It's amazing, but not a big shock that children "get it" at some age and just start learning on their own.  I mean, that's what God designed them to do.  I'm so thankful that we have the freedom and determination to provide our children with the atmosphere and tools for them to find out how they learn best, in which direction they plan to learn, and can see that doing things differently allows them to become the people God intended.

I  Homeschooling!