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we live just outside Oxford and love going to see the dinosaurs!! one of my boys fav places to visit!!
What a fabby job she has chosen to have!! i would love that job…. just watching Ancient Aliens as i type actually. Fabby program we found on Sky History tonight!!
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Love your ‘incidental and unplanned’ comment – that’s one of the fabulous things about Science subjects isn’t it, that you can incorporate so much learning into everyday things. And yes, I am very jealous about you visiting the Oxford University Museum of Natural History 😉
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As far as I’m concerned, it’s pretty much all about science 😀 I didn’t realise how many dinosaur things we’d done because it’s not a particular interest, we just do whatever fun thing we think of today.
Jealous, and jealous! 😛
Princess has also been a big dinosaur lover over time. When asked,when she was 18 months old, what the beetle was that we had just been shown at Wildlife World was called she answered “triceratops?” (I am sure it began with “tri” but I can’t remember it now!)
So many great oppurtunities your girls have had! And as you have said, so many of them are just the incidental things. “Condensation” has long been a favourite word, and whenever we see it we can discuss the weather, what it has been over night, what the sky is telling us the day will be like today. It’s not planned teaching/learning it’s just …. there!
And I think I will have to get that They Might Be Giants album 🙂
I think they’re things we can all do, and most of us do. OK, Oxford might be out of reach but most cities will have fossils in a museum. We all read, watch, listen and play all the time, so kids are learning all the time without any ‘teaching.’ But it’s good to reflect every now and then whether we are allowing a wide range of experiences or if our focus is too narrow.
Wow! What a lot of wonderful activities you’ve done as a family – awesome! I can see why your daughter wants to be an “Alienpologist.” And I love the video – great post all around!
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Being a science geek it’s easy for me to pick up those activities because they’re the ones I want to do myself. If the girls ever want to get into sport or cars I might be in trouble!
When it comes to preschoolers, science isn’t a proper academic distinction, it’s their entire approach to learning. It’s the process of testing the world with “What if . . .?” questions and analyzing the data. Most of our kids won’t become “scientists,” but they need to explore, test, analyze, and adjust in order to learn. You know, be scientists.
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Exactly. All little kids are scientists, all the time. Unfortunately it seems to get lost somewhere in the early teens, but it’s a way of thinking that would be really useful to keep into adulthood even if you never go near science as a profession.
I am very jealous of some of your great fossil experiences! (and .I think my eldest son would be to, if he could understand).
And just to show that science mum doesn’t have to mean science kid, my 4 y.o. does love dinosaurs and other sciency things, but when he grows up he wants to be a builder or a bulldozer operator
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Actually, when the big girl grows up she wants to be a Princess, but I haven’t been counting that as a career option!
Miss Love was just asking me the difference between dragons and dinosaurs. She is getting more interested in them
That’s gorgeous! I love that young kids can dream so big! Great activities you have done to fuel that passion. My kids loved that song too, I had to play it multiple times 😉
It’s a tie between that one, I Never Go to Work and the Mesopotamians here at the moment. At least I get to alternate.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History and DIG in New York! I’m very jealous! Love all your learning tips and how it mention that science doesn’t have to be “a separate activity.” Thank-you for organising such a wonderful carnival!
Love the video..thanks for sharing! and thank you for the great list of dinosaur themed activities!
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