This is the rug in our children's room. It is a Magic Carpet.I have seen small children, come into the library and stand transfixed, unable to walk any further, looking at the colors and objects on this rug. The adults are anxious to come into the room and the child simply stands and begins to name the objects at his/her feet.
A little older and they name the colors, the letters, the numbers. For some, walking across the rug and naming favorite objects is a ritual for the adult and child before they come any further into the room. Foir others, it is a ritual of naming when they leave for the day.
Then, poof!!, another day it is over and the rug is simply underfoot and the child anxious to get to the books, computers, puzzles, etc. The magic is elsewhere.
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