A Week Off

Yesterday, my daughter's educational DVD came by UPS.  Remember, she was doing her education online but we had some issues so I contacted the curriculum maker and they, after I paid an extra $160 to upgrade to the DVD method, sent them out to me.  Today, was my daughter's first day "back to school" after having a week off and she really likes the DVDs.  We bought her a small cheap DVD player and a cheap 19" flat screen TV (all we found were flat screens) for her room.  Her room is her hub.  It is where she dreams of rescuing animals and where is play and now where she educates herself.  Her room is special to her.

Since, she (and I) where off for a week, things were pretty boring around here.  She kept telling me how bored she was and I kept replying, "Bored people are boring people." She didn't like that but it is true. She did, after a day or two, go and create things for her to do and I guided her along.

This past week she has been "sleeping in".  I quote those two words because that is what she kept saying but actually she was just laying in bed daydreaming and not wanting to get up. However, today when I told her to get up there were no problems.  She wanted to eat her breakfast while watching her Science video.  Glad to know that Science can get my girl out of bed without a fuss!

I am really liking this curriculum because it is CM friendly.  Today in English, she play a game not knowing that she was learning.  I love that!!  She is loving learning because I introduced a new philosophy called "Loving One's Vocation & Education using Daydreams" (LOVED) training.  When she is doing her home education, I put a sign on the door that reads "Animal Rescuer in Training.  Do Not Disturb!" She loves that!  She see's all her lessons as real life training exercises that will help her one day be a great animal rescuer.  Isn't that what learning is all about, really.  Gathering knowledge for or about something.  This something is my daughter's desire or vocation to care for animals.  She daydreams about doing so or thinks about what she needs to do so and how to do it.  She talks a lot about it.  You will hear more about LOVED training for my daughter as I get her to become engrossed in learning by getting her to understanding that what she learn shapes her current vocation. Later in life, her learning gets shaped into educational goals that are specialized in what God has called her to be, and therefore do.  Science was an easy attachment to form for my daughter because of the animals and nature. Handwriting, not so much. :-)