Time Zones
When children hit adolescence, the conversations need to be more about them and their interests. Here's what that looks like.
Time Zones
Measurement
How long? How tall? How big? How heavy?
Units of measurement
Units of measurement
This post is edited and remixed from a post on my other blog last summer. Loyal reader Jim Doherty wrote in to report the following conversation with his 4-year old daughter Mo. They are on a long drive to a hotel. Mo (4 years old): How far are we?Jim: We are 20...
Big Cheez-Its
Big Cheez-Its
There are now BIG Cheez-Its (U.S. only, it appears). The package claims that they are "Twice the size!" of regular Cheez-Its. Naturally, I bought some a few months back. I asked Tabitha (6 years old) and Griffin (8 years old at the time) what they thought. I...
Doll years
Doll years
Out of the blue on our recent camping trip, Tabitha had an announcement for me. Tabitha (6 years old): I am 12 in doll years and Griffy is 16 in doll years. Her brother Griffin is 9. T: So how old are you in doll years, Daddy?Me: Well, how do doll years work? T:...
Summer project (3 of 3)
Summer project (3 of 3)
We went to the State Fair last week. Having wondered about the height of the Giant Slide, and having developed a technique for measuring things, we needed to collect the information required to answer our original question. The only problem? No one but me wanted to...
Summer project (2 of 3): Measuring the Hill
Summer project (2 of 3): Measuring the Hill
This post follows up on a conversation I had with Griffin a while back about the height of the Giant Slide at the Minnesota State Fair. Our house in St Paul sits on top of an odd hill; higher than others around it. Historical reasons for this are murky but it makes...
Summer project (1 of 3)
Summer project (1 of 3)
The Minnesota State Fair is a fabulous event (Twelve days of fun ending Labor Day!). Rachel and I love the Fair, and we have passed this love along to our children. Griffin must have been thinking about the wonders of the State Fair as summer slowly (oh, so...