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Her navigational skills already exceed her mother’s

Our “Five in a Row” book this week was “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” a story about the Underground Railroad. I was somewhat hesitant to discuss slavery with a 5-year-old. But discuss it we did. I tried to emphasize the kindness and humanity of those who helped rather than talking all that much about what the slaves were escaping.

We ended up not doing many of the FIAR-suggested activities this week. Here’s what we did do:
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