i know every parent thinks they have the best, most brilliant, incredibly insightful kids on the planet...and of course i'm no different. i'll temper it first by reassuring you that i know my kids aren't perfect: just this morning they somehow managed to turn opposite directions when we stepped out of the house and ran smack into each other--conan's hard head right into raiden's cheekbone.
they are pretty amazing though, so today i have a quick story for you...
just over a week ago, raiden came home from daycare (kindergarten doesn't start until the day after labor day, so we still have a few days to wait for her "first day of school" story that i'm sure will be...entertaining) talking about gravity. i don't know if that was something she had asked her teachers about that day or not, but when we got home our conversation went something like this:
raiden: "mommy, gravity is what makes us stay on the earth, right? that keeps us from flying out into space?"
me: "yes, raiden. the acceleration due to gravity (i had to get a little extra physics in there--automatic response thanks to dr. musser) is what keeps us here."
raiden, after a moment of contemplation: "so then that means things that are really big or really heavy must have a lot of gravity."
no question there, just a matter-of-fact statement from my tiny, blue-eyed, blonde munchkin.
when nathan picked the kids up on monday afternoon, the main teacher at daycare told him that raiden had started a conversation about air that day. apparently she informed her teachers that there must be air in water because fish have to have air to live. that prompted a discussion on just what air is and what it can pass through and be in.
i could be wrong, but i don't remember asking questions like this (or this) when i was her age.
crazy girl :0)
i hope and pray raiden...
i pray i...
never discourage her curiosity
have the patience (and wisdom) to answer her questions
can sometimes step back and let her find the answers herself
they are pretty amazing though, so today i have a quick story for you...
just over a week ago, raiden came home from daycare (kindergarten doesn't start until the day after labor day, so we still have a few days to wait for her "first day of school" story that i'm sure will be...entertaining) talking about gravity. i don't know if that was something she had asked her teachers about that day or not, but when we got home our conversation went something like this:
raiden: "mommy, gravity is what makes us stay on the earth, right? that keeps us from flying out into space?"
me: "yes, raiden. the acceleration due to gravity (i had to get a little extra physics in there--automatic response thanks to dr. musser) is what keeps us here."
raiden, after a moment of contemplation: "so then that means things that are really big or really heavy must have a lot of gravity."
no question there, just a matter-of-fact statement from my tiny, blue-eyed, blonde munchkin.
when nathan picked the kids up on monday afternoon, the main teacher at daycare told him that raiden had started a conversation about air that day. apparently she informed her teachers that there must be air in water because fish have to have air to live. that prompted a discussion on just what air is and what it can pass through and be in.
i could be wrong, but i don't remember asking questions like this (or this) when i was her age.
crazy girl :0)
i hope and pray raiden...
never stops asking questions
always searches a little bit deeper
finds the beauty in the world around her
i pray i...
never discourage her curiosity
have the patience (and wisdom) to answer her questions
can sometimes step back and let her find the answers herself
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