The other day Jack and I were getting ready to read a history book. I wanted to get him excited about history and help him understand how we learn history and make sure he even knew what 'history' was. The following happened during this teaching attempt on my part:
ERIN: Jack so how do you think we find out about things a long time ago? Like if you wanted to know something about yourself as a baby you would ask me, right? Because you couldn't remember. And if you wanted to know something about Mommy or Daddy as a baby you would ask ...?
JACK: Grandmother or Grandma?
ERIN: That's right. But if we want to know something about life a really long time ago and no one is still alive to tell us about it, then what would we do?
Long Pause....
ERIN [deciding she should help]: Well we could maybe find a letter that someone had written from a long time ago or find a piece of jewellery from a long time ago. Those would all give us clues into what life was like a long time ago, right?
JACK [very thoughtfully and matter-of-fact-ly]: Yeah maybe so. Or we could just wait and ask Jesus when he returns cause he knows everything.
ERIN (thinking to herself) - Okay then, wish I hadn't wasted the money on this book! :)
4 comments:
You MUST be reading Story of the World! We're on our way through the first book now ourselves.
What a plan!
I hope the kids in my co-op class don't find out about that idea!
Oh my gosh....I loved your trip to the zoo!! Those precious boys...they're something else! Hope Charles has recovered!
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