Tool Upgrades

It came the time to spoil myself and make our lives simpler, by moving on to tools that encourage generalization of skills. Particularly to something that our beloved service providers could see and accept.

Miniland Toys are found at Scholar's Choice. These cost roughly $10 each. and come in various fine motor/academia games

We started with the one on the left, as 'A' loves it, and has made a great deal of towered patterns already. It will be great for 'D' to refresh himself on his pro-sorting abilities he had as a preschooler.

Bill Nye The Science Guy: Gravity

A few episodes on Youtube and voila, both boys are huge fans of this show. What can I say, this is a grown man in a lab coat, throwing watermelons and TVs off the roof of a building, driving a car over a lake, etc. It gets them engaged and something they can easily relate to in their young exploration of the world around them.

Last but not least, 'A's magnetic train set has been a huge attention grabber for so many months, so this past week when I picked up a set of magnets with two opposing poles, he has been going crazy experimenting with them.