Dental Hygiene and Temperatures

Madeleine was thrilled to have a visit from a dentist at preschool this week.  Along with a goody bag filled with a new toothbrush, floss, and travel toothpaste, Madeleine also brought home a workbook about dental health.  She quickly got to work on it, asking me to read the directions on each page.

MADELEINE: Mama?  What does THIS say to do?
ME: Uh, it says to circle all the food that's healthy for your teeth, and cross out the food that's not healthy.

Madeleine apparently does not quite understand what "crossing out" means.  Instead, she drew a circle of crosses around the unhealthy foods and a regular circle around the healthy ones:

Another topic Madeleine is attempting to understand is that of temperature.  Because it has warmed up significantly this week, Madeleine is interested in what temperatures are considered cold and hot.  The other night, as I put her to bed, she got suddenly chatty on the whole topic.

MADELEINE: Mama?  How cold is ZERO degrees?
ME: Zero degrees is pretty cold.  It's way below freezing.
MADELEINE: So, like, even INSIDE your house you would turn into an ICE BLOCK?
ME: No, inside your house you would be fine.
MADELEINE: So only OUTSIDE your house you would turn into an ice block?
ME: Uh, no, you wouldn't turn into an ice block.  But it would be possible to get frostbite on exposed areas if you were outside for a long time.  Okay, it's time to quiet down and go to sleep.  No more talking, do you understand?
MADELEINE: Yes.  (two seconds of silence) But Mama?  What's FROSTBITE?

Needless to say, she didn't wind down on the topic for quite awhile.  I like the fact that she assumed that at some certain temperature, a person will turn into an ice block.

The next morning, Madeleine had yet another question.

MADELEINE: Mama?  Is it ever so, SO hot out that you wanna take off ALL your clothes, EVEN your UNDERWEAR?
ME: Sure, it can get hot enough that you want to take off all your clothes.  But we wouldn't go outside with no clothes on.
MADELEINE: Oh.  Yeah.  I forgot.
ME: Do you know why we don't go outside with no clothes on?
MADELEINE: Because you'd be too cold.  Even if it's warm out.  If the wind blows.

Yeah, I was thinking more because we don't live in a nudist colony, but that was a close guess!