We had visitation for my uncles funeral this evening and we had one of those dreaded 'unschooling' moments.
.LOL...My sis-n-law and I were sitting and talking and she look over at our dd and ask about school...dd's comment was "I haven't been doing it"
...LOL...I really wanted die since I don't generally discuss how we homeschool with my family! I began pointing out things to dd that she does that is learning....helping me with cooking(fractions, home-ec, health) gathering and counting eggs(math to include addition subtraction multiplication and division, this is also biology/science) she loves to play office and write and things(spelling and handwriting)she is in our church christmas play this year and she has to read her lines...LOL... she reads daily, she loves to type on the computer and is forever asking me how to spell....we do lapbooking projects and timeline projects...we do word searches, crossword puzzles..we watch the science channel, history channel and of course her all time favorite animal planet! Learning takes place everywhere, everyday in everything!
On the way home she began asking questions about death, heaven, hell and even dinosaurs in the bible so we had a history and bible lesson...During this discussion on going to heaven and how we will look there, she sat there quietly for a moment and said, "You know God sure is gonna have a lot to explain to me when I get there"...
anyway that was our comedic relief during a rather sad time.
..I have been thinking all night about how even our children become conditioned to sitting at a table and doing workbooks and worksheets and think thats all there is to learning...This led to thinking about the disciples and how Jesus taught them, he never used desk, chalk boards, or had certain hours he 'schooled' them...they simply followed him and talked with Him. I am by no means saying text books or worksheets are wrong, they are needed, but there are so many more ways to learn...I guess the really positive thing is, is that dd doesn't realize she is learning so she doesn't seem to mind...I think we will begin keeping a journal of what we do daily and just see how much we learn in our un-conventional ways!
Hugs from the Farm--
