A Very Important Question

Do your children have lots of important questions? Most of which cannot wait? Well that was the case on Monday at the beginning of our circle time. It is the usual routine that we come to the rug and sit quietly (as we can) while the "cookie" is being drawn for the helper of the day. This was one of those occasions where it was completely impossible for one of us to hold our question or comment. This precious child repeatedly raised his hand and kept asking if he could just ask ONE question - it was too important to wait. Of course I acknowledged him because this happy, inquisitive energy could not be ignored. (You get the picture... child wiggling with his hand in the air - looking positively perplexed.) Here was the most important question...."do lions purr?" I love it! We haven't talked about lions or cats - but we did learn about the letter Ll last week. The children all talked about this very important question and agreed that lions probably do purr - because another of our wise students replied "if you pet a cat in a spot where they really like it - they purr." Childhood curiosity is such a wonderful thing!