things I have tried with my kid recently

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She likes sorting Blokus pieces back into the trays by color, and if I point out that one is in the wrong place, will scrutinize the trays until she finds it and moves it. She had no interest in sorting (pre-selected) Scrabble tiles into 'E's, 'O's, and 'S's, but enjoyed putting the tiles one by one into the cups of an egg carton, and did occasionally announce when she found an O. She initially played along with putting pennies and nickels into the egg carton, but then very sensibly suggested that moneys should put in wallet (an old wallet of mine) and kept busy for awhile shoving coins into various pockets and dumping them out again. (I swear I was watching her closely, this being her first encounter with the choking hazard of coins, but we still somehow lost a nickel and a penny.) I was unable to convince her that a horsey ride would be fun to try. (Maybe I didn't have her sitting right? Perhaps I'll try again with someone else to help her get balanced.)

We have slowed down on Science (better weather has meant more leaving the house, for one thing) but I'm sure I'll still pull out the occasional experiment when An Activity is called for.