May 2015

We are going on vacation. Ten days in Southern California. We will visit Griffith's Observatory, Disneyland and Caltech in Los Angeles, and we will concentrate our efforts on relaxing in San Diego, of course we will visit the zoo, the safari, seaworld and legoland, the airspace museum and the USS midway aircraft carrier. It will be awesome.

I recently finished reading these two books. Danny, champion of the world, I have started reading to the kids. So far they like it. It is a slower paced story so I hope they continue to like it.  I think this is the best of all Dahl books that I have read. I wonder if it is undervalued because of the slower pace. I think it should be emphasized because of its communal, family-centered elements.

Einstein and Relativity for kids is quite good too, but for kids who understand a little bit about division and multiplication, so for 4th and 5th grader the reading will probably be most appropriate. The earlier, the better. This book is a great introduction to a complex subject and offers good opportunities for discussions, thinking and be challenged.





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