Several months ago I wrote about one of my three year old boys who discovered that he could stick an accordion shaped building piece with a magnet in each end onto the corner of a classroom wall. The metal beading on the corner attracted the magnets and kept the piece in place. Yesterday, as I was visiting in the same room, I witnessed another child who found a unique use for the same piece.
LeTisha was standing in front of the classroom mirror, which was made of polished steel and stood in a wood frame. She had put the piece onto the mirror at about the same level as her head. While she was looking at herself in the mirror, LeTisha would take the piece off the mirror, hold it up to her ear, and chat away. The whole time that she was talking on her "phone", she would watch herself in the mirror. Her head would wag and her body would move in time to her conversation. After a minute or two of talking, she would hang up her phone, wait a few seconds, and pick up the phone for another conversation.
A battery powered toy phone that sets out a script for a child? Twenty dollars plus lots of batteries. A magnetic building piece that will allow the child to talk to anyone about anything? Priceless!!
I was excited to see them, too, but I am sure my view was not as great as yours!
ReplyDeleteThe kids were talking about them last night. What a great thing to be able to see and discuss. Thank you!
Kelly
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