• Oct. 28, 2007
Carschooling, Swim class and Grocery store lessons
Lucy is in swim class. Yeah! Finally, we've been able to be settled enough for us to get into some swim lessons.
She loves it and is doing great. I'm glad I waited until she was a bit older so that she is responding well to the teacher (fancy talk for listening and following directions), and able to be ready to meet some new challenges (put her face in the water). All of it has gone well.
Her lessons are bright and early at 9 am, and since we have to drop Dad off at work at ten to 8. We have an hour to kill in the swimming parking lot. So...I have now officially become a carschooling mom! We're currently working on the 5 in a row curriculum (so great!) and we're doing the book Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. Classic. What a riot to be teaching my daughter the elements of symmetry and monochromatic art while she's strapped into her carseat. I love this flexibility of teaching. I love that school isn't confined to a classroom but that life--or in our case--the car is her classroom.
After class we went to the grocery store to purchase Daddy some food for the next few days since his crew was called to leave out of town. That introduced list making skills, math, size comparison on fruits, etc. and we were able to incorporate the elements of Madeline by going over the importance of taking care of our body, especially our appendix (since Madeline has hers surgically removed). We went through the supermarket finding foods that would keep our body strong and foods that would rot our guts out. We learned about organic products and the price difference of non organic products. So great. Just love capitalizing on all these little moments.
Comments
• Oct. 29, 2007
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Posted by icecastle
Isn't homeschooling great? I just love how any routine experience can be used for an impromptu lesson!
• Nov. 7, 2007
Hi!
Posted by picketfencemom
Hi Monty,
Please accept my apologies! Somehow I missed your comment about adding me as a friend when you visited my blog weeks ago! But I would be honored! I am SO sorry about this.
It sounds as though you all stay real busy. I've used FIAR before, and we too loved it! I have a couple of audios by Jane Lambert and her daughter Becky...excellent!
Once again, please forgive my oversight...it's nice to 'meet' you and I look forward to visiting again.
Blessings,
Amy
