Yesterday morning, in a desperate bid for privacy, I set the boys down in front of my computer and left them to watch videos of themselves while I used the restroom. One of those videos had Xander dancing to the music of 'Raindance' -- a favorite video of Jason's (Not that we own it -- we borrowed it -- but he loves any form of dance that ressembles Tap). When I returned from using the facilities, Jason asked to watch the video. As I noted, we don't have it but we do have similar item, called 'The Celtic Tiger' so I put that on. Well, in the course of watching it, Jason began to ask questions about the history behind the stories being portrayed in dance. I did my best to answer them but now the young fellow is curious about his own geneology so I promised we would start a new 'theme' in our school -- we will trace our ancestry and read up on the history behind it. He can write stories, illustrate them, etc as part of the process. AND he has decided to try building some of the structures that I showed him in one of my Irish Art books. Should make for an interesting course of study...
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