Lately I have felt such enormous gratitude for this time the girls and I have together at home. It's just priceless. Not only is it so worth it for the connectedness and the bonding, but for the learning opportunities, too. These are becoming more thrilling as the girls grow older, and I can really see why so many of my friends choose to homeschool. It's so exciting to see Mali light up about something, and want to learn more about it. And then, for us to have the freedom and time to just pick up, go to the library (or botanical garden or nature center or zoo or wherever else) to learn more about it.
This morning we were playing this great game that we borrowed from Grandma.
It's about taking care of the Earth, so we were talking through a lot of the ways to take care of our Earth and the whys. Mali had lots of questions, like "So, if the Earth is a ball, then the people on the other side are upside down, right?", "I know how to dance on the Earth, but maybe when I grow up I should be an astronaut so I can dance on the moon, too.", "How do we know the Earth is a ball?", "If we have to save energy to take care of the Earth, then is that like all the love and energy that is mixed up in our bodies?", "If we have to turn our lights off to save energy, I better go check to see if all our lights are off (runs to each room, turning off all unnecessary lights)", "Mama, I didn't know all this about the Earth. Will you and Daddy teach me about it?" Even Greta chimed in, and pointed to a picture of the Earth, saying, "If we were on that Earf, we'd be really really tinier." We went to the library and got a bunch of books about taking care of the Earth. We came home with these -- just a blink of a start.
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you already are homeschooling... : )
Anna thinks I am crazy, but I can't wait for Sophie to start asking me all of those questions. I recognize that it is the "nerd" part of my personaility but I am excited about her coming up with questions when I don't know the answer. Thus giving me an excuse to dig for the answers and teaching her how to find answers herself. It is learning HOW to find answers to unknown things that makes one truely educated, not knowing the answers.
Reading Mali's questions had my mind racing on all of the possible answers that I would want to give. With the hope that they would prompt more.
Here is a great little exchange between a dad and his daughter when she started asking why.
And I LOVE that Roy is excited for this because I have the perfect response for all the "why's" - go ask your father.
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