How Sweet the Sound (of a curious kid)

God created humans with a sense of  discovery and exploration.  This is obvious to me whenever I watch my 16 month old (playing with a cricket or spider) or my 5 year old (who has touched screws and gotten under things to see how they were put together since he was a little guy).  

One of the huge blessings of homeschooling is that no one will be sucking the wonder out of my children.   No one will be telling them to hurry up, sit down, or shut up because it’s time to learn about whatever the curriculum guide says.

Lately, Elijah has learned how to get answers to his curious questions.  On Monday he asked me, "since dolphins are whales, do they eat people?"   Followed with, "Mom, I think we’d better look that up!"

Last night he was watching his caterpillars, and he inquired, "Mom, when do they sleep?  All they do is eat, eat, eat!  Are they nocturnal?"  A few seconds later, "We’d better look that up!"

How sweet it is to hear my boy ask questions about this great big world!  How much sweeter for him to want to actively pursue an answer.  And sweetest of all is my chance to be by his side while we discover the answers together.