Well it's the New Year and back to school. It is a great term as far as the children are concerned. They have settled down and are on the whole, a very attentive class. This is amusing as I read back to my first week in September.
Just an amazing story I would like to tell you about. Yesterday I was reading a fiction story to the children it was about dinosaurs. In the story there was an earthquake, I stopped reading and asked the children if they knew what an earthquake was. After a few good suggestions I asked “K” a child who I believe is gifted. He is just five, a dear little boy in every way, he said “It is when the tectonic plates of the earth move”. I was quite astounded (I wasn’t really sure that I understood what he meant) I asked him if he could explain this to some of the children who did not understand (meaning me). He put his hands together to demonstrate and said “Well you see, the world is put together like a puzzle. The pieces have a slight gap in them and when there is an earthquake they move and sometimes separate”. He showed the children and he moved his hands in and out. The children understood (so did I, thank goodness). I felt that a few house points and stickers were in order and considered asking “K” to assist me in planning the science and topic lessons for the rest of the academic year.
He is truly a remarkable little boy. This is only one of many incidents involving his assimilation of general knowledge. He told me that he would like to be a scientist when he is older. I for one will watch out for him.