{"id":1656,"date":"2012-10-03T22:54:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T02:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2012-10-03T22:54:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T02:54:36","slug":"educating-kindergartener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anislandmom.com\/?p=1656","title":{"rendered":"Educating a Kindergartener"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Recently, my daughter came home from kindergarten and launched into an explanation of the difference between fiction and nonfiction. I was duly impressed when she then provided several examples of both.<\/p>\n

I smiled to myself, and frankly, I had a little moment where I privately extolled the virtues of a good education. I praised her for her grasp on the subject and then began grading papers.<\/p>\n

After a couple of minutes of grading, Baby-girl began a monologue, one that hinted that she may someday rival LCB in the loquacious<\/a> department. I was grading, and thus listening only enough to pick up on the fact that she was expounding on the topic of fiction and nonfiction. This continued for a few moments until something she said caught my attention. I looked up, and she was standing at the window, staring out at our hammock.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure whether that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fiction or nonfiction,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What is?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I queried, waiting for what I thought would be the title of a recently-read picture book.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The hammock,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she answered, frowning. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t figure out if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fiction or nonfiction.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure where the educational breakdown occurred in that sweet, little mind of hers, but occur it did.<\/p>\n

So, I clarified the definition of fiction and nonfiction for her, and fortunately, it appeared to be a simple fix.<\/p>\n

Then I asked her if she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d care to split a nonfiction cookie.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve found I greatly prefer them over the fiction ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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