Some days I just LOVE that we are unschooling. Today felt particularly successful. We had an improptu historical discussion in the car fueled by Zeph's insatiatble questioning... "Are those builders digging up ruins of old buildings under the ground when they lay the foundations?"... "Do archeologists need to come and put the things they find in their museums?"... "How many people used to live here in Roman times"..."How did they make all their things without factories and machines?" etc etc.
Then we had a good ramble with two other unschooling families that involved bikes and a playground, woods and wading through a river. This form of "socialisation" feels so much more natural when there are seven kids aged 4m to 7 years and three adults to support their immature communications and help them be safe.
After lunch Arte had a nap and Zeph was totally transfixed with his arithmetic game. His full focus was on doing sums for an hour and a half. It was such a joy to see how quick he is and how totally involved he was, because it was his choice to play the game. It was actually my concentration that dwindled long before his would have. This would never happen in school.
The kids horsed around with their daddy for a while and after that we got out all the instruments and leafed through a beautiful anthology we have of nursery rhymes. This is the only activity that both kids seem to really enjoy doing together at the moment. Today felt very wholesome and constructive and don't get me wrong there are many days where we do very little and sometimes I wonder if we are making some huge mistake, but I wanted to write this to come back to on those days.
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