Yesterday, it was the turn of honey bees. Watchman came and warned us about the hive on the tree in front of our gate and asked us to keep the windows and doors closed since they would be extracting honey. That cue was interesting and inspiring enough to spark the questions that popped immediately in the kids' minds....what? when? where? how? The entire day revolved around answering about the bees.... queen bee, worker bees, why not a king bee, hexagons in the comb, bee stings, bee wax, making honey, the process of extraction, the dance, the color n shape of the hive, who in the family would be the Queen and who are the workers??!!!! I had no option but to recall my age-old zoology onto the tracks!!
No day is monotonous or unexciting. Everyday, it is a new topic, new story.....new learning....new ideas..... children give us a chance to refresh the knowledge. It is more of a memory exercise for parents than to them.... They push us to memorize the textbooks from school and college, put the knowledge that we have gathered through the years to test, point out the grey areas in our cognizance, drive us to retrieve the information or run an upgrade if necessary!! Parenting is not an easy exam to pass, but definitely not as insipid as the academic assessments!!
Today, they have an assignment on Bheem.... So, bracing myself to clarify all their queries and face them well-equipped with Bheem facts (I already know the topic today, so googling and preparing hard to act a Pro!!)!!
That's an experience that every parent is going through. You have read our mind and expressed it in a beautiful way....
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ReplyDeleteGood that we are revising our basics with our children!! Thank you so much!!
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