My dad had gotten Zuri a four foot puzzle for Christmas, but the age is for six and older, so I haven't pulled it out for her before. She had a blast with it--and needed a lot of help, but she really had fun putting the pieces together.
The beginning
The middle
All finished!
I also taught her the art of Jenga! She is a natural!
On Saturday, since it was raining, Zuri and I took a trip to the library. She picked out a few books that she wanted and I picked a few that I thought she would enjoy. Since she is a huge fan of the PBS show Curious George, I thought it would be fun to get the original story. Have any of you read the original? Wow--it is actually really sad. I wouldn't in any sort of way term myself a liberal or feminist or anything of the sort (okay, maybe a touch), but I was a little shocked that the book is considered a children's book. The story opens with the Man in the Yellow Hat visiting Africa and taking a happy, but curious George home with him. When he gets home, he decided to put George in the zoo, so while George watches him call the zoo, he gets things arranged. George then wants to try the telephone and accidentally phones the fire station where he is chased by the fire men and put in jail. He escapes from jail and causes a traffic accident where he meets up with the Man in the Yellow Hat who helped him "climb into the car and at last, away they went to the ZOO! What a nice place for George to live!" Really??? So, you take a perfectly happy animal out of its natural environment and put it in a zoo and it is all party for that animal? Wow. That is not what I want to be teaching my child. It is a good thing I got plenty of other books for Zuri because I am not reading that one to her.
And she doesn't even miss it.
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While I was writing this post, Zuri saw the pictures and wanted to play Jenga, so J brought out the Jenga to play with her. The smile says it all.
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