Later, he asked me about a cat's skeleton while petting Fratello. He also asked, "Mommy, are there bones inside your eye? What is inside your eye?"
He got this:
You can see where he circled each number after I told him the name of the bone, and the schematic I drew of the eye. I wasn't sure if he understood the cross-section of the iris, lens, and retina (with the little flower image on it), since he looked so bored and distracted. Later in the day he said, "Mommy, there is a picture of the sun on the back of my eye," and I knew he got it.
Also, a question about what Pluto looks like lead to this poignant image:
7 comments:
nothing like a little science to while away the hours.
I would have like to see a picture of you digging in the pit!
Wow, Jenn! He's only 4!
:-)
But he's a bright one, our Colin. Glad he "got it" with the sun comment.
Poor Pluto!
You sound like Maureen (in a good way!) I love when Cole asks her a question and he gets an in-depth scientist explanation. It makes me chuckle, but he does learn1
Clever post title. More pics of you and kids, please. (not that I haven't enjoyed the many people-picless entries...)
and I can't get that song or images of Weird Science out of my head now..."You forgot to hook up the doll..." man I watched that too many times on HBO as a kid...
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