Living is Learning is Thinking is Asking is Getting Answers is Unschooling...

So yesterday, after Jake and Sam and I brought in wood, we were sitting on our back deck, having a drink and a snack and talking...

Sam asks, "Why is there an *X* on the end of *Grand Prix*?

DARN GOOD QUESTION!!

I thought about it and told him that I think it's because it's French...I went inside and got the dictionary and looked it up. Yes...it's because it's origin is French. I *dropped* the word etymology and Sam knew exactly what I was talking about (because we had talked about it before, but it was awhile ago and I wasn't sure he would remember what it was).

And darn it all, he also made a reference to what we were talking about by referring to something he had seen in a cartoon...but I can't think of what it was now and neither can he...but it was a really great connection at that moment! ;)

So while I had the dictionary on my lap I asked if he wanted to play a game where I would tell him a word and then tell him three definitions and he would choose which one was right for the word. He was game, so we played for a minute. He guessed two words right by process of elimination...he knew the other two definitions *didn't* apply to that word!

We closed the dictionary and went on with our snack and enjoying the glorious warm winter day...continuing our life of thinking and talking and learning and growing...