Paleontologist: Early Career Exploration
Erik is absolutely fascinated with a few things in his young toddler/preschool life right now. One of his "long time" love now has been Elephants. Second is Clifford the Big Red Dog. Does anybody notice a trend? Erik is attracted to BIG, GIANT Animals.
So it's only logical for our boy to be absolutely passionate about dinosaurs! It first started out from our museum trip to the National History Museum in New York City this past August. It was where Erik got to see dinosaur fossils up close and personal!! Then, we really have to thank ERik's classmate, James, for bringing in his private collection of dinosaurs and let the class to continue to play with them. This really fostered Erik's interest.
Daddy has ran through a lot of dinosaur books through the public library. (Hooray for public libraries!) Almost every other week, our entire family visit the local library to return and get new books for Erik. Evening's reading routine is such a great joy for us to reconnect as a family before slumbering off through the night.
Erik loves asking about the different type of dinosaurs and can recognize the small detail differences that even Mummy & Daddy cannot. Last night, it surprised Daddy when Erik could name one of the dinosaurs without even any prompting. "Diplodocus" Erik said and indeed it really was a picture of one, a "double-beam" dinosaur during the Jurassic Period! It was from the National Geographic Dinosaurs by Paul Barrett. Daddy has never really learned about dinosaurs during his childhood so this one subject that Daddy & Son are learning together. The book is intended for ages 9 - 12 because there are a LOT of words and details in it. For Erik though, he loves this book because of all the detailed pictures!
For us, we are still wondering what are the differences of all these dinosaurs besides some ate meat, some ate foliage, some ate both?! What's the difference between a Brachiosaurus versus a Diplodocus....maybe Erik can give us lessons?! Guess Erik is having an early career exploration in being a paleontogist but "Ross" from Friends keep popping into our heads! EEK!
Some other books Erik's loving this week:
So it's only logical for our boy to be absolutely passionate about dinosaurs! It first started out from our museum trip to the National History Museum in New York City this past August. It was where Erik got to see dinosaur fossils up close and personal!! Then, we really have to thank ERik's classmate, James, for bringing in his private collection of dinosaurs and let the class to continue to play with them. This really fostered Erik's interest.
Daddy has ran through a lot of dinosaur books through the public library. (Hooray for public libraries!) Almost every other week, our entire family visit the local library to return and get new books for Erik. Evening's reading routine is such a great joy for us to reconnect as a family before slumbering off through the night.
Erik loves asking about the different type of dinosaurs and can recognize the small detail differences that even Mummy & Daddy cannot. Last night, it surprised Daddy when Erik could name one of the dinosaurs without even any prompting. "Diplodocus" Erik said and indeed it really was a picture of one, a "double-beam" dinosaur during the Jurassic Period! It was from the National Geographic Dinosaurs by Paul Barrett. Daddy has never really learned about dinosaurs during his childhood so this one subject that Daddy & Son are learning together. The book is intended for ages 9 - 12 because there are a LOT of words and details in it. For Erik though, he loves this book because of all the detailed pictures!
For us, we are still wondering what are the differences of all these dinosaurs besides some ate meat, some ate foliage, some ate both?! What's the difference between a Brachiosaurus versus a Diplodocus....maybe Erik can give us lessons?! Guess Erik is having an early career exploration in being a paleontogist but "Ross" from Friends keep popping into our heads! EEK!
Daddy Entry
I haven’t written much on my son’s blog for a while. So just wanted to add a few more things in here – (to be honest I just don’t write much it feels like I am boasting or something but we honestly just want to use this blog like a diary)
I just want to re-arrange Mommy’s timeline and story. Erik has been playing with Dinosaurs and into Dinosaurs for a while now. Some time back Erik and I were shopping in Target where he loves to play with all animals made by Schleich (I love this brand because of how realistic the animals were - they actually make the molds from actual Dinosaur bones) he picked up a Velociraptor and has been hooked since. (Erik loves shopping with me and yes Daddy loves shopping a lot too). And he loves all the Dinosaur books we have been reading to him – here is a few of his favorite Dinosaurs books (for future purpose I think I am going to start putting all the books he loves here – I am beginning to forget all his favorite ones)
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp – Carol Diggory Shields
Trouble at the Dinosaur Café – Brian Moses and Garry Parsons
He especially loves Tyrannosaurus saying it and trying to imagine that he is a big Giant Tyrannosaurus. Some other dinosaurs that he can say and recognize is Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Pterodactyl, Diplodocus (this one surprise us both as we just mentioned it to him once the night before) Brachiosaurus and Ankylosaurus (though he calls this Dinosaurs “boom chack lack boom”! From Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp).
We have also put together a Tricertops wooden bones puzzles which Grandma went and stuck it all together.
- How to catch an elephant / Amy Schwartz
- Shiver me letters : a pirate ABC / June Sobel ; illustrated by Henry Cole.
- Snarlyhissopus / by Alan MacDonald ; illustrated by Louise Voce.
- The ravenous beast / Niamh Sharkey.
- Little Bo Peep can't get to sleep / written by Erin Dealey ; illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama.
- Billy Tibbles moves out! / by Jan Fearnley.
- Never, ever shout in a zoo / by Karma Wilson ; illustrated by Doug Cushman.
- How will we get to the beach? / Brigitte Luciani ; illustrated by Eve Tharlet ; translated by Rosemary Lanning.
- Froggy's baby sister / by Jonathan London ; illlustrated by Frank Remkiewicz.
- I don't like Gloria! / Kaye Umansky ; illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain.
- The caterpillow fight / Sam McBratney ; illustrated by Jill Barton.
- Rules of the wild : an unruly book of manners / written by Bridget Levin ; illustrated by Amanda Shepherd
- Tiger can't sleep / by S.J. Fore ; illustrated by R.W. Alley
- Laura Numeroff's 10-step guide to living with your monster / illustrated by Nate Evans
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