Games

Aurora and I love to make up games. We do one activity called "Curbing." Curbing is when I let her walk along a safe curb like a balance beam. Not a curb on the street, of course, and not bricks that are lined up along someone's garden. A good curb for curbing is one that goes along the perimeter of a church in our town. The safest curbing involves a brick path that's at ground level.

 Another game we play is with these chains lined up outside of an elementary school. We notice the ones that go down low, ones that are all the way down, ones that are up, and ones that aren't there! We have to say how the chain is lying--"Down, down, down, up, all the way down, not there!" At the very end, the chain is twisted, so we say, "Twisted, not there!" at the end. It's fun, and sharpens our observational skills.