July 27, 2026

Category: Storytelling / Recollection

A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, Bugz & Her Explorations, CDE Standards Reference, Construction, Drawing, Engineering, Imagination, Invention, Lils, Movement & Coordination, Music, Storytelling / Recollection, Thought Process & Development

"Those are musics, they sound like this…."

She decided to make a camera the other day.  She harvested the Discovery Kids Tornado box, chopped and sawed, taped and glued, and ended up with a box that looks like the camera that Shawn (of the Shawn the Sheep) uses (90’s style video).  She then decided to mount it, offering the explanation that she […]

Read More
A Mind Wide Open, Art, Artistry, Bugz & Her Explorations, CDE Standards Reference, Engineering, Geography, Imagination, Invention, Lils, Math Discoveries, Responsibility, Science Discoveries, Self Awareness, Society & Culture, Storytelling / Recollection, Thought Process & Development, Writing

BRAVE fille

Lily is sometimes Merida, sometimes Elinor as a bear, and today, she’s a little and nice version of Mor’du. She’s beginning to memorize the movie in French.. We ordered a How to Draw Brave Characters book, which has been in constant use since its arrival. First, she now knows what a character is… Second, she […]

Read More
A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, Bugz & Her Explorations, CDE Standards Reference, Culture Appreciation, Imagination, Language, Language Development, Lils, Movement & Coordination, Music, Playing, Society & Culture, Storytelling / Recollection, Writing

Fairy Correspondence

Lils has decided to continue her communications via email with the fairies… and she’s added Merida. I think Lily combines Merida (Brave) and her archery, brilliance, determination and fire with the fairies and their spirit and talent. Periwinkle went missing around Thanksgiving.  Fairies depart and return at will around here, and we’re still never certain […]

Read More
A Mind Wide Open, Imagination, Language Development, Lils, Look for Learning, Math Discoveries, Movement & Coordination, Music, Playing, Rhythm & Motion, Science Discoveries, Storytelling / Recollection, Thought Process & Development

Fairy Octaves

I’m still working to complete this entry… but figured I should post it before I forget, as she’s already moved on to more development related to this topic. ________________   Lils sat down to the keys today with her baby doll, Vidia, and started to play.  She focused on two octaves, c3 – c5, and […]

Read More
A Mind Wide Open, Bugz & Her Explorations, Lils, Literacy, Science Discoveries, Storytelling / Recollection, Thought Process & Development

Self Directed? A Slight Bit Perhaps

Bugz has taken to dressing herself almost exclusively now.  That generally means as some character either from her imagination or from some external source she’s taken a liking to. Today she was a purple wind fairy. She ate breakfast with us, and then disappeared to her room.  About 40 minutes later, she emerged, dressed, and […]

Read More
A Mind Wide Open, Imagination, Language Development, Lils, Literacy, Playing, Social Development, Storytelling / Recollection, Thought Process & Development

Mama! I Can Do It (so, take your finger away and hush)!

Lily and I were reading before bed tonight and she did something she hasn’t done before; Lily insisted I not assist her in reading.  She pulled my fingers from the words, put her fingers to my mouth, and told me to shhh and let her do it. Listen to the video (I didn’t want to […]

Read More