A Day in the Life of an Unschooler

Each post is a day behind, as I usually post around 2am, but sometimes early the next morning;) I've had a lot of people question what we do during the day as unschoolers... Well, here it is:) Each day is a little different!

Today was a good day. We went outside and played. The kids found an anthill and had a good time looking at it. They have read books on them in the past.

Rachel worked on her algebra, where she learned: place value (33+____=110)-had to line them up, subtraction to find the answer, and addition to 'check' the problem. She gets four of these problems. She then played her games. She played:

This is a 'great' alternative to 'timed testing'. She loves this site and I have her increase the level when she gets a perfect score. (okay, I bribe her with 'her pick' of the icrecream aisle;)

http://www.games.exuberanteye.com/JJFishAdd.html

She also enjoys this game, and gets to learn multiplication/division at the same time with this game:)

http://www.games.exuberanteye.com/division/DivisionGingerbread.html

Gracie worked on her 1's and 0's with multiplication. She then played this game:

http://www.games.exuberanteye.com/ConeCrazyAdd.html

and for subtraction she liked this game:

It has you 'solve a problem' to release the colors, then you get to 'color' online:) She 'loves' art!

http://www.games.exuberanteye.com/subtraction/PattyPaintSub.html

So it's like they're having fun, and learning at the same time.

Rachel wrote one of her e-pals's, and sent him a coloring page. He loves to color, so they send coloring pages to eachother. She sent him a picture of a cupcake, and printed one off for herself and Gracie as well.

http://www.cupcakesforall.com/images/coloringpages/cupcakes.pdf

Later on in the day, I read to them:

"Job, a Man who Loved God,", by-Ergmeier's Bible Story Book

http://www.amazon.com/Egermeiers-Bible-Story-Book-Elsie/dp/B000UGB3N2/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225974835&sr=8-8

It has a lot of Bible stories and the kids really enjoy it:)

We also read a chapter from, 'A House at Pooh Corner,' by-A.A.Milne

http://www.amazon.com/House-Pooh-Corner-Original/dp/0140361227/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225974930&sr=1-2

I then read them an 'excerpt' from Abeka's 'Our America', their 'History/Geography Reader'. Their stories/reading material is about two pages. Great for short attention spans! Read a little each day and you have a history lesson right there:) This is grade 2, we're just moving our way up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/A-Beka-Abeka-OUR-AMERICA-2-2nd-Grade-history-geography_W0QQitemZ220306315456QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Texbook_Education?hash=item220306315456&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Rachel read the book:

'The Three Snow Bears," by-Jan Brett. Cute book!!

http://www.amazon.com/Three-Snow-Bears-Jan-Brett/dp/0399247920/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225975317&sr=8-1

Gracie read,"Can you Play," by-'I'm Going to Read', series

http://www.amazon.com/Im-Going-Read-Level-Play/dp/1402720947/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225975466&sr=1-1

The kids then 'surprised' us and cleaned our room:) They are currently cleaning their room. Can't beat that!