Riley's mind never ceases to amaze me. He's incredible! The other day his teacher was talking about the National Anthem. Riley was intrigued so he came home and Googled it. The next thing I know, he's printed out the lyrics and is reading up on Francis Scott Key. He can now sing the entire song. His teacher couldn't say enough good things about him at parent teacher conferences. He just such a great kid! I feel so lucky to be his mom.
Today at school they learned about Aesop's Fables. Each of the students then took a blank sheet of paper and wrote their own. I was astounded by what Riley came up with, without ANY help. Here is his fable:
A Fable
By Riley McCarter
(Age 7)
One day a rock was sitting in the desert. He was so hot and thirsty. Then a mouse came along who noticed the rock sitting there. The rock said, “Please pour a bucket of water on me.”
The next day, the mouse came back with a bucket of water. He poured it all over the rock. Then the rock was cold and said, “Please put some leaves all over my cold body.”
The next day, the mouse came back and put some leaves all over the rock. The rock said, sounding much better, “I have one more task for you. Bring me a friend.”
The next day the mouse came back with nothing. The rock said, “I thought I asked you to bring me a friend. The mouse said, “I’m right here.”
The moral to the story is sometimes you already have what you think you need.
5 comments:
That is so cute! What a great kid, you should be so proud. I love when our kids surprise us with such great things like this. It make us feel like we are actually doing something right with this whole parenting thing :)
WOW what a genius! I'm seriously amazed, youre kids are so great :)
WOW Riley, what an incredibly neat story you wrote. I LOVE IT! I'm going to print it out and read it to my kids before bed tonight. I think you are amazing and I love you to pieces! You are an excellent example of how to be a great kid for Jett to see. He really looks up to you. I'm seriously amazed at that story. WOW!
Precocious much? What would Janine say about this?! I love it.
I'll have you know I'm reading about the fabulous adventures of your kids instead of writing my research paper.
Team McCarter!
This is so awesome! Riley is amazing..all your kids are!
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