Dylan: I want to give David a present. What can I give him? Can I buy him something?
Mum: No. You can make him something though.
Dylan: I’ve got a GREAT idea!
Mum: What’s that?
Dylan: We can do some painting again – you can do a picture for the cleaner, and I can do a picture for David!
Mum: OK. What will you paint?
Dylan: I’ll paint him a picture of the submarine we went on, because he’s not going on it.
SUBMARINE, SHIPWRECKS AND FISHES
Age 6
CANARIAN LIZARD
Age 37
TASTE TEST
Mum: I think those pellets might be a bit big for the fish to eat – maybe it would be better to give them the flakes instead.
Boy: I know! We could give them half pellets, half flakes and see which ones they like best!
Mum: Ah – like a taste test?
Boy: Yes! And if they like both, then we can carry on giving them half pellets and half flakes next time.
Son: Next year, after this holiday – what’s the place called that we’re going to?
Mum: Gran Canaria.
Son: Yes, after Gran Canaria, can we go back to Crete?
Mum: We’ll see. I’d like to visit different countries. We could go to Egypt and you might be able to swim well enough to come snorkelling and see all the pretty fish under the water.
Son: But what about the sharks?
Mum: You don’t need to worry about sharks.
Son: I just imagined something! I imagined that we were in the sea and a shark was chasing us and we ran out of the sea onto the beach and the shark followed us – he stood on his flippers and walked onto the beach and then started singing “Gangnam Style” with a microphone!
Son: Our teacher read us a story today and it was called Too Much Talk. The story happened in Africa and it went like this:
There was a farmer and he was going to dig up some yams.
And then the yams talked and then the dog talked, so he ran UPhill and DOWNhill and DOWNhill and UPhill, unti he came to a fisherman.
The fisherman said, “Why are you running in the heat of the day?”
“Well,” said the farmer, “first my yam talked, then my dog talked.”
“Oh,” said the fisherman, “that can’t happen!”
“Oh yes it can!” said the fish.
“Ahhhhh!” Screamed the fisherman and they ran UPhill and DOWNhill, DOWNhill and UPhill until they came to a weaver.
The weaver said, “Why are you running in the heat of the day?”
“Well,” said the farmer and the fisherman, “first the yam talked, then the dog talked, then the fish talked.”
“Oh,” said the weaver, “that can’t happen!”
“Oh yes it can!” said the cloth.
“Ahhhhh!” Screamed the weaver and they ran UPhill and DOWNhill, DOWNhill and UPhill until they came to a swimmer.
The swimmer said, “Why are you running in the heat of the day?”
“Well,” said the farmer and the fisherman and the weaver, “first the yam talked, then the dog talked, then the fish talked, then the cloth talked.”
“Oh,” said the swimmer, “that can’t happen!”
“Oh yes it can!” said the wave.
“Ahhhhh!” Screamed the swimmer and they ran UPhill and DOWNhill, DOWNhill and UPhill until they came to a chief.
The chief said, “Why are you running in the heat of the day?”
“Well,” said the farmer and the fisherman and the weaver and the swimmer, “first the yam talked, then the dog talked, then the fish talked, then the cloth talked and then the wave talked.”
“Oh,” said the chief, “well, too much talk – go away before I throw you all into jail!”
So they dashed off backed to their houses.
The chief sat in his chair and said, “imagine that! A talking yam, a talking dog, a talking fish, a talking cloth, a talking wave – that can’t happen!”
“Oh yes it can!” said the chair.
“Ayyyyyy!” Screamed the chief and he ran UPhill and DOWNhill, DOWNhill and UPhill and he was never seen again.
How funny is that – that the chair talked to him?!
Mum: That’s very well remembered.
Son: Can you think what was repeated over and over again in the story?
Mum: The hill.
Son: Good – yes. What else?
Mum: Talking?
Son: Good – yes. What else?
Mum: I don’t know.
Son: First!
[Book summary: Too Much Talk by Angela Shelf Medearis]
Book Summary – Feb 2013
The Wild Girl by Christopher Wormell
The Wild Girl is clever because she can catch fish. She can make fire. She is lonely.
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Me: No, I don’t think so. We blink to keep our eyeballs moist.
D: What’s ‘moist’?
Me: Not dry – we blink to stop out eyeballs drying out, and fish live in water, so they don’t need to stop their eyeballs drying out.
D: But water can STING if you get it in your eyes, and THEN you have to blink.
Me: Water doesn’t sting – it’s a bit nothingy on its own. The fish are used to having it in their eyes.
D: What about the BABY fish? They won’t be used to having it in their eyes. Do they just come out, blink a few times and then they’re used to it?
Me: No. I don’t think they’re built with eyelids. They just have their eyes wide open all the time because they don’t need to blink.
D: Oh.
Arty Animals – by Dylan
D: This is the one I did today – arty animals. You can do it different colours if you like, and you have to draw everything you can remember doing at Art Club. And I can remember the giraffe, the zebra, the chameleon and the peacock and the fish and the puppy.
Me: A puppy?
D: Yes. If we wanted, we could draw an animal that we haven’t done before too. And I drawed a puppy.
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It’s in the sea. There’s a fishy, there’s a fishy, there’s a fishy, there’s a fishy – 4 fishies. There’s a whale, a shark and a starfish.
Sea treasures – Feb 2013
D: I wanted to draw under the sea – and the gems are treasure! There’s an island with a palm tree and treasure on it [bottom left]; those things that look like ‘B’s are the waves; and there are stars all around.
D: Amy made a noise at lunch today and made my water go up and spill everywhere! And my food all went up in the air and then it came back down and all landed back on the plate in the same place – it just went up, and then back down.
Me: So Amy made you jump when you were holding your fish and chips at lunchtime?
D: Yes.
Me: I bet you haven’t had many portions of fruit and vegetables today – what did you have with your fish and chips?
D: Ketchup.
Me: Ah. Is that all?
D: And one pea.
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