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Tuesday, February 17, 2004
survey for kids
I found a website with a clever twist on the usual survey meme -- you're supposed to ask your KILT the questions. I went through all four of the sets they had posted to date. My kids are a bit older than the target age on the site -- you're supposed to ask your three-year-old, but C is 4 and LT is 7. It was still fun, and even occasionally funny.
1. Name an animal that lives in the ocean.
C: a clam
LT: A whale.
2. What is a bank for?
C: Getting money and stickers.
LT: Money. You keep the money there and then when you want you can come and get it back.
3. What is a typewriter?
C: [points to computer keyboard]
LT: A machine for typing.
4. What is a bumblebee's job?
C: "bzzzzzzz".
LT: Stinging.
5. How many legs does a spider have?
C: Three or four.
LT: Eight.
6. Why does your house have windows?
C: So that bugs won't come in.
LT: So that we can look outside.
7. Name a food you hate.
C: Hay.
LT: Chicken drumsticks.
8. Who is the president?
C: President Bush.
LT: President George W. Bush.
9. What year is it?
C: I don't know.
LT: 2004.
10. Why do babies cry?
C: Cause that's how they talk.
LT: Cause they want stuff.
1. How do you make a sandwich?
LT: Fold over, or whole. With peanut butter and jelly, or just peanut butter. Get a knife and a spoon, or just a knife, and some bread, and make a sandwich.
C: Put things together. First you get two pieces of bread. Then you get peanut butter and jelly, and put them together.
2. Who fixes the dentist's teeth?
C: Grandma. [she works for a dentist -- as an office manager]
LT: The dentist!
3. Who lives in the zoo?
C: Mr. Elephant, Mr. and Mrs. Zebra, and Mr. Train, and Kiddie Land.
LT: Animals.
4. How old is Elmo?
C: I don't know, maybe two or three or four.
LT: Five.
5. What time is it?
C: It's four o'clock. And now it's six. [it's actually quarter of two; she was looking at the sweep second hand]
LT: It is 1:54.
6. What does Daddy do at work?
C: Works on things. Telephones.
LT: Works on electricity.
7. What planet do we live on?
C: Earth.
LT: Earth.
8. What season is it?
C: Foggy.
LT: It is winter.
9. What's your favorite vegetable?
C: Broccoli.
LT: Tomatoes.
10. Count backwards from 5 to 1.
C: Five, one. One, five. Or five, one.
[I: "Like you were lifting off a rocket."]
Five, four, three, two, one.
LT:
Five! Four! Three! Two! One!
1. Where do babies come from?
C: Tummies.
LT: Mommies.
2. What does Mommy do when she isn't taking care of you?
C: Look for me.
LT: Nothing.
3. When is your birthday?
C: March February 13th.
LT: April 21st.
4. What do you want to be when you grow up?
C: A cowgirl and an astronaut.
LT: Whatever Daddy is.
5. Where do apples come from?
C: Trees.
LT: Trees.
6. What does Yellow and blue make?
C: Green.
LT: Green.
7. If you have two sandwiches and eat one, how many are left?
C: One.
LT: One.
8. Who is mommy's mommy?
C: Grandma.
LT: Grandma.
9. What does a spider eat?
C: Bugs.
LT: Icky food.
10. Who are you going to marry when you grow up?
C: [elaborate shrug]. [Do you want to guess?] No.
LT: I don't know! [Do you want to guess?] No.
1. What is your favorite food?
C: Broccoli and baked potatoes and red tomatoes.
LT: Macaroni and cheese.
2. How much does a hat cost?
C: How about $50, no less.
LT: $99,099,099.01
3. What is the moon made out of?
C: Rock.
LT: Rock.
4. What is your favorite tv show?
C: Grapes of Wrath [the Veggietales version]
LT: Star Wars.
5. Why is the sky blue?
C: Cause rain comes trickling down.
LT: Well, because there's no clouds!
6. How old is mommy?
C: I don't know. Sixteen?
LT: 29.
7. What is your last name?
C: [states correct last name]
LT:
8. Why do zebras have stripes?
C: Cause they are zebras.
LT: Because they do.
9. What does a plumber do?
C: Works on pipes.
LT: Fixes pipes. And he sells plums, ha ha! (that's a class-A 7-year-old joke for you)
10. Where do you live?
C: United States of America.
LT: On [name of our street]. And I guess that our address is 5848 [it's not, but he's close].
