The other day, when both children came to our house, es was in bed for her quiet time. And she was quite for an hour, maybe ninety minutes. Then I heard shrieking from her room. Not fearful or angry sounds, just loud noise. So I went up to see if she needed help. I opened the door to see her smiling. "I'm a thunderstorm," she informed me. What a girl!
For many years we have had a book about the human body, with some full-size illustrations and pages that fold out. A while back the word "skeleton" came up as I talked with es, so we googled some pictures then I brought this book over to show her drawings of bones, the heart, digestive system, etc. When she and ec spent the night, I brought out the Magic Schoolbus book about the body, which intrigued her. The next day we looked at the Magic Schoolbus at the Waterworks, another winner. She is curious and can listen very attentively to books like this. I don't read all the sidebars, but she gets the gist of the story and likes the pictures. I think we kept six books in this series, so we have some still in reserve.
Recently I pulled out a book of songs, many with actions, geared toward young children, and es and I are working our way through it. For instance, she likes "Alice the Camel." Today we tried a new song, "Homes," which mentions a robin, bees, and a bunny. We've sung one about the bunny and one about bees, so I looked to see if the book also included one about robins. I didn't see one, but es reminded me we had sung one in the big red book (nursery rhyme songs). Sure enough, "The north wind doth blow, and we shall have snow, and what will poor robin do then, poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, and keep himself warm, and hide his head under his wing, poor thing!" Granted there is a picture of the anthropomorphic wind and a robin, which may have helped her remember it, but I think she just has a wonderful memory for music.
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