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Hypersonic CP with a challenge from Guayaquil

Crossing between London and New York would take about 8hrs by subsonic flight, but the Concorde used to make it supersonically in 3.5hrs – 44% of normal time. In comparison, I learned this week that the new way of electronic communication between me and Aaron surprisingly took only 23 days – 25% of usual 90 days for a CP (child response letter) to arrive at hypersonic speed!!

I asked Aaron (age 12) to try some fun activities and challenges during this time, among them was to find 26 items that begin with every letter of the English alphabet in his house. Interestingly he came up with Spanish words as opposed to English. He admitted.. “It was a little difficult for me to find the objects of the alphabet but I managed it.”

| A: árbol (tree) | B: baño (bathroom) | C: cama (bed) | D: dormitorio (bedroom) | E: espejo (mirror) | F: frutas (fruits) | G: gatos (cats) | H: hilos (thread) | I: inodoro (toilette) | J: jabón (soap) | K: ?? | L: lana (wool) | M: máquina (machine) | N: naturaleza (nature) | O: olla (pot) | P: patio (courtyard) | Q: queso (cheese) | R: rosa (rose) | S: silla (chair) | T: tomate (tomato) | U: uva (grape) | V: vino (wine) | W: water (agua) | X: ?? | Y: ?? | Z: ?? |

I’m impressed by his varieties of selection, not just objects but beyond. Aaron is a beloved naturalist, loves Natural Sciences and the countryside. Also, the list referring to thread, wool, machine seems to suggest weaving happening in the household (perhaps his mom does), and he must love eating fruits, cheese, tomato too. But can you see what he did with letter W😛. For being cheeky, I want to get him to do some cardio workout, but what would you suggest be the best – rowing machine, treadmill, or exercise bike?

Now the challenge he left for me is to find the missing items that start with letter K, X, Y, Z – of course en Español!😕

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