Thinking Like a Child
We’ve been taping (TiVo) episodes of Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth to watch in the evenings. After dinner and the dishes I asked the boys which episode they wanted to watch: Deep Oceans, Great Plains, or Caves. They voted on Great Plains.
The world’s plains are home to massive herds of animals. This episode reveals the grasslands of Mongolia and the flooding plains of Papua New Guinea, and finds amazing gatherings of creatures, such as East Africa’s wildebeest and clusters of rare grazers like the beautiful Mongolian gazelles. We all sat mesmerized at God’s creations.
About three-quarters into the show my 8-year-old says, “This is really good, mom, but where are the planes?” 
Of course this led to a discussion on homophones. 
If you are watching these shows, there is a neat follow-up site to look up animals by habitat.
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We enjoy planet earth here. My brother-in-law was kind enough to tape the whole series for us, so we can watch them whenever we want.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
P.S. That is too cute about the planes/plains.
January 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am
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