Tinker Toys

One thing we saved from years past is a container of Tinker Toys, plastic not the original wooden rods I grew up with but still a lot of fun.  Following an illustration I built this Ferris wheel which e enjoys spinning.  It uses almost all of the pieces in the box.  I showed e that the blue rounds have a hole in the center that a rod can go through, so she played with that feature and we created some rolling things.  Then we made an axle with wheels and handles and called it a lawn mower, which e rolled back and forth while making a specific sound.  She often clings to me when we're outside and she hears the landscape crew cutting grass or blowing clippings off the walk, but she likes this quiet version of a mower.  Maybe I'll take it apart while she's in Ohio this week; when she returns we can build something else!

By the way, I've attached a picture of the water table to the post titled "water table, wagon" if you want to see it.  I also added a bit to the post about dust.