Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 10:25:28 JST
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I'm spending much of my day with my grandkids, trying to read to them, play with them (limited, as many of their play activities involve a level of imagination that I seem to lack), and stimulate their interests.
Grandson_3 (age 5) is really interested in tornadoes and hurricanes, but also recently interested in volcanoes, so we often watch some video of recent eruptions (or an Iceland live-stream). After the recent rains, we went outside yesterday and checked the rain gauge together. I want to get him a weather station that has the spinning wind cups and the directional pointer, so we can start daily information gathering.
His brother, Grandson_4 (age 3) likes animals, especially marine mammals and penguins, so we have themed weeks. This is currently LION WEEK, so today we learned about populations across Africa and the single population in India, and tomorrow we'll learn about their social relationships.
The youngest brother, Grandson_5 (age 1.5) is more challenging. He hasn't yet acquired the verbal skills to say what interests him and if the older two are building something, he just wants to destroy it and take the pieces so they cannot rebuild.