It was another sunny day in Vancouver. The weather is still cold but if it is dry and sunny, we are playing outside.
We met up with one of Cole's friends and played at the park. This park has a fountain and a stream of water that gathers into a big pool at the end of the park. Cole loves to walk along the water and look in and see all the bubbles that form as the water gushes and pools into the main water fountain.
Cole and Ella thought it would be fun to throw leaves into the water. What started as a little activity for them turned into a game. They would go gather leaves and throw them into the water and watch as the leaves sank to the bottom. Then they would go off again to find more leaves to throw in to the water.
This went on for close to 15 minutes, which in toddler time, is an eternity. This is especially true for Cole who is constantly moving from thing to another in rapid succession.
They would laugh, hop and dance. They also crouched down by the water to look at the leaves and the water. Such a wondrous and marvellous exploration for them; it was neat for me to see them just so intent and focused and having so much fun with leaves.
This activity can naturally progress into sink and float experiment at home. Fill a big bucket or even a bath tub with water and gather different objects to see which would float and which would sink. I sometimes do this at home during his bath time. I think he is little too young to understand the concept behind this but it never hurts to try it.
