In that time however, we've read many books together and R has been intensely playing Scribblenauts on her DS (which involves typing in names of things/people to use in the game). Today I picked out a Headsprout reader at random and she read happily read it with hardly any hesitations or mistakes.
All I can say is "Yay for unschooling!"
Here are some other wise words from clever people:
“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
“Education is hanging around until you’ve caught on.” ~ Robert Frost
“All I am saying ... can be summed up in two words: Trust Children. Nothing could be more simple, or more difficult. Difficult because to trust children we must first learn to trust ourselves, and most of us were taught as children that we could not be trusted.” ~ John Holt
Now, on to last week's happenings...
It was a fairly quiet week. The girls had the usual ballet, brownies and gymnastics. H hurt her back jumping into the foam pit so had to go for a proper back massage to get her well enough for the ballet dress rehearsals that have started. We had a public transport adventure to the zoo and gamelan practice then finished off with a pizza night at Belle Rose Pizza in Chadstone.
We've rediscovered the joy of felting thanks to H who was off quietly in the kitchen felting a family of little people as a present for a cousin. I've begun a felted ball garland for the christmas tree.
Yesterday an early bike ride put us all in a good mood so we had a game of Swing Maths (mental maths done whilst swinging at the park) and Blackout Poetry which is a fun way to mix poetry with art. I found it at this great blog - go check it out! I'll post a photo when H has finished hers. |
| new baboon enclosure |
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| penguin feeding time |
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| Moorhen mums and babies |
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