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.
When your four year old says, 'Dad, can you make me another tracing picture?' you know it was well worth the ten minutes to set it up the first time! While the classic tracing surface is …
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 number or the …
When is the right time for them to learn about Greek Mythology? When they are interested in it.
Lesson Structure: Lego "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 he knew …
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. …
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 …
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 …
"What I like the most about playing dino doctor is teaching her the dino names like you taught me " - Aidan, 5 I wondered, very briefly, when we had our second kid, isn't it going …
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Our second T-shirt day of the season - our first was a month or so ago. (Let's get with Spring, ammiright?) The great part this time was the high winds. Strangely enough, he seemed to benefit …
We had to replace the keyboard. What to do with the old one? Take it apart! Lots of screws to unscrew, and lots mysteries to unravel. "Is this the CPU?' asked the three year old. Without telling …
When cardio is leaning on a wall for a few minutes
Another great week of learning! He learned how to more properly navigate a giant ice pile that used to be a snow pile. They even got to climb up and slide down it when it …
We had another fun week. It was winter jackets and snow at the beginning and no coat scootering at the end of it. We went to the library and were excited to see they added …
Back in my day it was star wars OR lego. or star wars WITH lego! she hasn’t seen the movies. he’s seen the ‘making of’ :) dad: make sure you put those pieces together very carefully. don’t …
So what do you do if your kid discovers computer games and watches computer game videos on youtube? You fit as much education into that as possible! He's been playing this game for a few weeks now, …
I'm so glad we found the game called Slither.io, a browser-based game that has helped our three year old start to figure out how to control a computer. I wasn't trying to find a way …
It turns out the kids LOVE Lego skyscrapers. They play together, (or alone) for hours. They follow common sense Lego rules like if one kid builds and 'claims' something, the other kid can play …
(UPDATE: Ha ha, I made a Back to the Future reference on Nov 5!) We knew she was 'officially pregnant' when she cried her eyes out seeing little Anakin leaving his mom in the desert...again...seriously, we …
A perfect example of unschooling? I think so! The five year old was watching youtube. Interestingly enough, it wasn't about some lady opening toys! He asked if we could do a science experiment...but we needed a …
