A couple
of days back, the lovely folks at Blog Adda partnered with Colgate to send us
Colgate 'Magical Space Adventure' pack. We were sent three packs, that
consisted of three different Magical Space themes - The Alien Planet, Space
Walk and Space Launch.
The
little boy was eager to explore the pack as soon as it arrived, and overjoyed
when he found that he could cut pieces out of the pack. We sat and spent some
amazing time together cutting the pieces and fixing it on to the base. The
little boy was fascinated with the spaceship, UFOs, and comets - all his
firsts. He jumped with joy seeing a rocket that he could hold in his hand.
We then
sat down for story time, and it was a pleasant change from the usual. I
prompted the little boy to tell me a story and for a change, rather than
pleading with me to tell him a story he was enthusiastic about weaving a story
around space ships and astronauts.
We
started from the first cut-out – the Space Launch. The little boy was the
protagonist astronaut and he picked his friend from her home and ‘drove’ the
rocket to space. As per him, ‘Zooom and we were in space’. In between, I tried
to tell him real facts about space and spaceships, but someone little wasn’t
interested at all and didn’t want anything that was shoot down his imagination.
Once they reached space they went straight to their home, but couldn’t find the
park there. I almost broke into a laugh hearing the little boy asking me
genuinely, “but where is the park?”.
I slowly
shifted the focus to the second cut-outs that we had made, showcasing the Alien
Planet. Although the concept of aliens and the UFOs were slightly over the top
for the little boy’s understanding, he did try to weave a story around it – a
story that revolved around making the alien understand why he and his friend
were there and how they were trying to find the park in space. His “do you want
to help us?” question to the alien melted my heart and had me in splits at the
same time. The innocence of a kid!
Then the
boy decided that the alien was going to help him to find the park. We moved on
to our last cut out on Space Walk. Here, I slightly took over and told him
about the different planets and comets. His face shone bright when he saw the
sun and clapped gleefully telling me that it was the sun and his friends (so
much for trying to teach him about planets!).The search for the park was lost
right there when the sun came into the picture and then he wanted to take the
sun back home in his rocket.
This, I
must say, served as a great time pass for Adhrith. It was quite different from
our usual activities and although he is still young to weave stories, I saw,
for the first time, how imagination soars high in kids. It helped us bond in a
way we’ve never done before and much thanks to Colgate and BlogAdda, we had an
amazing evening today!
