My girlfriend Tiffany has two adorable children, Josh who is 7 and Hailey who is 6. Normally when I come home from work to her house they are bouncing off the walls and acting like squirrels hopped up on PCP with jetpacks attached to their backs. Yesterday they where both in a particularly calmer mood. So on a leap of faith I hoped to do something with them that didn't involve them staring at the TV or computer like a zombie, their usual preferred activity.
I asked Hailey if she wanted to do a puzzle, she agreed and I sent her on a journey to the closet to bring us a activity, she found a kids microscope that had a broken light/mirror mount instead of a puzzle. After a failed attempt of fixing it with superglue and interesting language I taped a bright flashlight onto the base and we where in business.
My proudest moment was when Josh got off the computer, which he is perpetually glued to for the games, on his own accord to come on a 'science adventure' outside with Hailey and I, (YES OUTSIDE! Where there is oxygen, trees, and nature!) to find leaves and "pond juice" to peer at through the microscope.
All I know is I went to bed proud that I planted the seed to loving science in them.
I asked Hailey if she wanted to do a puzzle, she agreed and I sent her on a journey to the closet to bring us a activity, she found a kids microscope that had a broken light/mirror mount instead of a puzzle. After a failed attempt of fixing it with superglue and interesting language I taped a bright flashlight onto the base and we where in business.
All I know is I went to bed proud that I planted the seed to loving science in them.
