Aha moments
Kim
I've had a couple of small, but really cool moments that illustrate how
unschooling is working for us. One has to do with food. I used to
stress out over the fact that my 4 year old woke up practically begging
for sweets. I finally gave up the notion that he had to have a certain
kind of food for breakfast ... and gave him the ice-cream he wanted,
with a side of candy corn. Know what happened? He ate much more
healthfully during the day than he normally does. Seems he just likes
a burst of sugar in the AM ... so do I! And regarding food, Sandra, I
LOVE your Monkey Platter idea. My kids think that is just the best
treat!
As we were in the car the other day, my 7 year old asked why the truck
in front of us was carrying nitrogen. When I asked how he know what
was in the tank, he said, "because I read it." Oh! This same child,
asked how long it would take to get to our destination. When I told
him 10 minutes, he calculated the time of our arrival, taking into
consideration that our clock is 5 minutes fast. I couldn't help
flashing to my school days ... how annoying would that be as a word
problem? I love that for my son, these are things he arrived at
naturally. No one had to coach him how to figure things out - he just
did it.
I hope this moment of sharing is okay. We are still relatively new to
unschooling (beginning our 2nd year), so these "Aha" moments just
really tickle me!
unschooling is working for us. One has to do with food. I used to
stress out over the fact that my 4 year old woke up practically begging
for sweets. I finally gave up the notion that he had to have a certain
kind of food for breakfast ... and gave him the ice-cream he wanted,
with a side of candy corn. Know what happened? He ate much more
healthfully during the day than he normally does. Seems he just likes
a burst of sugar in the AM ... so do I! And regarding food, Sandra, I
LOVE your Monkey Platter idea. My kids think that is just the best
treat!
As we were in the car the other day, my 7 year old asked why the truck
in front of us was carrying nitrogen. When I asked how he know what
was in the tank, he said, "because I read it." Oh! This same child,
asked how long it would take to get to our destination. When I told
him 10 minutes, he calculated the time of our arrival, taking into
consideration that our clock is 5 minutes fast. I couldn't help
flashing to my school days ... how annoying would that be as a word
problem? I love that for my son, these are things he arrived at
naturally. No one had to coach him how to figure things out - he just
did it.
I hope this moment of sharing is okay. We are still relatively new to
unschooling (beginning our 2nd year), so these "Aha" moments just
really tickle me!
Sandra Dodd
-=-I hope this moment of sharing is okay. We are still relatively new to
unschooling (beginning our 2nd year), so these "Aha" moments just
really tickle me!-=-
Stories of "aha" moments are the best!
Thanks.
Sandra
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unschooling (beginning our 2nd year), so these "Aha" moments just
really tickle me!-=-
Stories of "aha" moments are the best!
Thanks.
Sandra
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Verna
I love that kind of stuff to... the other day I offered my 6 year old
a dollar for everytime he helped as a caregiver at a kind of
cooperative playgroup thing my little guys are involved in. He is
always trying to figure out ways to get money and he is kind of bored
there and I thought he would enjoy the money. He kind of looked at me
a few seconds and said, "how bout 10 dollars then it would only take
me 10 weeks to earn $100".
a dollar for everytime he helped as a caregiver at a kind of
cooperative playgroup thing my little guys are involved in. He is
always trying to figure out ways to get money and he is kind of bored
there and I thought he would enjoy the money. He kind of looked at me
a few seconds and said, "how bout 10 dollars then it would only take
me 10 weeks to earn $100".