While we were on a Look and See Adventure this week (for some reason these never seem to get old to any of us), we came across a big open field with trees lining the back of the field. It was breathtaking and there was no traffic on the road so we pulled over to admire nature’s beauty for a few minutes. Briana asked me why there are no trees on the field part and I told her that someone most likely chopped them down. She wanted to know why someone would cut down a tree so I told her that we make paper and lots of things out of trees. She followed up by asking why didn’t they cut down all the trees then and make more paper. I told her that we didn’t want to cut down all of the trees because they give us air to breathe and they give all the little squirrels, that Abby was cooing are “so cute”, some place to live. As we drove along, Briana kept asking about how and why we breathe trees and I explained to her that we breathe out carbon dioxide an...
I am teaching my kids everything from math to reading to manners, and blogging about our weekly thinking cap adventures.