I had an interesting, fun day of education yesterday.  I shedule my own schoolwork and decided to have a "different" day yesterday.  A normal schedule for me would be the following:

-Bible

-Math (Saxon Algebra 2)

-Science (Apologia Biology)

-World History (Streams of Civilizations)

-Writing

-Literature (ABeka)

-Thai or P.E.

Yesterday, however, my schedule looked like this (it was kid's day at the SWYMC):

-Bible

-Audio CD: A step by step look at producing an independent Christian film by Rich Christiano

-Read Under His Wings by Jon Lewis

-Say What You Mean Convention Episode #1 

-SWYMC #2

-SWYMC #3

-SWYMC #4

-SWYMC #5

Note: I also practice piano and often teach my brothers piano.  I try to learn at least a couple new songs a week.  This week I am learning a song by Keith Green (a great Christian singer) entitled, "O, Lord, You're Beautiful."  It is an easier-to-play version of the song but is still quite challenging.  It seems to me that the challenging songs turn out to be some of the most beautiful sounding.  (If you can learn how to play them well :)). 

Here are my thoughts on the various Say What You Mean Convention episodes:

The first episode was a disappointment.  It was supposed to be the kickoff where everyone got to know each other.  I didn't like the way they went about it.  The topic was everyone's "purseonality".  No, I didn't spell it wrong.  The episode was spent talking about different people's purses and how that shows their different personalities.  I rarely carry a purse; I have no need to.  That doesn't mean I have anything against purses.  I just don't think we should spend an hour of our life talking about them.  I felt it was a waste of time.  Also, it seemed awfully vain the way they talked.  Some said they couldn't live without their purses and that, I believe, is wrong.  We must never depend on things.  I think it would shock most Americans how little it actually takes to survive or "live". 

The second episode was better.  The main idea was that listening is important and you can "hear" without "listening".  You can hear a noise but not really be listening to it.  There is also a difference between simply listening and active listening.  In addition, there was a game/contest called, "Name that sound."  We didn't win :). 

The third episode: "Writing Vocabulary".  It was about building your child's vocabulary.  Speaking of which, even though today was "kid's day"...it seem as if they are speaking to adults.  Oh, well, it helped me learn how to teach vocabulary to my future children.  This was the only episode I took notes on. 

The fourth episode: "Finish the Famous Sayings".  We didn't do too bad especially considering all the technical difficulties.  It's interesting how many different "famous" sayings there are.  We laughed a lot reading all the funny endings that people came up with :).

The fifth episode: "The Keeper of Memories".  This was about being a family historian via taking photos and writing (a.k.a. photojournalist).  

I took notes while listening to the audio cd by Rich Christiano.  It was good; I liked it better than all of the above episodes :).  Here's a quote (regarding writing scripts), "It's not what you say...it's how you say it." 

Also, I was thankfully able to check off some of the things on my "To do" list for today (i.e. dishes, writing this blog post :), etc.)

You can check out my other post regarding education here.  Have you ever had an "unusual" day of education?