Normal or not normal...

Sébastien is continuing to read about Uther Pendragon and the Knights of the Round Table. He's started a new book in English: The Velveteen Rabbit which I have him give me an oral report on after each reading session. Fraction exercises are becoming easier and easier for him... this is very encouraging!

Ophélie has started writing her report about arachnids. She's started reading "Sur Les Traces Du Bouddha" (on the traces/steps of the Buddha) and she finds it fascinating!

After lunch, we sat down together and had our very first Philosophy lesson! I read to them from a book entitled (translation) Normal and Not Normal, "In certain parts of the world, it is normal for a man to measure 1,50m, in other parts, no; in certain countries, we find it normal for a couple to live together without being married, in other countries, no; here, we find it normal that people believe in paradise, there, we do not find that normal... So, what is normal? What is not normal? If human beings are so different from one another, can anything be normal for everyone?", and then we discussed it! Afterwards, the children wrote down their thoughts in their notebook.