Damon gave me a very nice gift today- he took Fuller to work with him. All day.

While they were together, Damon took the opportunity to help Fuller with his orienteering skills.

They started with a map of downtown and headed toward Subway (their lunch destination), keeping their eyes open for American flags. The goal was to find twenty flags and mark where they were found on the map. And Fuller took pictures of them as the hunted them down.

Fuller is a rather observant child, often shocking us by recalling events and details from days, weeks, or months past. But when it comes to looking for specific things (like his shoes or Optimus Prime’s axe) he tends to just glance around and declare them lost or beg for my help. And while I love that he knows my super power is finding things, I want him to develop the skill on his own.

So, I appreciate this activity Damon cooked up for him. Fuller learned to look up and down, near and far to find his object d’jour. And plotting their finds on the map just helped reinforce Fuller’s concept of maps and direction.

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