MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

5.16.13

Mars is telling me about another Chickpea who takes drumming lessons.

J: Would you like to learn to play an instrument?
MARS: OK.
J: Which instrument would you like to play?
MARS: The bugle.  Get me a bugle!
J: Well...I'm not going to just get you a bugle.  If you're serious about it, we'll find a teacher too.  You have to practice and take lessons.  You need a teacher for that.
MARS: Can't we just do it online?  Watch videos.  And we can get a book like the recorder book!

PRETEND PLAY

5.18.13

Amy finds a jug of tempera paint in Mars' room.

AMY: Why is there paint in your room?
MARS: I was pretending it was beer.

BILINGUAL

5.18.13

MARS: Mama, do you know what the Spanish word for "burrito" is?
MAMA: No. What is it?
MARS: Same as English.  "Burrito. "