Some days, things just go SO well and everything is SO fantastic that you have to just take a moment to reflect. Today, with my kids, we got together with some of our new homeschooling friends - at a creek not too far from our house and it was so much better then I ever could have imagined. I really tried not to forcast too much about how things might turn out because usually, I'm totally wrong if I do. So - we just went - open to the possibilies and my goodness - it was great.
I lost count of the crayfish caught and the minnows, snails and spider sightings. All the kids (and some of the moms!) had creek water in their undies. I know I did. Toys were eagerly shared between kids who - some of them - just met a mere 20 minutes ago! Mom's took the hands of other children to make sure no one slipped on the rocks and then shared popcorn and watermelon and (my contribution) zucchini muffins. And it was amazing.
I feel absolutely blessed and that an amazing chapter in our lives is just beginning.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
Our Learning has begun
The funniest thing - I have become a part of a great group of other homeschooling mom's and one of them asked if anyone has a blog. HA! I forgot that I did! I had better dig out that ginko biloba.
Having begun our homeschooling journey shortly after pre-school ended - so my son won't forget how to write his letters and also to keep the momentum going - I feel we have already gone through a few stumbling blocks in my effort to "shake it all out" and figure out how we will do this. I think it is good that I don't mind a serving of humble pie.
I knew going into this that it would take time to shake out our learning style. I have been pleasantly surprised by my son's enthusiasm for "mommy school". He keeps adding things to his list of things to learn. I think that it is amazing that once I told him that we can learn anything he wants to know about - all of a sudden he began to ask. If he had the questions before, he just kept them to himself. Isn't that a funny thing?
Here are some photos from lessons that we have done - the crowns were for the letter C and the shaving cream drawing was just a new place to practice writing our letters.
Having begun our homeschooling journey shortly after pre-school ended - so my son won't forget how to write his letters and also to keep the momentum going - I feel we have already gone through a few stumbling blocks in my effort to "shake it all out" and figure out how we will do this. I think it is good that I don't mind a serving of humble pie.
I knew going into this that it would take time to shake out our learning style. I have been pleasantly surprised by my son's enthusiasm for "mommy school". He keeps adding things to his list of things to learn. I think that it is amazing that once I told him that we can learn anything he wants to know about - all of a sudden he began to ask. If he had the questions before, he just kept them to himself. Isn't that a funny thing?
Here are some photos from lessons that we have done - the crowns were for the letter C and the shaving cream drawing was just a new place to practice writing our letters.
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