“What a great day of coincidences!” I declared to the car on the way home from Ghostbusters last night. “What is a coincidence?” my youngest asked. To be honest, I couldn’t exactly define it, so I gave him the examples he needed to understand. A coincidence is when you are out berry picking, and everyone randomly starts talking about turtles. Then one appears on the side of the trail. A coincidence is when you show up 40 minutes early for the swimming lessons at the camp in the middle of nowhere, so you decide to drive around randomly looking for a snack distraction, and you laugh at your children when one says he wants Subway, and another says he wants Bulk Barn. Then, out of nowhere, on the country road, you see a Smart Centre. What stores does it have? Of course, there is a Subway and a Bulk Barn. Not that you go to both! A coincidence is when you forgot you signed up for swimming lessons this week, so you decide to go to the evening showing of Ghostbusters instead of the matinee you had originally planned on and your husband comes home from work four hours early, so you can all go together! A day of happy coincidences! It might be fun to add 'tell a short story to illustrate the meaning of a word' as an option for vocabulary exploration. I'll have a solid example!
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7/26/2016 05:42:06 am
I love the idea of a day of happy coincidences. You could up the vocabulary ante by adding serendipity to the mix!
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Stefanie Cole
7/26/2016 05:53:27 am
Love that!
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7/26/2016 05:45:48 am
I love the idea of Happy Coincidences! There are many that we don't even see, I'm sure!
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Lisa Maucione
7/26/2016 05:47:52 am
What a lucky day! Such cool coincidences that you shared!
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