correctly associate 20 out of 32 pictures of animals with their names (and vice versa). He has certainly deepened his vocabulary these past few weeks and he can even now convey his thoughts in two to three word sentences. He can now count (recite) from 1 to 15 with a little help on 11 and 12. I’m now coaching him his ABCs but so far he can just recite from A to D. He can follow and pronounce each letter though when guided. What’s funny is that whenever he sees words with big letters, he spells them while pointing to the letters and he goes like "A..B..C…eben, eyt, nay, ten!" He mixes his letters and numbers. LOL. But at least, he knows already the concept of reading, right?

Little A’s wit at this stage really never fails to amaze me. I just bought him 2 My First Words Books and a box of animal flash cards last Friday and guess what, he has already mastered and can correctly associate 20 out of 32 pictures of animals with their names (and vice versa). He has certainly deepened his vocabulary these past few weeks and he can even now convey his thoughts in two to three word sentences. He can now count (recite) from 1 to 15 with a little help on 11 and 12. I’m now coaching him his ABCs but so far he can just recite from A to D. He can follow and pronounce each letter though when guided. What’s funny is that whenever he sees words with big letters, he spells them while pointing to the letters and he goes like "A..B..C…eben, eyt, nay, ten!" He mixes his letters and numbers. LOL. But at least, he knows already the concept of reading, right?

My son will celebrate his 2nd birthday in less than a month. In a blink of an eye and without us knowing, he’ll soon start schooling. This, I think is a gentle reminder that we need to go over and revisit how we are faring with our savings for his education. We didn’t get him a college educational plan fearing the instability and with all the recent fiasco involving these pre-need plans companies. Instead, we opened a trust fund and at the same time thinking of venturing into stock or precious metal investment for an added security on our future finances.