Here we see SteelyKid kicking back with Appa, among some of her many, many toys: Navigating the living room is getting to be kind of difficult, what with all the blocks and cups and balls and other things strewn all over the place… In other news, SteelyKid is in training to be a genius. Don’t… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 111110
Category: Steelykid!
Thursday Toddler Blogging 110410
Welcome to this very-carefully-posed edition of Thursday Toddler Blogging: That’s Kate and SteelyKid reading The Cat in the Hat,shot from a slightly odd angle so as to hide the wicked shiner that SteelyKid is sporting, thanks to a tumble down the stairs on Tuesday morning (while I was getting ready to take her to the… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 110410
The Unexpected Leaping Ability of Bovines
I’m spending the day trying to get some work done on the book-in-progress, so I’m avoiding both work- and blog-related stuff. I don’t want to leave the site completely quiet, though, so here’s a question to ponder, relating to SteelyKid’s continuing fascination with Goodnight Moon: How does a cow jump over the moon? The father… Continue reading The Unexpected Leaping Ability of Bovines
Obligatory Civic Duty Reminder
If you’re in the US, go vote. Preferably for a candidate who isn’t barking mad, but ultimately that’s between you and your conscience. If you’re not in the US, or you’ve already voted, enjoy some cute, as SteelyKid is first skeptical about the idea of lots of kids in masks visiting the house:
Socialization of Toddlers
In last weekend’s post about arguments from innate differences, I suggested that I might be willing to illustrate my position with adorable toddler pictures. On thinking more about it, I’m a little hesitant to write about this at length, because it could easily topple over into arrogant-physicist territory. But then, it’s an excuse to post… Continue reading Socialization of Toddlers
Thursday Bedtime Blogging
This week, we see Appa and SteelyKid with all the essential elements of bedtime: From right to left, we have: Goodnight Moon, the Winnie-the-Pooh collection I’ve started reading to her after her bottle, and the brown-and-white doggie she has adopted as her essential comfort animal. This was apparently a Valentine’s Day promotion from some chain… Continue reading Thursday Bedtime Blogging
Toddler See, Toddler Do
I’m always taking pictures of SteelyKid going about her business, so a little turnabout is fair play: The “camera” she’s using is actually a small calculator that my mom gave her. She also uses this like a phone, to carry on lengthy conversations with her great-grandmother and sometimes friends from day care. She’ll also sometimes… Continue reading Toddler See, Toddler Do
Thursday Welcome Home Blogging
I didn’t think I’d make it back in time for this week’s Toddler Blogging, but things wrapped up earlier than expected in Buffalo, so I made it home in time for dinner. And a celebratory reading of Moo, Baa, La La La: That’s really about all I have the energy for. In case you didn’t… Continue reading Thursday Welcome Home Blogging
The Astrophysics of Bedtime Stories
SteelyKid is a big fan of the classic children’s book Goodnight Moon, which, if you haven’t spent the last sixty-odd years in a cave, you probably know features a bunny saying goodnight to a variety of objects in a great, green room. The attentive toddler will find a lot to look at in the pictures–… Continue reading The Astrophysics of Bedtime Stories
SteelyKid’s Book Hour
This is a couple weeks old, but I only just got around to uploading it. It should give you some idea of what it’s like reading books with SteelyKid, though: That’s Kate and SteelyKid going through some of Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. SteelyKid is big into pointing things out in… Continue reading SteelyKid’s Book Hour