One of the hallmarks of being Z1 is capriciousness, though, but not in that he jumps from activity to activity. Rather, Zion will focus all his energies on one particular interest for extended periods of time and then refuse to be bothered with that activity again. For a long while it was puzzles and all he would do all the time was this puzzle and that puzzle. I bought tons of puzzles and found a great site with all kinds of challenging puzzles only for him to decide one day that puzzles were passe. The same with many other things. So I'm learning that once he demonstrates even an inkling of an interest in something, I have to be at the ready to capture that interest and capitalize on it. I often think that this is certainly one thing that school could not offer him. How could a teacher with 15 to 25 kids, even with the best of intentions, be so focused on my child that she would notice the first buds of interest? Could he/she deviate from her curriculum/pacing guide to capitalize on it?
Currently, Z1 is fascinated with birds. Chris will often throw chunks stale bread into the backyard and you should just see the delight on Z1's face when the birds descend to eat the bread. He gets so excited and scolds the squirrels for "stealing" the birds' bread. He's also taken with butterflies and has spoken about getting a net to catch them. So yesterday at our library, we found a few good books on birds and butterflies although I'm hoping to check out some more at the children's library two towns over. I want to get him some kind of net to catch butterflies with too. As he was hanging out as his friend's house last week, I noticed that Z1 enjoyed playing with a lacrosse stick. I don't see why a Lacrosse stick couldn't double as butterfly net. :) However, a real butterfly net is hardly expensive.
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