The second kid is all over the beach. They like how when they pretend to be a starfish, the sun side of their body is warmer than the side on the wet sand (it makes them think about that time you made toast in the oven). They like running in the water and then in the dry sand to watch their feet get caked in sand (it reminds them of the art project where they covered something in wet glue and then rolled it in glitter and they wonder why dry things stick to wet things sometimes). They notice if they dig a hole the sand is wetter and cooler the deeper they go which is weird because they heard the middle of the Earth is like lava. This kid may or may not share any of these connections.
I bring this up because the ability to make connections doesn't "show" as well as the ability to memorize information in little kids.
Wow KJP, that description fits our DS6 almost perfectly! It's no wonder he always surprises us when he starts to describe some crazy thing he learned somewhere along the way. Sort of like this weekend when he launched into the possible geological explanations for how a particular island might have formed. And this was after DS5 innocently asked "Why is this an island?".
LazyMum, welcome. I would also add that if she has a big imagination, it might be difficult to pull her back from that world. I certainly wouldn't see it as anything to worry about for the time being!
