That's great! It is so wonderful to watch them use those skills.
Originally Posted by amazedmom
Now, if she can just translate that into tolerance for Dh and I when we make a mistake or don't catch onto something quickly LOL. Babysteps smile


LOL, so true. We found out that DS knew how to read when he was about 18 or 19 months and corrected his Sunday school teacher who read the wrong word. We really didn't believe her when she told us he was reading. Now at 6 we get used to being corrected and he does do it respectfully at least and often I notice him holding it in and not correcting others. He has gotten so much better with this, but I can see it is still hard for him. Especially when he is trying to teach his little sister (your DD's age) the "right" way to do something and she intentionally wants to do it her own different way (being the free spirit she is). : )

Anyhow, about the maze thing. Not sure if you have heard about these and not sure if Mindware or Amazon delivers to islands, but DS got these a while back and really enjoys them. He is all about mazes and puzzles...and we have plenty of things like these around the house. I thought of these because the labmice comes with dry erase markers so you can do them over. You probably could create your own, but may be a challenge in itself. DD3 likes to do them too, but she doesn't quite follow the directions that great. She connects them, but doesn't stay in the boxes and squares.

http://www.amazon.com/MindWare-Lab-..._1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294073709&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Think-Fun-582...mp;ie=UTF8&qid=1294073754&sr=1-1

Also, I don't know the link but there is a game on-line called 3-d logic I believe that is very much like the lab mice game (only it's in 3-d and the lab mice is 2d). DS used to play it a lot at 4 and 5 but I think he finished all the levels so is onto new stuff now : )