Alicia Knight

If your kids love baseball -- you might enjoy this website for the
Exploratorium in San Francisco. There is a section on the science of
baseball. It's one of our favorites!

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

~Alicia

KT wrote:

> I am absolutely certain he would enjoy that. But where would I put
> them? lol.
>
> He's started a collection of McFarlane baseball figures (famous
> players). They're mostly limited editions, so he's got a catcher, a
> batter, and a pitcher. We have a homemade Lego table that just happens
> to have a green felt floor. As soon as he gets his room cleaned up
> today, we're digging that out and are going to paint a diamond on it.
> I'm sure he will spend hours dreaming up baseball scenarios with those
> three players, until they come out with a few fielders and shortstop.
>
> He and his father took a baseball trip to St. Louis last year, and I'm
> planning one for them on the sly for opening day next year. He's been
> in quite a few major league parks. Way more than I or his brothers had
> ever been to before they were 9.
>
> We just spent about 2 hours in the JC Penney outlet looking for a
> baseball (only) blanket/comforter/duvet to go with the Arizona
> Diamondbacks sheets he found on clearance. At Wal-Mart after that, he
> spent 15 minutes talking to the guy with the airbrush t-shirt stand how
> much it would cost to airbrush a giant baseball on a comforter, because
> we couldn't find anything appropriate to fit his bed.
>
> His oldest brother helped him paint real infield lines on the grass in
> the front yard, and since I mowed it all off, it's time to repaint.
> This time, he says, they won't forget the batters box! Our new
> lanscaping even has a dugout (a bench) along the 3rd base line!
>
> As you can see, he doesn't really *need* another outlet for this
> baseball obsession, but I'll keep the models in mind in case he runs out
> of ideas! lol. Thanks. :)
>
> Tuck
>
> Tia Leschke wrote:
>
> >>
> >>The great thing about baseball is he will actually read books about
> it! :)
> >>
> >
> >Some unschooling friends of mine got so far into baseball that they
> started
> >making to-scale models of famous baseball stadiums. Wonder if he'd
> enjoy that.
> >Tia
> >
> >No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
> >Eleanor Roosevelt
> >*********************************************
> >Tia Leschke
> >leschke@...
> >On Vancouver Island
> >
> >