May. 11, 2006

One of the Great things about homeschool is...

That school can happen ANYWHERE. In the garden maybe? The poser in the garden... who calls worms and slugs 'snates', loves butterflies, thinks anything that flies and is not a bird is a 'bumblebee' and all birds are 'robins'.  Still... she CAN identify Lemon Balm This is in the best of designs for kids before school... just ask Charlotte Mason, who thought that the best education for a child under six, was to spend time outside.  DD certainly agrees... on days when we're outside, her favourite part of the day is just that... being outside.  On days when we are not... all she wants to do is go outside and catch 'snates'. Just the other day, we visited a historical house.  The tour guide with us, was teling us about the upstairs room, in which the children would do everything... including school. "Not like today!" said the guide, then, turning to my son she asks: "Where do YOU school?" "In my bedroom, or the kitchen!" he responded.  Quite truthfully in fact... "We homeschool," I said, grinning at the guide, the rest of our tour group laughing out loud. The Historic House we visited (Adam Thoroughgood in Virginia Beach): The kids at the house: An egret (not a crane as the tour guide thought) on the river: Touring a House is HARD work... even for someone DETERMINED to draw (carschooling maybe??)

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May. 12, 2006 - schooling

Posted by sherrydhoneycutt

I've been enjoying having school outside on the deck as well. It's turned cold and wet here over the past couple of days and how much we miss being outside with the birds and the butterflies! Sherry

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