Category Archives: Games

In which The Six-Year-Old deploys her secret weapon

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

Looks like Daddyo’s chess domination days may be numbered. In case you’re curious, the book The Six-Year-Old is reading is Chess for Children by Murray Chandler. Related Links: Chess for Children (Caterpickles)

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Chess for Children

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

Mommyo, chortling as she opens up her Amazon package: “The Five-Year-Old and I have a secret weapon to beat you at chess, Daddyo.” The Five-Year-Old, subtly: “Forget what Mommyo said, Daddyo. It’s not a valuable clue.” Related articles Daddyo’s Winter … Continue reading →

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If you draw a preschooler a mouse

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

If you draw a preschooler a mouse, She’ll tell you he looks hungry, and ask you to draw him a plate of cheese. When you draw the cheese, she’ll tell you he needs a cracker. And when she sees your … Continue reading →

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It’s a long weekend…

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

So I’ve turned the blog over to The Four-Year-Old. As I type, she is busily rolling the Story Cubes looking for a good story to fall out. Ah. Looks like she found one. Here we go… Once upon a time, … Continue reading →

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In which my daughter rolls some dice and tells yet another story

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Happy Halloween, Caterpickles! I am turning the blog over to The Four-Year-Old today, so that I can focus on things like poofing The Four-Year-Old’s Elvis wig and starching her white rhinestone jumpsuit for tonight. As previous Caterpickles have noted, my … Continue reading →

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How to Catch a Polar Region Allosaurus

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

By The 4-Year-Old Dress in something flashy for camouflage. Red shirts are best. They will distract the Allosaurus into thinking you’re dead. Set dinosaur baits in various places in the Allosaurus’s known stomping grounds (see Figure 1). Wait for a … Continue reading →

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In which my daughter rolls some dice and tells another story

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

As you may recall from an earlier post, my daughter loves playing Story Cubes. During a recent bout, she rolled the following: It was only with great difficulty that I kept her from rolling the dice again.

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In which my daughter rolls some dice and tells a story

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Caterpickles wishes a very happy Labor Day to our US readers, and offers a gentle recommendation for those of you whose family gatherings may have as many conversational landmines as relatives. Recently, we acquired a little game called Rory’s Story … Continue reading →

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