My youngest celebrated his ninth birthday not too long ago. While most parents in our area opt for an indoor playground or museum to have the party, I decided to do it myself this time. We live walking distance from a forest. There’s an area dedicated for kids; it’s fenced off and there are plenty of branches, rocks and water to play with. I knew the kids would love it.
Being creative you can do in many ways. 30 years ago my boy became 10. And as I did not want to keep up with the Joneses, I desided to take the kids on a trip on public transport. In the early nineties it was still affordable. By bus to the next village, crossed the river by ferry to the next town and back by train. Allong the way they could fill a small bag of candy. Scooping it in but no more than 100 grams. That was something new in that time. Also new was public transport. Only one boy had been on a bus before, but that was because his dad was a busdriver. No-one had ever been on a train. I was flabbergasted. So they had the day of their lives. Years later I would run into one of these kids and they would still mention it. Well if you want to do it now, you better start saving for over 2 years. Children are easy to please, do something they don't know.
I couldn't love this more! Hilarious that you and I have been corresponding in chat but I have no idea what you look like - until today. You will forever by my wild forest climate cartoonist friend, and I couldn't think of anything better! You also reminded me of an epic Hunger Games party we did for my eldest around the same age - a grand wild adventure across the farm. I talked with her this morning about it - she can't remember any of the details just that it was the coolest. She is studying human bio at uni now and says that doesn't surprise her - that when you are crazy excited apparently it interrupts memory formation! I also love your message - Dare to do less - the race to the top or bottom is never a good plan!
There is a group I sometimes volunteer that teaches kids about science and tech (STEM) and one of the organizers had a neat wheeled robot that drew doodles you loaded from the computer.
He said “Ill show them how to make doodles with ai (artificial impostor) and load them into the bot”
And he saw the look on my face and asked “what?”
So I kindly showed him the magic and wonder of making a doodle with your pen, taking a picture, plugging the cables and loading it. Its about interacting just like your trip to the forest.
So yeah its about helping each others make a better world for them and helping them discover it so Congrats!
Being creative you can do in many ways. 30 years ago my boy became 10. And as I did not want to keep up with the Joneses, I desided to take the kids on a trip on public transport. In the early nineties it was still affordable. By bus to the next village, crossed the river by ferry to the next town and back by train. Allong the way they could fill a small bag of candy. Scooping it in but no more than 100 grams. That was something new in that time. Also new was public transport. Only one boy had been on a bus before, but that was because his dad was a busdriver. No-one had ever been on a train. I was flabbergasted. So they had the day of their lives. Years later I would run into one of these kids and they would still mention it. Well if you want to do it now, you better start saving for over 2 years. Children are easy to please, do something they don't know.
I couldn't love this more! Hilarious that you and I have been corresponding in chat but I have no idea what you look like - until today. You will forever by my wild forest climate cartoonist friend, and I couldn't think of anything better! You also reminded me of an epic Hunger Games party we did for my eldest around the same age - a grand wild adventure across the farm. I talked with her this morning about it - she can't remember any of the details just that it was the coolest. She is studying human bio at uni now and says that doesn't surprise her - that when you are crazy excited apparently it interrupts memory formation! I also love your message - Dare to do less - the race to the top or bottom is never a good plan!
Wonderful!
There is a group I sometimes volunteer that teaches kids about science and tech (STEM) and one of the organizers had a neat wheeled robot that drew doodles you loaded from the computer.
He said “Ill show them how to make doodles with ai (artificial impostor) and load them into the bot”
And he saw the look on my face and asked “what?”
So I kindly showed him the magic and wonder of making a doodle with your pen, taking a picture, plugging the cables and loading it. Its about interacting just like your trip to the forest.
So yeah its about helping each others make a better world for them and helping them discover it so Congrats!