Have I told you lately how wonderful you are? How the sound of your feet running from afar brings dancing rhythms to my day? How you laugh and sunshine spills into the room?
Have I told you that you are creative?
A woman named Georgia O’Keeffe
moved to the desert and painted petals, bone, bark. She helped us see big beauty in what is small: the hardness of stone and the softness of feather.
Have I told you that you are smart?
That you braid great ideas with imagination? A man named Albert Einstein turned pictures in his mind into giant advances in science, changing the world with energy and light.
Comprehension Questions
1. This is a story written by a father to his daughters. What 2 words does he use to describe his daughters?
A. Funny and kind
B. Creative and smart
C. Mean and unfriendly
2. How are the narrator's daughters like Albert Einstein?
A. They can draw
B. They have great ideas
C. They sing
A. They can draw
B. They have great ideas
C. They sing
Your Thoughts
3. Did you like this excerpt? Why or why not?
Vocabulary
4. List any vocabulary words below.