This has been a highly productive week if you are NOT talking about jewelry design. I’ve been blessed to have my 2 1/2 year old grandson and family here this week and have gotten to take care of him while his parents searched for a house. I don’t know about him, but I’ve certainly had fun and learned a good deal.

One of our favorite tasks has been gathering acorns outside and then bringing them in to practice our hammering skills. Those acorns really “smush” when you put them on the bench block and whack them with the big hammer. We’ve learned that you shouldn’t swing the hammer back too far because you can whack yourself on the head if you aren’t careful. After a few tears, we are now very careful. This is the only jewelry design tip you’ll find in this blog entry.

       I’m excited to watch my grandson’s imagination grow as evidenced by his ability to pretend. He has no trouble “goin’ fishing” with the pole we rigged together.

 

 

I could only find one magnet which didn’t function very well for catching fish, but we did manage to catch several healthy paper ones - - over and over and over again. Do you like our red pond?

 

 

Another day, we both got a good splashing while we worked on the concept of sink and float. He got pretty good at hypothesizing whether an object would sink or float, but that piece of orange sponge that floated and then sunk was rather perplexing. Don’t you think it’s good to challenge the child’s thinking?

I learned that when you play sink and float with a two year old it’s important to have multiple towels available. We got the wettest when we decided to blow through straws in the water so the floating objects could boat around.

We have had many other adventures, but since we’re off for another one right now, you’ll just have to wonder about them. I can truly say that this little learning break is worth every minute.