go on a "bunny trail."
Today was like that. We are currently reading a book called Growing Together in Courage by Barbara Rainey.
It is a fantastic compilation of stories about people who exhibited courage during extreme situations. After reading one of the stories (which are all true), we somehow landed on the topic of September 11th, 2001. As we were discussing it, I realized that the boys-especially the two youngest- hadn't heard much about that horrible, not-so-long-ago day. That led me to the computer to pull up some clips of the Twin Towers being attacked and collapsed, which led to a torrent of tears, which led to a documentary about it. Basically we spent most of the day talking about what happened and all of the courageous people involved. So what started out as a short story to introduce the topic of courage to my children, led to an all-day "study".
I think they do truly understand how important courage is.
Bunny trails are good.
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