Author Archives: Serendipity

A Great Toy for Kids

Just bought a microscope for my 7 year old daughter. It’s surprisingly overwelcomed by all the kids from 5 years old to 9 years old. It seems they all grow out of all the baby toys. This toy is adding the fun of learning scrience to their play time. Here is the link. The amazon has the better price than ebay on this item.

读书看画

以前, Darby 读书,尽管读的是chapter book, 也要盯着插图看半天。总觉得她看书太babyish了。  这几天, 与Darby 一起读书,发现她对插图观察得还真细致, 能与内容联系起来看。 先是读中文书”仙女蜜儿” , 插图是一个长发女孩子在荡秋千。 没读那章的内容时,她问为什么画了个长发女孩,孟小乔是短发的。 我打发她的问题道:大概画错了。 后来读到:“孟小乔记得图片中的长发女孩在荡秋千的时侯, 头发是高高飘起的。”, 她恍然大悟:“噢,这是孟小乔的imagination.”

今天读一本英语书”The Secrets of Droon”, 封面上好多怪物。 当她读到“Khan, the purple, pillow-shaped king of the Lumpies”,  她高兴地翻到封面, 指给我看, 原来这是个“king of the Lumpies”。 后来又读到“Two fierce, red-faced warriors”, 她又figure out 出俩个怪物。