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unlock quicken XGMarch 08, 2008
Video Learning
Sam turned 3 recently, and got the requisite birthday card with cash in it from his Great Grandma. It led to this little exchange:
S: "Daddy, there's 2 DOLLARS in here!"
M: "Really?" (Looks over) "Actually, Sam, that's 10 dollars. Those are 2 5 dollar bills."
S: (Wide eyed) "Hey, who's that GUY ON THERE?!?"
M: "That's Abraham Lincoln."
S: (Almost as if in a trance) "Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president..." (trails off)
That one puzzled me and Beck for a few days until we popped in one of his Hard Hat Harry videos and heard him talking about how "Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, lived in a log cabin."
So chalk this one up to TV babysitting, not childhood genius. Also, Sam (embarrassingly) can and will identify HANNAH MONTANA! every time we see a poster/t shirt/video/mug/candy/lip gloss with her on it. So it's not like we're only exposing him to useful stuff.
For the pathetic/curious, I leave you with a Hard Hat Harry link. Pretty rad.
Posted by Mike at March 8, 2008 01:08 PM