The weather has been so nice lately that we've been taking walks every evening. Walking is therapeutic for me and I like to "move." Benjamin however believes that life is a journey and you better stop to smell the flowers, look at the bugs, watch the birds and pick up anything that looks slightly interesting.
As we were walking through field he found a couple of dirty pieces of broken pottery and persuaded everyone to help him search for more.
We did a unit on Archaeology awhile ago and he figured he had found something of value. We humored him, found several pieces and brought them home for him to "examine."
He cleaned them and pieced them together. In the end we found he had most of an "ancient relic."
Through his research he determined all sorts of clues as to where this relic was from and it's use.
The next day the boys went in search of the missing piece and we learned a valuable archaeological lesson...
Don't glue the pieces together until you have them all. Because of the angle of the break it was impossible to fit the last piece in without re-breaking the bowl.
He was a little disappointed, but has since decided that being an explorer/archaeologist is his calling in life. The bowl is safely stowed under his bed as his first big discovery and will remain there until the next time we "purge" the Benny treasury. :)
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