As a part of Charlie's science lesson today, I was reading about electricity and simple circuits from Switch On, Switch Off. It is a nice book with concise information right at a beginner's level. Charlie was really enjoying it and I was planning to bring out our snap circuits set afterward for him to play with. Meanwhile, Ben was in the other room doing his math and listening in. Before I was finished with the book, Ben had gathered together a selection of wires, batteries, switches and bulbs to run a demonstration. He explained all the components to Charlie, including how resistors work, and helped him light up a bulb using a battery as a power source first, and then switching to a solar panel.
I can' t tell you how happy stuff like this makes me feel! He wasn't asked to do it, he didn't have to do it, but he did. He saw an opportunity to share what he knew with his little brother, and went for it. I think that is awesome! I sent an email to my husband right away and said, "This is the kind of thing that makes up for the times they act like wild beasts." Indeed it does!
2 comments:
I too absolutely love it when my son helps his younger sister with something, withOUT being asked! And just about anything from the Let's Read & Find Out science series is great - I am sorry my kids are outgrowing it (though they haven't quite yet, well... at least dd hasn't quite yet).
Nice to see what siblings that cooperate, look like! LOL Good job!
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