When
they were younger I would make the lists for them and draw pictures for clues since
they weren’t reading. They still aren’t reading but now they create their
own lists complete with pictures.
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| I write the words for my 3 year old and she draws the pictures. She added a happy blue version of herself (lower right with wild curly hair) and said "Look! I on da list! We have look for Sara out there!" |
My Kindergarten boy carefully sounds out the words and gets the letters on his paper, wonderful practice activity, by the way.
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| No, we didn't go out in search of bears, he is writing "berry" |
They thought I was fooling when I suggested we search for ice but they humored me and wrote it down anyhow. Then, despite my encouragement otherwise, they put on their light jackets (Sara only had on a sundress to start with.... sigh) and we headed outside.
Ice was the first thing they found and of course they wanted to crack it. Fascinated by the bubbles frozen inside and the cracks from the rocks hitting the ice, my budding scientists peered into the bird bath. When they were looking closely, they noticed something special: rainbows! They were delighted and Momma was impressed.
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| It's hard to see but several colorful prisms of light appeared in the fissures |
Wonderment over the rainbows was quickly replaced by determination to crack that ice. William decided rocks weren't doing the job fast enough so he ran off to find something more serious.
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| What is it with boys and tools? |
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| Behind that ice there is a grin |
We trekked into the woods behind our house, William with his handy hammer, Sara in her sundress and Mom following with her camera (wearing a warm coat and scarf, by the way, it was freezing)!
We didn’t find everything on the list (all of the spiders are tucked in for the
winter so no webs were to be found) but we walked in the woods, chased each
other, and ran around so much that none of us got cold after all.
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