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WHY? Our Journey Into Homeschooling
Monday, April 2, 2007
Unschooling Strikes Again
We've sort of fallen back into unschooling over the past few weeks. Why? Well, first was the struggle to get A.J. to sit down every day and work on things. Second was the struggle to find the time when the baby was calm enough to do it.
A.J.
A.J. and I do find time to be together and play and talk and learn, although having a baby sister has been a real challenge and maybe a bit of a drag for him. He still continues to learn, despite the lack of structure. I know unschooling works for him, but I think I am still getting comfortable with the idea, or trying to. I know DH is the same, maybe more so.
We got a subscription to these Weird n' Wild creature cards (http://www.weirdnwildcreatures.com/intro/index.php). They are all about real, extinct, and imaginary creatures. They are really geared toward boys, with lots of gory details, and he loves them. He's memorized many details about these creatures, including when they might have lived (Triassic, anyone?) and how they go about capturing there food (I've heard endless tales of antlions and their "killing pits" *eew*) :)
He is also taking a computer break (about a week so far) because his hands have been bothering him, and we think that too much computer time may be the culprit. He's surprised me in not being completely miserable and also in being creative in finding things to do. I bought him a set of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and he's showing some interest in learning the game. He also still loves to read and is back into going through paper like a tree-eating demon ;)
He's also been really into dinosaurs lately, so we checked out some books from the library and bought a few little toys. Some of his creature cards are also about dinosaurs.
Lily
Of course, Lily is learning, too, as babies will. She found her voice and can now squeal pretty loudly when she wants to be heard. She also can sit up for a bit supported lightly by a person or on her own arms for a minute or so before she gets tired.
We recently got her an exersaucer, which is fun, but she'd rather be held or sit on someone's lap or ride in the wrap or mei tai (very much like her brother that way). She loves watching A.J., the dogs, the cats. They are all much more interesting than Mommy, although I'm okay, too.
Alan has been sweet enough to watch her for 1/2 hour every day so I can get some time in to work on my book, and they seem to enjoy that.
She also loves to grab and chew on everything she can (the newspaper, toys, towels, whatever). She's practicing with her hands and getting better at using them every day!
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