FIRE STARTER!!!

Brady: Is today Tuesday?

Mom: No, it's Friday.  Why?

Brady: 'Cause on Tuesday we do "Smudging" at school.  And I wanted to do it again.

Mom: What's "Smudging"?

Brady: It's when the teacher lights sticks & twigs to make smoke and then we wash our hands in the smoke, and push the smoke over our heads, back, tummy, and whole bodies.  Each thing means something too, like washing your tummy in the smoke means that you're blessing your tummy for good health & nutrition.

Mom: Wow, that sounds interesting!  I'm glad you're learning about other cultures.  Do you know what it means when I say "other cultures"?

Brady: It is fun Mom.  I know "other cultures".  Did you know that our teacher that does the "Smudging" is called Aboriginal People, and her family has been around since the beginning of year one, and that means they're Native, and the Aboriginal People helped the early settlers called Pioneers?

Mom: I did know that, did you know that's called history?  Do you like learning about history, because maybe when you're older you'll want to study history in University?

Brady: Yeah, I like history, but really when I heard they were gonna be setting fire to stuff in the gym, I was like "Yeah, I wanna go!!!"

Mom:  =/