I took the kids to the park recently, and this is what we saw.
What I saw: a slight incline to the swings.
What my son saw: a rise that required complicated navigation including walking, standing, sitting, crawling, standing again and walking. And applauding his own efforts.
What I saw: climbing discs set a short step out from the playground.
What my daughter saw: climbing discs set very far from the playground, and very high up, requiring a huge leap (and an incredible feat of bravery).
What I saw: some balls on poles.
What my son saw: coloured balls as big as his head set at the perfect height to play with.
What I saw: a filthy plastic bubble.
What my daughter saw: a magical window whose curved surface altered what she saw, and through which she could pull funny faces at everyone.
What we all saw: some clouds.
What we all also saw: a fire-breathing dragon.
What do you see in these pictures?
Imagination!
Indeed!
oh I can see the dragon too!!!
I love this demonstration of perspective. How many times a day do you remind yourself of this?
Constantly. I wish I didn’t need to, but it doesn’t always come naturally!
I love that first description of what your son saw. It would look like a huge obstacle to him and something to applaud himself on 🙂
He does love to applaud himself on a job well done! It really was huge from his angle, though.
Ugh those plastic bubbles that everyone licks – ECK – go you for letting them play – see you soon Em xxx
I KNOW. It looked DISGUSTING.
I see the dragon too – kids teach us something new every day too.
Every single day. Thanks for hosting WW.