I am probably a terrible mother. I don't set up home made activities to amuse my children and bake my own play dough like I am sure good mothers do. No I let them play with the shop bought stuff, sing pop songs to them instead of nursery rhymes and teach them how to do the time warp.
Daughter number one was playing with aforementioned play dough with her Godmother earlier this month. GM is highly educated and likes to find a learning opportunity to expand D1 horizons whenever she can.
Whilst using the play dough press which squeezes out different shapes, GM was trying to explain a learning point to D1
GM "Now if you look at this shape here (A large hole surrounded by smaller ones) its an interesting piece of physics. Although the pressure is the same, the speed at which the dough emerges is different. Do you know why?"
D1 "Look! A Mustache!" Having been so enthralled by this early physics lesson, D1 had rolled herself a play dough mustache and was now proudly modelling it!
D1 also enjoyed a solo trip to stay with Uncle T this month.
He phoned and asked to speak to her so he could invite her to come and stay.
Uncle T "Would you like to come and stay with me this weekend as a special treat all by yourself?"
D1 Thinking hard "Um no thank you I am going fruit picking.."
Uncle T "Right well I didn't see that one coming. Well ok I can see if we can do some fruit picking while you are visiting?"
She has never been fruit picking and has never before expressed an interest in partaking in it! As Uncle T lives in the middle of Bristol I can only assume that it was to see if she could make him make a ridiculous request happen. I think she may now well and truly have his "I just cant say no" number...
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