Hello all! I wanted to give you all a sort of short peek into some of the things we might do during the typical unschooling week. Maybe this will give you ideas about what you might do with your own kids whether they be unschoolers or traditionally schooled. Either way, these are activities that not only encourage educational learning but mental, emotional, and social skills, fine and gross motor skills, and life skills.
These are all just a few things that we get up to during the week. Rain or shine they are opportunities to be found outside and inside. There important life skills That children can learn that they’ll use for the rest of their life. Just a few examples from these snapshots are reading instruction diagrams, learning how to use tools and other hardware pieces, confidence and taking on projects, independence, astronomy, reading and writing, math skills. Maybe more important than all of those, however, is a love and passion for learning and a curiosity. The confidence and self-determination to do and learn on her own, without someone having to cram that learning down her throat.
Kids don’t need to be forced or coerced into learning. If you just give them the tools and step out of their way, You will be amazed what you see them do, create, and pick up all on their own. Admittedly, it is a little bit of a leap of faith. It can be scary sometimes wondering if you’re doing the right thing but then, one day, you look over and realize that they’re reading the words in their books without every being taught. Or they are building these massive complicated structures, picking up a musical instrument that they saw on TV, maybe even learning something like how electrical currents work in a circuit or how to build a computer program, without any teacher assigning a single piece of homework.
They can do it. They are capable and they only need you to give them the chance to show it. All we have to do is get out of their way.
With Peace and Passion.
Ta!
Little Journeys Everywhere 