Tonight, while babysitting, I read a book about stars to my young charges. It had all sorts of cool facts that I found quite interesting, and really cool pictures of space and stars, etc.
What was really cool, was that I showed the 6-year-old one of the pictues and pointed out where a supernova from 3,000 years ago still had light shining in space. This was confusing to him. He continued to ask me questions about space and stars and sky and anything else he could figure was related to the supernova still shining light after 3,000 years. But the first thing he wanted to know was how long 3,000 years was.
This conversation lasted quite a while and eventually led into talking about clouds, gravity, and the water cycle.
Some of the concepts he grasped, others, he did not, but he's got a curious mind that wants to know more and wants to know "why"...which I think is awesome. I've read other books to him before about sharks and water creatures, and we've talked about sea monster legends, and how big whales and squid can be! :)
I love watching young minds get curious about the world and ask questions, even if they don't totally get the answers right now...the fact is, they're hungry to learn, and I love that.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
fun.
That's the word that sums up today!
For the last 5 weeks, we've been in one room that's a couple minutes walk away from the building we're living in, and today, we had to move out. So that meant packing up the toys and games and hauling them in vehicles up to the other building. Not so fun. The fun part came with what we discovered in the closet...a long cardboard tube that resembled what comes off a paper towel or toilet paper roll. This was then used to play Ninja. Upon breaking in half, it was then used as swords and multiple sword fights ensued employing quotes from the movie "The Princess Bride".
After about a 30 minute lunch break, we reconvened in the new room, where the kids started building a fort using yarn, chairs, and blankets. I was impressed by their creativity. While fort building was taking place, two kids at a time came out with me and tie-dyed shirts! My hands are still stained from the dye, and this was hours ago! All the kids were able to do a shirt, only one of the kids doesn't have one, but he's 14 months...we'll make one for him later when Katie and I do ours.
Tonight was interesting as well, there was a "project fun night" and the opportunity to climb an outdoor rock wall, bungee jump on a trampoline, as well as mini-mini golf. Originally I'd planned on golfing, but was sucked in to the bungee crowd. It looked sort of fun, but quite frightening, but somehow, I was coerced into getting up on one. It was definitely fun, and I'm glad I did it! The sensation of one's stomach jumping into one's throat is not easily forgotten. There were several times I couldn't touch the trampoline with my feet and was just dangling in mid-air...so weird!
All-in-All, a fun day! I've now got to sleep and get ready to hike with some of the kids in the morning!!!
For the last 5 weeks, we've been in one room that's a couple minutes walk away from the building we're living in, and today, we had to move out. So that meant packing up the toys and games and hauling them in vehicles up to the other building. Not so fun. The fun part came with what we discovered in the closet...a long cardboard tube that resembled what comes off a paper towel or toilet paper roll. This was then used to play Ninja. Upon breaking in half, it was then used as swords and multiple sword fights ensued employing quotes from the movie "The Princess Bride".
After about a 30 minute lunch break, we reconvened in the new room, where the kids started building a fort using yarn, chairs, and blankets. I was impressed by their creativity. While fort building was taking place, two kids at a time came out with me and tie-dyed shirts! My hands are still stained from the dye, and this was hours ago! All the kids were able to do a shirt, only one of the kids doesn't have one, but he's 14 months...we'll make one for him later when Katie and I do ours.
Tonight was interesting as well, there was a "project fun night" and the opportunity to climb an outdoor rock wall, bungee jump on a trampoline, as well as mini-mini golf. Originally I'd planned on golfing, but was sucked in to the bungee crowd. It looked sort of fun, but quite frightening, but somehow, I was coerced into getting up on one. It was definitely fun, and I'm glad I did it! The sensation of one's stomach jumping into one's throat is not easily forgotten. There were several times I couldn't touch the trampoline with my feet and was just dangling in mid-air...so weird!
All-in-All, a fun day! I've now got to sleep and get ready to hike with some of the kids in the morning!!!
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