| macmath |
04-17-2004 11:32 AM |
I have a 4 and a 6 year old who recently got interested in the 50 states. They call Rhode Island "Rhode" and refuse to call it Rhode Island because it isn't an island. Just last week I showed them a bigger map of Rhode Island that shows that it has some islands so I don't know if that calmed them down or not...I haven't heard it discussed since then.
They are really something...when they get interested in something (which is most of the time), look out. The 4-year old corrected me on the capital of New Mexico (Sante Fe, rather than Albuquerque), and they both can tell you that Pluto has one known moon whose name is Charon (as well as the orders of the planets from the sun, etc.). We don't drill them on it, but we don't use our TV and once they hear of something new they ask to read things about it, they go get the P encyclopedia because they know that planet begins with P. Sorry to go on about them...but it really gets me thinking about the dangers of TV replacing the natural inquisitiveness of children with mindless nonsense. They never say "I'm bored." Sorry, here I go again.
Anyway, it cracked me up that they refused to call it Rhode Island, so I had to chip that in here where it almost fit.
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