DIRT! DIRT! DIRT!
It’s easy to forget how remarkable the smallest thing, newly learned, can mean to a child. I was reminded this last month, as the girl (3 years old), the Schnauzer, and I ambled one May morning upon a birds’ nest, blown from its perch onto the sidewalk. Easy to pass by, for me, but not for the girl, whose eyes widened practically to the size of golf balls (or the dog, who thought the nest looked like a delectable morning snack).
The world beyond the house (or TV, Nintendo, etc.) offers endless opportunities for exploration. And a compact, handy little book we have in stock at the store–I Love Dirt–offers 52 suggestions to incorporate such discovery into your children’s (and your) daily lives, any season of the year. From an animal-movements game of Simon Says, to creating a butterfly garden, or taking a walk with a magnifying glass….I Love Dirt is a handy resource for moms and dads, babysitters and nannies, aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas…
The nest, incidentally, survived the move to a new apartment across town, and now rests on top of the kitchen windowsill, where the girl routinely examines it while I prepare her oatmeal each morning.
