Noises, noises everywhere: Can you explain them?
How does your kid feel about noise? Scared? Fascinated? Both?
Our 3-year-old frequently falls on the scared side. Sure, vacuum cleaners bother him, but that seems to be universal for kids. He goes beyond that. Subtle but unexplained noises outside spark his curiosity, and sometimes alarm. He asks me about them, and sometimes I can’t even hear them myself. (Of course, my wife tells me I don’t hear her, but let’s not get into that right now…)
I raised the noise issue with the pediatrician the other day. She had an interesting observation, and then a suggestion. What’s striking, she said, is that he’s so fascinated by trucks and machines, and yet sometimes is scared of their noise. So perhaps it might help him to understand how engines work. How do they produce that noise, after all?
So I turn to you. I need good books for little kids about engines. Ideas?
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