Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Ingenuity
I've been reading this really great book about boys..."Wild Things" by James and Thomas. If you have boys this is a MUST READ (no, I'm not getting paid to say that)! Anyways, in it the authors talk about how the male mind is wired for spacial thinking. So being the type of mom that I am, sometimes I get so wrapped up in what I am doing that I don't notice what the boys are doing until I stumble upon them (literally). I just had to document this amazing structure that I found just the other day. Joshua had constructed this fine specimen of ingenuity and physics. I marveled at how he found the crux of various toys where they would support an expansive bridge of great length at just the right heights. This is not how my mind works...at the age of 4 (or 32 for that matter) I would never have thought to do this.
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3 comments:
That is hilarious and so inventive. Maybe you have an engineer on your hands.
can i borrow that book, nicole? these boys of our do think much different than us!
that little Joshy. Anything to get Thomas and his buddies on their way.
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