Peter put stickers on his capital I and then we played a game of coloring igloos in various shapes. I'm having a hard time describing a rectangle to Peter. It has four sides (like a square) and four corners (like a square) and it stands up straight (like a square [as opposed to leaning over like a rhombus, trapezoid or diamond]) but it isn't a square. I can easily guide him to a particular rectangle by telling him it is tall and skinny or short and long, but I don't think he is understanding how those could both be rectangles. He did, however, immediately understand octagons after we talked about octopuses and their legs.
At first Elliot was content coloring with us, but soon he had a melt down and was whisked upstairs for a nap.
For the grand finale we made an igloo out of home made snow play dough. Peter had to follow a picture recipe and measure ingredients to make the play dough. We added silver glitter to make it shine like snow.
It was actually very hard to make an igloo out of play dough, especially soft, home made play dough that was still a bit warm and saggy. But, we persevered until we had a suitable abode for our little Eskimo (race car driver) man. Then Peter went wild. When I got back from switching the laundry he announced there had been a blizzard that covered his penguin with snow. He found that concept hilarious and he continued to play in the "snow" for 45 more minutes.
Snow comes early to Grand Rapids. Not even color in the trees here in WI. The boys look beautiful. Love to you, Vic
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