Post 32: Some tips from the mother of a 4-year-old

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post #31: How do we feed polar bears in zoos? (What can we adopt to make "feeding students" more interesting?)

These thoughts come from "how do we treat polar bears in zoos?"
 Their meals include mackerel, chicken, beef, horsemeat, and what the keepers refer to as “bear chow”. Every day the keepers encourage Gus and Ida to hunt for their food by hiding fish in frozen blocks, inside toys or in the rock crevices of their habitat. This stimulation keeps Gus and Ida active and healthy.


Do we put the "fish" (information) in an interesting box that is fun for the students to find?
SEE THE BEARThis thought for the day comes because I've been thinking about what happens to polar bears in cages:  Their mental heath deteriorates.  They die sooner, they have mental problems, they get lazy.  

Maybe that's why I like to travel.  I break my routine.  I don't know where my food is coming from... (okay, from a restaurant or from a food store and I'll cook it, but it's not from the same stove, refrigerator and supermarket that I'm used to using).   That's why I travel.  Break the routine, learn something new, drive home a different way.

I'm thinking about this today because a friend has told me that he wants to travel to Africa.  He's got the money, he's got a destinatino, but he doesn't have the right traveling partner.  He has delayed his trip by 4 weeks, trying to think through his difficulty.  I hope he makes the jump.   Go, travel, explore.  Life is a journey... To travel is to live twice.