Spontaneous Learning « Living in Harmony

First term

November 26th, 2012

The first “term” of Meredith’s first official year of home schooling is coming to an end. I use the word “term” loosely. I had to fill out something for the school we’re enrolled with, that took about ten minutes, and that’s about all that marks the end of the term from anything else. Really, [...]

More unschooly learning

May 23rd, 2011

The other night we were sitting eating dinner, and Meredith pointed out that Kris’ taco looked like a triangle. We agreed it did and didn’t really think much of it, until she held up three fingers and said “That’s because it has three sides and three corners.” Such a seemingly small, obvious fact, but [...]

Colours

February 2nd, 2011

Meredith has been enjoying painting and other arts and crafts a lot lately. But she seems to especially like painting right now. We got some primary-coloured tempura paints free from a local homeschooler. I add the colours in the sections of an egg carton, and as she paints she [...]

Fun with white boards

January 2nd, 2011

“Look Mama, I spelled Mimi!”

I don’t make a point of correcting her, but she then asked me to spell Mimi, so I wrote it too. She examined mine carefully, and then wrote it again herself:

The two first arcs are the M.

Then she drew a banana:

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Homeschool Math

November 11th, 2010

Math seems to be a sticking point for a lot of people who are just starting unschooling, or against it altogether, so I thought I’d share this story that happened last night.

Meredith and I were walking into the grocery store together, and I asked her if she wanted a treat. She told me [...]

Watch out world!

September 25th, 2010

Fiona has been getting up on her hands and knees and rocking since she was about five months old. She’s been creeping along on her belly and rolling around to get places since about that time. Last night, she figured out the crawling thing.

Nothing is safe anymore! [...]