flashcards

ok, so today i met with a woman and her three children under age 3...and this mother was working with flashcards as she waited her turn in the lobby...stuff like colors and shapes....and even some spanish words......while all the other moms let their children roll around on the floor or rip up magazines.....i was impressed...and told her so....seems she doesn't get much support from her husband's kin...who seem to think that she should let her kids be kids......yeah, right........what possible benefit can a child gain from roilling around on the waiting room floor and ripping up periodicals.......i have fond memories of our flashcards......which sequed into the memory game.......my eldest was especially good at remembering both the word for each picture as well as its location for the match......gosh, those days seem so long ago.....but back to my client.....i did my best to be encouraging to her to keep this up......one never knows just how much extra knowledge children can soak in during random moments like waiting room downtime.......