The Mindful Homeschool

We finished reading The Little Prince tonight.   I had read it a long time ago but had forgotten how it had ended.  I had a hard time reading out loud tonight because the ending is so sad.  I think W found it to be really sad too.  He kept rubbing his eyes and I don’t think it was because he was sleepy (although he probably was tired after a full day of snowboarding with his dad).  C had read it on her own a few weeks ago and hadn’t really understood what had happened to The Little Prince at the end. 

I am left with a lot of questions myself.  I googled for more information on the novella but I have yet to find any good answers to my questions.  It turns out that The Little Prince is one of the top 50 most popular books in the world.  I believe it was #26.  I have memorized one of the lines from the book:

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” 

We read more chapters from The Little Prince tonight and we came upon this gem.  The little prince learns this from the fox he has “tamed”:

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

W had a playdate with a neighborhood friend.  C started working on a latch hook rug and H, Papa and I made brownie biscotti.  I made it to my yoga class and hope to take another class tomorrow.  We watched the Grammy Awards on TV.  Oh, and lest I forget, I heard a great poem on the Writer’s Almanac on NPR while washing the supper dishes.  All in all, a pretty good day.