azurelunatic | Little Fayoumis update

Little Fayoumis update

His latest interests are football and fire safety. Football is the new one, following hard on the heels of basketball. Wish the apartment complex had some good run-around-and-play space besides the walkway between the buildings. Wish they had a hoop.

I showed him where the nearest fire extinguisher to our apartment is, and taught him how to feel the door handle if there's a fire to see if it's hot.

Chess is still a big interest of his, but after a few moves the game degenerates into the pieces talking to each other. Not that this is a bad thing, just frustrating for trying to teach him the rules. He's getting more of them, though, and has the board setup down exactly. He corrected Marx on which piece was the queen the other day: bishops do look a fair bit like queens with Wizard Chess, and t'other way 'round too.

The current solution for outbursts of temper is to count instead of getting mad. That's been working at school. The teacher was impressed and pleased. Yay Little Fayoumis!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

*smile* he sounds great. i can sort out the different pieces in chess, but my problem is always which way round the kings and queens go, on their respective sides of the board...