On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> >But on the material front...I used to give my daughter lots of flour dough > in different colours. > > sounds great. so what kind of colours? i guess they must have been from > common, readily available organic sources. Er...I don't know about the organic sources....I just used the food colours I used for baking and icing. Of course, they wouldn't be as bright as the playdough, but then, she never fell sick from eating some, either. Are you still in der Schweitz,Obhishek? -Deepa. > > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > We are still animals and there is a wild world out there and they > must > > > learn > > > > the sensory and motor skills to live in that wild world. > > > > > > He is getting plenty of that. The world is no longer entirely > > > material though, so some early exposure to that shouldn't hurt. > > > > > > > > I do agree that some exposure to the net and computers from an early age > > might not be a bad thing. > > > > But on the material front...I used to give my daughter lots of flour > dough > > in different colours. Didn't matter if she ate a little....and what she > did > > make could be (and sometimes was) baked into hardness. I wasn't too happy > > with the "plasticene" we got as children, so this was my solution. > > > > -Deepa. > > > > > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > does the frog know it has a latin name? > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
