Old, Old, Old Fish
In our massive collection of library books, little e stumbled across a very unusual picture. "What is that, Mommy?" As I am prone to do, I responded, "Read it and see what it says!"
Ethan is a new reader but his endless need for information naturally encourages his reading! Which I totally love. Seriously, my son wakes up asking questions and goes to sleep asking questions. I love his curiosity, he gets from Mommy and Daddy. However, he certainly has more than a double-dose of "What-How-Why" running through his veins.
Wanting to support his learning efforts can be rather mentally draining and, conversely, spiritually fulfilling. It is impossible to over-look the world's wonders with a little one continually searching for answers, creating theories, and literally jumping up and down over the cool thing he just discovered.
And, being a lover of nature and science, too, I nearly jumped up and down over the picture! I wondered how I managed to miss this information, until now. As I mentioned in a previous post, we are studying fish. It wasn't something I had planned, but I decided to follow his interests and build from there, which is easy (lucky for me) since he wants to learn it! Enthusiasm helps teacher and student, yaknow-- fueling the fire.
After reading about the ancient fish in a book, I dived in on-line and searched for links about the Coelacanth:
Probably the only site you really need, because it covers so much and offers so many links. It even has a print out craft to do!
http://www.dinofish.com/
http://www.conservapedia.com/Coelacanth
online coloring:
http://www.thecolor.com/Coloring/Coelacanth.aspx
print out and color. (you must search within site, it is there. i couldn't get the direct link to the picture to work.)
http://thecoloringspot.com/
Even if you're not a "fish person" this information is interesting, I promise! So, check it out and share it with someone! Or, maybe I'm Robo-Nerd. Anywho.
Have a great week!
Melinda
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
Aristotle
Posted by Mama Bear at 2/22/2010 12:39 PM 
Categories: Homeschooling
Tags: nature study coelacanth coelcanth links homeschool science fish study links
Categories: Homeschooling
Tags: nature study coelacanth coelcanth links homeschool science fish study links
I was just telling Mitch yesterday how amazing I thought you are keeping up with the amazing brain that belongs to your son! Your little ones are blessed to have you.
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thank you very much. ethan's scientific mind and sophia's worldy grasp on feelings, keeps me happy, hoppin', and laughing!
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