Our latest "Zoobook" was about endangered animals and Marisol was very interested. We printed out this diagram so she could keep track of what each label meant as we read about the animals. She wants to have a meeting with all her friends so we can spread the word about saving the animals. We have an activist on our hands ;-)
The Barbie website has lots of fun games. One we played recently had a lot of geography.
Marisol cut out these stickers we printed out. Then she sorted them (by color and which ones she liked best) and made a picture for herself and Gerry. Writing their names was a finishing touch.
Kids love to play with change. Piggy banks led to dumping out our change, then wanting more which led to our stash from other countries.
So we got out our map from our Tag reader and put one coin on the country it came from.
The kids surprise me all the time. Gerry who was barely talking at 2 is talking a lot 5 short months later. His good manners amuse and delight me - Thank you (sometimes with an added so much mama!), and 'cuse me May may are everyday phrases now. He is starting to say Marfol instead of May may for his sister and Boppa morphed to Dranpa at Thanksgiving. He also knows his colors, some letters and shapes, and counts in his own fun random way. Not bad for someone who has only been talking for a few months!
