Legoland Discovery Center

Spy Birthday Party

Spring and Summer

First Day of Kindergarten

Learning to read

We've been working through some early reader books. Here's a recording of a session from last week.

Birds

Samuel [shooting water gun at daddy in the shower]: "You feeled that!"
Daddy [being way too verbose, and speaking with laryngitis in a noisy shower]: "We say 'felt', instead of 'feeled.' 'I felt, you felt, he/she/it felt.' It's verb conjugation. Can you say 'verb conjugation?'"
Samuel: "Bird congregation."
Daddy: "Hm. OK."

Composing Music

Daddy: "Do you want to do a new song for your piano lesson today?"
Samuel: "Yes."
Daddy: [thinks quickly to try to pick a song they haven't done]
Samuel: "Let's do this one: <sings a new song>"

I didn't record his initial singing, so I'm sure what we ended up with is only approximate. But here's a recording of us both playing (with only me singing) his new song: Mary Had A Cow