Commerce and Music · Friday March 2, 2007 by Rose
Today was a much quieter day than yesterday!
The morning involved mundane things (on my part!) like making some more gf bread, and getting the shopping done.
The boys have occupied themselves all day, with a game that sounds quite complicated, but very intriguing – and educational!
Basically, it seems that JJ runs some kind of business, which SJ is always trying to sell things to! Dh and I have been silently cracking up behind closed doors listening to some of the sales calls that SJ has been “making”... If JJ doesn’t want what he’s offering, he “rings back” a short time later with a new offer!
We’ve heard lots of bartering, and negotiation going on. Interupted occasionally by WD breezing in and out using his own version of the rules of the game.
I’ve really been impressed by the terms and concepts that they have both demonstrated during the game, especially SJ. Despite his lack of “social” skills and the SPD, he seems to have an instinctive grasp of commerce which is brilliant.
We once set him and JJ up on the games on Rich Kid, Smart Kid, and he made far more money on the lemonade stand that JJ!
They are also quite hooked on High School Musical at the moment. SJ and JJ negotiated between themselves over pooling their money to buy it, and I duly ordered it from Amazon for them. SJ watches it at least once a day; I guess its their version of “Grease” (showing my age now, aren’t I?!).
However, what is interesting, is that SJ is fascinated by the idea of the mixing desk. He went online, all of his own accord, and went onto google images to look for a picture of a mixing desk. He then emailed it to me (my pc has a printer attached, unlike his. Crumbs, talking about living in the 21st century..) and asked me to print it out. Using it as a guide, he is now painstakingly recreating a larger version of it, on several sheets of A4 paper, to use as a template on a box which he plans to use to make a model, real sized “mixing desk”.
When I asked him why, he said it was so that he could play along when he watched the movie.
Awesome! Now to find some educational/instructional website on mixing..!
All in all, quite a nice day really!
