I love that my kids enjoy reading. I think it's great. However, once in a while a book comes along that becomes kind of an obsession to somebody. I'm not talking about Twilight, Harry Potter or the Hunger Games... I'm talking about a little book called Exploring the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard. Kaitlyn checked this book out at the library to use as her book report for the month of January. They were to read an "informative" book, then do a Power Point book report and present it to the class. She found the book quite interesting, and did a fanastic job on her Power Point with absolutely no parental help. Meanwhile, a certain 5-yr-old boy who lives here became completely obsessed with the book. He would look at it over and over again. He began asking questions. Sometimes they were the same questions that we had already answered:
"Where did the iceburg hit it?"
"Why did that make it sink?"
"Why couldn't they just pull the ship back up?"
"What was the name of the ship that came to try and rescue them?"
"Why did the sea think it was tasty?" (Yeah... not sure how to answer that one!)
Pretty soon it was "Mom. Let's build the Titanic." Bryson and I helped Hayden build a lovely Titanic "replica" out of our Mega Blocks. He was so proud of it. He was kinda sad when we pulled it apart the next day, but he was ready to make a skyscraper at that point. It has been so funny. We hide the book, and the next thing we know, he is POURING over it again. Asking the same questions. Talking about the anchors, the people, and the lack of life boats. Just a little obsession! So if there is something you want to know about the Titanic, maybe you can just ask our Haydster. He may just know the answer!
2 comments:
You guys built an AWESOME Titanic! I love it! We have that book and my boys were totally fascinated with it, too!
That lego-ship is amazing! I've found that Gabe's favorite books are the non-fiction fact filled kind. Those get way more attention than some silly story.
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