Sunrise, a light fog hovers across the ground. As I walk toward my work I look up in a tree in the park which sits close to my work and see a large squirrel nest that sits at top of an old oak tree.
As I look at this, I find myself pondering the symmetry and construction that one animal uses to make such a nest. I found myself as a father wishing that I could share this experience with my daughters and talk to them about why animals do such things. It opened my eyes to the amount of things that were out there that can be used as teaching tools.
After I experienced this morning, I began looking around me to see what other teachable moments / experiences / items were around me on a daily basis. As I started identifying these things I started to share these items with Diva-J & J-Mom. I found Diva-J’s eyes being opened daily through what I was sharing and she began asking more and more questions about the things around her. This inquisitiveness was wonderful to see and it allowed me to get pleasure in what I was sharing and what she was learning.
If you haven’t taken time to notice the squirrel nests in your life, you should. It helps you to see your larger place in the world through your children’s eyes.
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5 comments:
very nice reflection!
How about a smiley veggies for Wordless Wednesday?
Great picture, can't say I have ever seen a squirrel nest. Thanks for sharing.
Great picture and good point about teaching moments. I love it when teaching moments come along -- mainly because I haven't hit any really tough ones yet!
The squirrels play around here incessantly. I was gazing out at one yesterday wondering how many more there might be if no houses had ever been built. It's hard to imagine more of them. The scamper all over the place, along the power lines, in the trees, on the fence, across the roads and scold the neighbor hood cats, dogs, and hawks. We watched a bay squirrel interact with a baby falcon one day for a long time. It was learning to fly and the squirrel scampered up and down it's perch. Seemed neither of them realized the squirrel was the falcons natural prey.
Wonderful lessons from everyday life.
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