I know I haven't talked about Christmas yet, and I will do so soon, but I just wanted to tell you how Ram has been learning though Bob, his little stuffed sheep.
I wrapped up a little 'make your own model of an ant kit' for Bob as a Christmas present. It makes one of these four inch ant models. Ram decided to make it for Bob today. It was pretty simple and I asked Ram if he had read the instruction sheet with it which tells you what the parts are and how they work.
He said sort of, so I suggested that he read it aloud to Bob as Bob can't read and it was his present. And not only did he agree, he was so very good at it!
He read each section, then showed Bob the part they were talking about!
Afterwards, I asked Bob if he understood it all, and Bob (with the help of Ram's hand) said no. So I asked if he could ask Ram and would Ram explain it to him, and Bob said yes!
I was so proud of my boy! He may not have wanted to learn about ants but he was happy to teach Bob about them!
He also learned something about sheep today. On of the ewes next door, called Holly, gave birth to twins in the paddock behind us. Ram and the Dxh were out there so the farmer called them over. They missed the first one coming out but they saw the second one and some of the afterbirth. They stayed and watched them for quite a while, then I came out and had a look. It was fun watching the little ones looking for the teets. They headbutt up and down and even tried to latch onto the ewe's neck, but eventually one of them found the right place.
We left them for a while, then went back with the farm people to have a look. As it was cold out, they were taking them into the barns by wheelbarrow. Ram suggested that we call them Red and Yellow as one was still a bit bloody and red and the other was well licked and yellow! The traffic light twins!
We never know from one day to the next what new information we will learn!
