He asked me what rabbits eat, and why animals eat rabbits. We got to talk about the circle of life. I couldn’t find that nifty chart that shows the animals eating the grass, the animals eating the animals, and man eating the animals … but he got the picture. I tried to make it as [...]
This evening at dinner, he was looking at the table utensils and asked how knives are made:
My son and I were reading books today, when all of a sudden he pops out with the question: How do they make paper? Off to trusty YouTube for the answer. Which then lead us to how toilet paper is made: How I adore these teachable moments
Today he decided to do more words. I cannot stop this kid! He is loving learning on his little chalkboard easel. We did a number of words. He also remembered that some words have a long A sound because they end in E. The two words he did today for that were cake and cage. [...]
Well tonight we got an impromptu follow up to the penguin learning session. March of the Penguins is on tonight. It just came on the Animal Planet channel. My son is engrossed already. He even said “look those are like the penguins we saw on the computer”. I love it when it all comes together. [...]
This morning my Kid comes and says: “Mommy, do penguins have tails?” Well of course you know I seized the moment. I quickly went to my Flock Mediabar and looked up Flickr pictures of penguins. While looking through them he found crafted penguins and real ones. Then he found pictures of an ice hockey team [...]
My son got to stay with my mother a few days while we were out of town. She always teaches him about things in life, like birds and fish and all kinds of interesting things. One of her interests is hummingbirds. She has two feeders outside her windows so she can watch them. As you [...]
We haven’t been doing too much by way of formal training. Unschooling is fun that way. You don’t have to run around making plans all the time. We have been reading a few books of his choosing. One talks about the inner workings of the body. He is fascinated by the inner human form. I [...]
I get too overwhelmed by the joy that is their child through their eyes. I lose all the affirmation that I am doing alright with my son. It’s like looking into a cracked mirror with the silver wearing off the back. There are holes in the reflection and it’s all distorted. Yes, distorted. I think [...]
Just wanted you all to know that there is an articulate and interesting homeschool carnival now available on Apollos Academy blog. Our article about why we homeschool has been included, but you should read the whole carnival. It is the most well put together carnival I have seen to date. The author, The Tutor, was [...]
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