You will soon discover it is you, not your children, who is being educated.
— Chris and Ellyn Davis, I Saw the Angel in the Marble page 75
I didn’t know that cockle shells have muscle scars. I didn’t know that woodchuck burrows have toilet chambers. I learn something new every day. One of the many reasons why I enjoy teaching my kids.
A week or two ago, we did an experiment involving salt and evaporation. The girls mixed salt and water together in a bowl and then placed the solution outside on a sunny day. After a few days, crystals covered the bowl.
However, when I tried to take a picture of the salt crystals, I learned something new.
Here’s the photo without flash.
But it seemed a bit fuzzy to me. I wanted something with more clarity.
So I tried using the flash.
In retrospect, I should have realized what would happen when bouncing a flash off of myriad crystals. Hey, I’m getting an education too….
