My son has been a dinosaur fanatic ever since he was 3 years old. This passion has spilled over into everyday life for us. What started out as a little boys interest has led to many museum visits, documentaries, puzzles, science experiments, internet searches, geography, mapping skills, and paleontology summer camps. As a family, we have all learned more about the Permian, Jurassic, Triassic, … [Read more...] about Interest Led Learning: A Prehistoric Boy
Homemade Play-Doh with Jade
Play-Doh is a basic of childhood. We have all played with it, made weird looking creatures with it, even eaten it. You know you have! The texture, color and mold-ability is what brings children to it time after time. My 2 year old daughter Jade is a play-doh fanatic. She received her first official play - doh on her birthday in November. It has been a whirlwind love affair between her and the … [Read more...] about Homemade Play-Doh with Jade
A Day in the Life of My Scholar
I wake up with a pain in my neck...I have slept on it wrong. I roll over and realize Papa is still in bed. It must be really early! Papa's alarm goes off at 4:30am. He gets up to turn his alarm off and looks at me in shock. "What are you doing awake?!" he exclaims. "Can't Sleep", I say. As I sit up, I see light coming from under the door. Someone else is awake. A Day in the Life … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life of My Scholar
Big Brother
Gabriel is such a great big brother to Jade. He loves her with all his heart and tells her this daily. They play well together, with her trying to emulate everything that he does. If he is playing with dinosaurs then she wants to play with dinosaurs. If he is playing with LEGOs, then she wants to play with LEGOs. If he is coloring with markers, then she wants to color with markers too. He also … [Read more...] about Big Brother
Making Kimchi with Gabriel
Today I asked Gabriel if he wanted to help me make kimchi. He was thrilled. Gabriel loves helping in the kitchen and he loves kimchi. He did asked if he could do all of the chopping and pick what type of cabbages we use. Usually, I make kimchi with Nappa Cabbage, but Gabriel wanted to use a combination of green cabbage and purple cabbage. He said this would be prettier to eat. I agreed to his … [Read more...] about Making Kimchi with Gabriel
A Day in the Life of My Scholar
This was the very first post I ever did. Before we truly embraced that we were unschoolers. Since then many things have changed. The musical, Grease, is no longer Jades favorite soundtrack. Today it is The Lion King. Papa no longer gets to come home during the day and Gabriel bounces around around with his interests, but is still a lover of paleontology. April 24, 2015 A Day in the Life of My … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life of My Scholar