We have a pet rabbit. It is currently located in the kitchen, due to renovations in the basement. It was supposed to be temporary, but building has taken many months more than expected. He’s just a part of the kitchen decor now.
My fifteen month old daughter started calling him “bunnee” a few months ago. About a month ago it progressed to “rabbee” and then a week ago the “t” was finally added – “rabbeet.”
She understands fully what a rabbit is, identifying wild rabbits on our lawns, Bugs Bunny on someone’s shirt, and bunnies in books. Last Wednesday, we were at a friend’s house, helping with some painting. My youngest toddled around the kitchen saying, “Rabeet. Rabeet.” I didn’t think much of it. My friend’s mom is an artist. I thought maybe one of the many art pieces had a rabbit on it.
Then today, at another friend’s house, my daughter kept looking around the kitchen floor saying “Rabeet. Rabeet.”
It suddenly twigged on me and I realized she was looking for a rabbit. She has decided that all good kitchens should have there very own “rabeets!”
Thank you Little One for your beautiful innocence and simplicity. It blessed my day.
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In J.M. Adler’s How to Read a Book, he discusses the need to answer four main questions:
What is this book about? (What is the leading theme of the book and how does the author develop the theme?)
What is being said in detail and how? (What are the main ideas, assertions, and arguments that constitute the author’s main message?)
Is the book true in whole or part? (You have to answer the first two questions to answer this one.)
What of it? (What significance will this book have for me?)
I think these are great questions to ask my children when we read our books, even our picture books. I want for my children to be discerning readers.
I’ve been working on our school ‘omnibuses’ (lists of books I want to read-aloud, or I want them to read for themselves) for the upcoming year and I’m excited about the possibility that my oldest might begin putting up her own “book reviews.” Mr Pages and I thought this would be a wonderful way to teach them a myriad of skills – not only discernment but reading, outlining, summarizing, writing, grammar, spelling, etc.
The best part of all: she thinks it will be fun and can’t wait to start!
I love homeschooling!
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