Tire Your Child Down by Transforming Your Staircase Into a Famous Landmark
Of course, now we are physically limited in where we can go, what sights we can see and what adventures we can give our children. But if we use our imaginations , we can go anywhere – at least that’s what one father thought this week when he decided his son needed a little exercise and that his house might as well be the Statue of Liberty.
As Tom Lawton writes on Twitter :
A fun challenge to get the kids to play sports during the home school day. Determine the height of your house. Select a famous landmark. Rufus just reached the top of the Statue of Liberty and descended again 10 minutes later. I’ll try the Great Pyramid tomorrow.
Lawton didn’t just tell his child to imagine a large statue and start walking – he did seem to actually calculate the distance from the kitchen to one of the bedrooms and decided that the person would have to climb the entire staircase between 20 times in order to reach the top of the Statue of Liberty and back down … The math is not mine, so I have no idea how accurate it is, but accuracy is less important than the journey their minds take.
(By the way – it’s worth a click to see Rufus dramatically approach the final step. This is a kid who is exhausted enough.)
It is also a semi-transparent opportunity to show children photos and videos of famous landmarks and tell them about their history. Lawton says that next time they will “climb” the Great Pyramid of Giza.
You can start small with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, also known as the “Rocky Steps”. (Obviously, thefirst show themvideos of famous scenes , so that they know how to win in the end.) From there, make your way to the Big Ben and – most important test – the Space Needle .