Mental Math
Mother, graciously interrupting her own story to introduce the cast members to The Four-Year-Old: “We are talking about my cousin, who you probably don’t remember, because…
Kittens! Knitting! Dinosaurs! Oh My!
The New York Times provides extensive scientific coverage of cats, Knitting Behind Bars, and our favorite dinosaur news of the week.
Book Review: In Season: A Natural History of the New England Year
Growing up in a big city, like I did, you can easily feel disconnected from nature. Turns out growing up in small town Massachusetts, like The Four-Year-Old, is not that much better. The world around us still feels pretty well-groomed and not terribly wild. Even if we do have a rabbit living under the shed in our backyard. That’s just one of the reasons I was thrilled to find Nona Estrin’s In Season: A Natural History of the New England Year.
“What’s the word that means ‘careful’ that starts with ‘reck’?”
When my daughter learned that when you call a person reckless, you are basically calling them careless, she naturally wanted to know: “What’s the word that means careful that starts with reck?” Turns out, there isn’t one now, but there used to be.
The trouble with nature shows
The trouble with nature shows is that watching them makes the Four-Year-Old very curious. Which means I spend an awful lot of time looking at pictures of things I wish I didn’t knew existed. But they also prompt some wonderful questions.
Have you heard the snoring dormouse?
From a friend in California comes news of a video that is too cute to keep to ourselves. Snoring Dormouse with sound, via YouTube. Related articles…
“Can octopuses do gymnastics at the bottom of the ocean?”
Warning: Watching the octopus video will raise all kinds of questions, like: Can Princess Octopuses have Prince Octopuses? And what’s in that big balloony head? Fortunately,…
“Can cats do gymnastics?”
Yes, and I’ve got the YouTube to prove it (our cats, who are too old and arthritic to demonstrate themselves, requested that I outsource this one).…
It’s a busy day here at Caterpickles…
…what with parent-teacher conferences, playdates, and doctor’s visits, so forgive me for being late to the punch with today’s post. But I couldn’t let any more…
Book Review: Read Me Another Story
One of the many things I love about my Aunt Jeanne is that she has fabulous taste in books. I credit her gifts to me during my formative years with at least part of my passion for reading. Aunt Jeanne is working hard to instill the same devotion for books in my daughter. Each trip so far, she has come bearing a lovely book of some sort to share with The Four-Year-Old.
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