One of the great things about homeschooling is that our schedule is never strict. I may write out that we are going to read so much in History, do a science project, and study geography, but if something that is equally educational and much more fun comes along....we choose fun!
Today for instance, after reading "The Princess and the Goblin" together, rather than have the kids do oral narrations I had them go to the table and draw a picture of a scene they remembered. As they drew they began to discuss how they could make a puppet show out of their drawings. Payton began to draw some furniture that was described in a room and Katrina began to make the characters. They are now cutting them out and taping toothpicks to the back of them for their puppet show. We are scheduled to do some grammar, and we'll get to it, but right now we're enjoying our freedom to break away from monotony and get creative. How awesome is that?
3 comments:
Jeanne said...
You're right - that's pretty awesome. How was the puppet show? Fun, I'll bet - if nothing else!! Better than grammar, anyhow...
Huhtala Family said...
It was good! I was also surprised at how they actually "narrated" the story in their show without me prompting them to. I expected them to make up some silly thing where the puppets kept whacking each other or something :)
Kristi Brausch said...
Isn't it amazing how much your kids learn and understand when they are allowed to? Especially your kids...they are SO smart!! They blow me away every time we come for a visit.
Reading about your adventures makes me want to homeschool my kids.