Eclectic Parent

Kids have been feeling very self directed lately. Yesterday they spent a great deal of time making comic books (which daddy is supposed to photograph).  C’s was about R2D2 while D made up his own superheroes.
Today the kids made political signs for the yard while I ate lunch. They did it all themselves and didn’t […]

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For a long time we had an idea of what the kids should be learning, general interest stuff, and pointed it out to them. They’d either start a conversation or not. Last year we went more unschooly and really let them get into - or not get into - whatever they wanted. While I do […]

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After gymnastics today, D and I went to Home Depot. As we left, we drove by the big sign and ended up with a very fantastic conversation.
D: Why does that say The Home Depot?
me: Because that’s the name of the store. We just usually call it Home Depot.
D: But it’s not the only […]

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Dear Miss Jessica, We wanted to tell you some stories. So here they are.
(Dictated by C)
Once upon a time there was a kitty and he had a friend doggy. And then they made up the farmer game. And then they played and then The End
Story Rounds (start a story and everyone adds to it)
C- Once […]

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Some unschooly type people would be horrified at using actual teaching supplies at home. I understand the belief that they can learn more about animals from a trip to the zoo or raising a pet than by filling out a worksheet. But I’m not so hard core that I don’t recognize that there are some […]

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OK random moments from the month that I’d meant to blog but forgot about until we uploaded some photos.

We graphed gummy bears. Yummy math. We graphed by color. Even our 2 yo got it with help. We colored in the number of each color. The best part of the project was eating the manipulatives.

C […]

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One of the biggest things recommended to promote a love of reading in your children is to let them see you read. Sounds great. I LOVE to read. I’m a back of cereal boxes, fine print at the bottom of ads, anything that stands still long enough reader. Admittedly my reading used to contain […]

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Tuesday C stayed the full three hours with D. That’s a lot of running on little legs. Of course D then went off to three hours of gymnastics Tuesday night! That’s a whole lotta exercise. They had a lot of fun though. They are really loving soccer camp. Between 9 - 12 soccer and 3:30 […]

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wons opon a time ther wos a dragon. he wos red. he livd in a cave. ther wos a grene dragon. thae had a piknik.
the end
Written and typed by D

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Once upon a time there was a green dragon. There was also a red dragon. They had a picnic. And then they had drinks. And then they came over to play at the park. and they ate burgers and then they went and camped. And […]

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