Show and tell

April 15, 2008 by Barbara.

Since the first show and tell day, Reid has been particular about what she brings. Some weeks she knows just what she wants to take and others require many suggestions from Mama and Daddy. The problem, you see, is that she only wants to show and tell about things that are “bery cool”. I’ve privately questioned what a 3.5 year old knows about “cool” but I figure that it’s more than what an old lady like me knows.

For the first show and tell day, Reid brought her hockey helmet and talked about skating lessons. Well, technically, I think that the kids answer questions that are posed by the teacher about the article. One of the other kids brought ice skates. I expected Reid to complain because I had refursed her request to bring skates. She didn’t mention it and I refrained from voicing my “Who sends skates with blades to daycare?!” comment.

Since the first day, Reid has brought:

* the green, hooded towel that looks like a frog that Sulienne gave Reid when she was a baby. She talked about her swimming lessons, I think;
* CareB, her pink Care Bear;
* Dora coin bank that is a shaped like a large can. It has quite a few coins since Reid will sometimes ask for coins, even though we tell her it is rude, and sometimes people give her money just because. On the way to swimming of the day Reid took this bank to daycare, Reid shook it and delighted in the sound. Ken had a headache and was, thus, prevented from enjoying the sound in the same way.
* the “Go, Diego, Go” video that Reid took to make her point about girls’ rights;
* a Thomas the Tank Engine-shaped gel pack that wasn’t cold by the time show and tell happened but was still touch-worthy since the back is satiny.

I’m not sure what Reid will take this Friday. The teachers mentioned back in October that they would appreciate if we prevent the kids from being the same thing week after week as they can only come up with so many questions about a given item. With this in mind, I try to go over a few “warm up” questions with Reid on Thursday night. I take the responsibility for leading Reid to something interesting and about which she can answer questions quite seriously. I’m an over-achiever in some regards. But you probably thought that already.

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