Lately, I have thoughts and a desire to Unschooled my daughter but with a Charlotte Mason twist. It is so wonderful to homeschool because each child's education can be custom made for each of their minds. Whereas my daughter's mind is so much like a sponge that it has an amazing ability to retain what it learns. However, she doesn't like to write and so many homeschool curriculums make a child do just as much writing as learning and it really starting to effect her learning because she dreads the writing. Now, I have all intentions to make sure not only does my daughter learn to write but also learn to cursive write, which many public school are no longer teaching. However, I do not want the constant writing to impede her education.
Thus, my daughter's love of learning has waned of late and I would like to give it a big boost, perhaps by unschooling. I am fond of the idea but nervous for I grew up in a public schooling system and it's hard to get that out of your character. I was taught something and then quizzed on it and then tested on it. The homework alone was overbearing for me. I did though love to learn and still do very much for you can pretty much find me on the internet always researching something. I want that love to learn for my daughter.
I think we will finish the curriculum we have now and try some Unschooling, for a while, over the Summer months. I will know then on how she responses to it.
I love her so much and I want her to know so much, too.
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27.7.11
Going Good
It has been awhile since I've posted because I have been busy. It happens you know, chores, travels, and the little things that all consume our time. My daughter is doing well in her home education. She is loving science. It's her favorite mainly because this 3rd level of science has begun their teaching about animals and their characteristics. She has been excelling or Acing all her subjects but spelling.
Handwriting and Spelling have been tough for her to be motivated in because she cannot see any ties of having to do these with the animal kingdom. You know, I like that word "kingdom". Kingdom, to me, represents the rule of our Lord God. However, this week, she has been enjoying handwriting and spelling because when she writes her spelling words three times each we pretend she is saving an animal. Thus, this week for example, one of her spelling words is "less" and so each time she wrote the word "less" she pretended to save two leopards and a lizard, of which both starts with the same letter as her spelling word. Like I mentioned, this is the first week so we will see how this assists her in knowing how to spell them.
One of the reason we have been so busy is because we bought an ex-racing thoroughbred who was in need of some TLC. I will be blogging about him on our farm's website. Life just got magnitudes busier that also means for my daughter. We sat down and talked about her education and how her #1 priority is her education not the horse. She just turned six years old this month so I know that several conversations on this subject is needed so that she fully understands her mission, to at least her teenage years, is her education.
Handwriting and Spelling have been tough for her to be motivated in because she cannot see any ties of having to do these with the animal kingdom. You know, I like that word "kingdom". Kingdom, to me, represents the rule of our Lord God. However, this week, she has been enjoying handwriting and spelling because when she writes her spelling words three times each we pretend she is saving an animal. Thus, this week for example, one of her spelling words is "less" and so each time she wrote the word "less" she pretended to save two leopards and a lizard, of which both starts with the same letter as her spelling word. Like I mentioned, this is the first week so we will see how this assists her in knowing how to spell them.
One of the reason we have been so busy is because we bought an ex-racing thoroughbred who was in need of some TLC. I will be blogging about him on our farm's website. Life just got magnitudes busier that also means for my daughter. We sat down and talked about her education and how her #1 priority is her education not the horse. She just turned six years old this month so I know that several conversations on this subject is needed so that she fully understands her mission, to at least her teenage years, is her education.
17.6.11
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. :-)
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. :-)
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