So Long, Lonesome George and Other News of the Week
Goodnight, George. Lonesome George, the last of the Pinta island giant tortoises, the symbol of Galapagos Island, and an icon of the conservation movement, died this…
Summer Review Medley: The Color Kittens, Blue Moo & The Velveteen Rabbit
School’s out but we haven’t stopped reading. This week, The Five-Year-Old and I are reading (and listening to) The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown, Blue Moo by Sandra Boynton, and The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.
“Are bean bags filled with beans?”
When my daughter first asked this question, I immediately assumed the answer was no. But much to my surprise, bean bags are sometimes actually filled with beans. Most of the time, though, they are filled with other things. In this post, we discuss the most common materials giving your bean bags that perfect combination of floppiness and heft.
Through the Lens of The Five-Year-Old: The Bunny at Whole Foods
For her first assignment as Caterpickles’ Official Junior Photojournalist, The Five-Year-Old is developing a 15-post Photo Documentary of the Dedham Shines Public Art Project going on…
“What’s the oldest model car on the road today?”
The sighting of the year’s first Model T is always cause for celebration at Caterpickles Central, because it means summer is well and truly here. The antique roadsters have been out and about for weeks now, though, and the excitement of being the first to yell “Funky old car!” on spotting one is starting to pale. One afternoon, my daughter, after spotting yet another red roadster with an exposed motor, started to wonder about the actual ages of the funky old cars on the road around us. “Mommyo, what’s the oldest model car on the road today?”
Snap out of it, Mommyo!
Another in my backlog of Mulberry posts: On the drive home from putting our cat Mulberry down last March, Mommyo, plaintively: “I don’t think I’m going…
Book Review: Big Workbook Kindergarten
Unlike I’m Going to Write! Upper Case Letters, which is geared to teaching a single skill and can use a single set of instructions all the way through, Big Workbook: Kindergarten strives to teach a wider set of concepts and contains a variety of worksheet formats.
Breaking News from Your Official Caterpickles Junior Photojournalist: Morticia is in bloom!
Franklin Park Zoo, Dorchester, MA: We interrupt your lunch to bring you this special news report from your Official Caterpickles Junior Photojournalist: Morticia, the corpse flower, is in bloom!
“Where in the human body do we have cartilage?”
Mommyo, promptly: “Your nose and ear.” The Five-Year-Old, thoroughly: “Where else?” The iPhone, belatedly: “Cartilage is found in the joints between bones, the rib cage, the…
Through the Lens of The Five-Year-Old: The Dedham Public Art Project
The Five-Year-Old has recently been promoted to Caterpickles Official Junior Photojournalist. For her first assignment, The Five-Year-Old has elected to develop a 15-post Photo Documentary of the Dedham Shines Public Art Project going on this summer in nearby Dedham, Massachusetts. This week, she visited Spiral Bunny by Lisa Houck.
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