Jan. 25th, 2011

psocoptera: ink drawing of celtic knot (Default)
So at this point I'm starting to accept that snow will simply continue to fall indefinitely, except when it's five degrees F and too cold to snow, and we will never leave the house again. Given that there's only so many hundred times I can go through the latest psychodrama ("cow very sad! pig come home soon") without wanting to hurl cow and pig across the room, I'm trying to get serious about coming up with Activities. I thought maybe I'd post some of them here, in hopes that it would inspire other parent people to also post about things they've done with their kids, allowing me to steal their ideas and postpone the descent into total snowbound insanity. So:

Project: Sink or Float?
Materials: a deep, clear container (I used an old Britta pitcher), things that can get wet
Explanatory details: I think this one is obvious
How did it go: Pretty well. Junie *loved* dropping the things in and taking them out. I had overestimated how many different things she'd be interested in trying - I had chosen five, a rock, a small rubber duck, a finger crayon, a metal spoon, and an empty (closed) pill bottle, but once she had tried the first three things, she wasn't interested in trying any more new things, she just wanted those again, so I did the spoon and bottle once to demonstrate and then we set them aside. Also, the way I had her set up (standing in her tower with the pitcher on the counter, pitcher half-full) she could reach the floating things, but not all the way to the bottom to get the rock, so I had to fish the rock out every time myself. If it wasn't for that I think she wouldn't have needed any assistance at all. I might try a shallower tub next time, although I thought the clear pitcher gave a nice view of what was happening, which a translucent tupperware tub might not as much.
Things we talked about: Sinking and floating, the way each thing does the same thing every time, the idea that you can guess what will happen and then try it out and see if you were right.
What of that she actually understood: Who cares? It kept her busy! (She did seem to be naming "sink" and "float" correctly by the end, though.)

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