We've been unschooling since before they could talk! When education is this fun, why wait? Why even separate it?
This first came to me with a two year old and his dinosaur toys. I knew homeschooling would make sense for us as soon as I got the idea, but we jumped into a much bigger world of education the first time I said, ‘well I don’t know, wanna go research on daddy’s computer with me?’
Through playing, youtube watching, playing, youtube watching, playing, and research, each new dinosaur ‘toy’ we got was quite a massive educational building block and puzzle piece.
Uno is a fun little card game for family to play together with easy to follow rules, and exciting (mostly for the kids) gameplay. It’s quite simple – you match either the
When is the right time for them to learn about Greek Mythology? When they are interested in it. I made the six year old a Lego Pegasus because he’s interested in Greek Mythology. The four year old is starting to be interested in Greek Mythology because there’s a Lego Pegasus.
“Dad, I broke the lego structure…” The kids have been using this structure for quite a while now…it was previously the ground level of skyscraper that crumbled. He felt bad because
What a great addition to all the fun of hill climbs (and descents)…add kettlebells!
When the 6yo told me the weights weren’t heavy enough to make him tired, I first thought of getting him more weights. I didn’t think about
Here’s a fun little activity for the kids…let them grow their own life in a container…Well, actually, let them follow the instructions, give or take, to make their own life in a container…I guess we’ll see in a few days if it worked.
We had a ‘big’ dose of unicycle lessons recently. By big dose, I mean about 20 minutes of practice over a few days. It was a push to see if he could get it before he turned six. He’s not there yet, but it will only be a few more tries…he’ll get it next month for sure…if he wants to…I don’t actually care if he does or not…as long as he keeps practicing whenever…there’s so many other ways they are both being active, it’s low on everyone’s list.
