I love how my dad plays with the grandkids!
My dad is really smart and talented.
- If you need something excavated and leveled in a tricky, difficult situation my dad is the one to call.
- He has an amazing talent with earth.
- His abilities to get unstuck in wet dirt are legendary.
- Like many boys today, he loves to learn with his hands and by experimenting.
I love that he encourages that kinesthetic learning with all the kids, boys and girls.
Here is some fun they had today experimenting with trajectories, weights, ballasts, pulleys, leverage and force.
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| Grandpa's stone yard is full of natural and manmade materials for exploration |
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| Goal orientation and persistence in action |
It is clearly evidence that I am not a helicopter parent when it comes to real world play :-)
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| Levers |
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| Balancing |
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| Climbing |
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| Tying knots |
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| Pulling from the right |
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| Pulling from the left |
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| Brainstorming strategies |
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| More people pulling |
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| Adding ballast weights |
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| Grandpa asking questions about how strategies might work |
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| Success!! Pallets down!! |
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| ...and the *real* playground sits empty at grandma and grandpa's |
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