Life is awesome
I love unschooling, life learning, learning by living what ever you want to call it. Why do I continue to question what I am doing or not doing with the kids all the time. When I was using a virtual school with K we did "school" work everyday. What she said from said school work? Nothing. Really, she would have learned all that stuff on her own in her own time. So she is working on learning the alphabet still, she loves writing. LOVES it! She is already writing stories out and she doesn't even know her alphabet. Here is how the conversation goes.
Mama, I want to write a story. Okay. Once upon a time there was a princess. How do I spell that? Me: O.... K: I know that letter. Me: n... K: what does that look like? Me: Grabs something in room with letter on it, or resorts to drawing it in air. K: Oh. Me: c... K: is that the one that looks like this? (cupping hand in c shape). Me: Yes! Me: E. K: I love E it is one of my favorite letters, but Q is my favorite.
I love this, she is not only writing stories but has in the last week learned at least what 10 letters look like on her own.
Last night she asked me to spell Car. Why hon? I'm going to teach W how to read and I'm making cards with the picture on one side and word on the other. So she made up a set of her own flashcards to teach her 3 year old brother how to read. One was dinosaurs, Honey Grahams, Car, Bird.
T decided yesterday to enter a young writer contest and went straight to the computer to start his story. Of coarse it had to have his photoshop drawing imported in and since mom was quite busy painting the ceiling it didn't get going. Maybe I'll ask him about it again tomorrow.
Right now all the children are very very quite. Could be scary, but we live in a one room house with only one room with contained (a bathroom). They are all drawing at the table, T writing words, which he hates. K is making a paper doll with clothes that she has drawn on them. W is making a baby fuzzy blanket by stuffing his basketball under his blanket and carrying it around.
I found a neat sounding conference to attend called Rethinking Education Conference in Texas. We may just do it this time since it's only a day's drive away. I know the kids would love it.
Mama, I want to write a story. Okay. Once upon a time there was a princess. How do I spell that? Me: O.... K: I know that letter. Me: n... K: what does that look like? Me: Grabs something in room with letter on it, or resorts to drawing it in air. K: Oh. Me: c... K: is that the one that looks like this? (cupping hand in c shape). Me: Yes! Me: E. K: I love E it is one of my favorite letters, but Q is my favorite.
I love this, she is not only writing stories but has in the last week learned at least what 10 letters look like on her own.
Last night she asked me to spell Car. Why hon? I'm going to teach W how to read and I'm making cards with the picture on one side and word on the other. So she made up a set of her own flashcards to teach her 3 year old brother how to read. One was dinosaurs, Honey Grahams, Car, Bird.
T decided yesterday to enter a young writer contest and went straight to the computer to start his story. Of coarse it had to have his photoshop drawing imported in and since mom was quite busy painting the ceiling it didn't get going. Maybe I'll ask him about it again tomorrow.
Right now all the children are very very quite. Could be scary, but we live in a one room house with only one room with contained (a bathroom). They are all drawing at the table, T writing words, which he hates. K is making a paper doll with clothes that she has drawn on them. W is making a baby fuzzy blanket by stuffing his basketball under his blanket and carrying it around.
I found a neat sounding conference to attend called Rethinking Education Conference in Texas. We may just do it this time since it's only a day's drive away. I know the kids would love it.
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