A Day in the Life of a Classical Unschooler

We are making a few adjustments to our plan for next year, will post soon:)

Above is a pic of our little 'greenhouse', our first attempt at a garden! It has corn/pumpkins and pretty flowers. There is also a pic of the kids at the waterpark, they like to go there after PE sometimes.

Below, on the left, are both of their classes getting set up and such. On the right, is Gracie's class doing 'jumping jacks'. Gracie is in the 'yellow sweater'. She 'loves' to do jumping jacks! Usually there are more kids, but they have already done their 'end of the year' olympics/award ceremony for attendance, so attendance has kind of dropped..

Happy Unschooling!

:)

Classical Christian Unschooling

Okay, we all learn from mistakes..the recipes in the recipe link were great!! We devoured the cake, and it was 'Feingold Safe'. Was it 'my kid safe'??
No. We were outside forever getting that energy out, needless to say, i found my head (mind, whatever;) bouncing with them!!
I work nights..can't get to sleep!!

How was it? It was DELICIOUS!! ;)

So, safe to say, chocolate will be off the list too..but I did explain to them that leaves more room for fun fruit-flavored icing:)

Currently, everything is up in the air as far as curriculum goes. I'm sure many are asking, what is going on..;) we're getting there!! My kids have been using a lot of computer programs they enjoy, and learning from them as well!! Give me a week or so and I will introduce the rest. I am making a spelling list for my oldest, which will be linked with quite a few learning games..

So hold tight!!
Happy Unschooling!
:)

A Day in the Life of a Classical Unschooler

I have been reading a lot about the 'Feingold Diet'. It is an interesting diet that eliminates food coloring, many preservatives and for many who join: corn syrup! There are also certain fruits/veggies that can be a factor in allergies as well.

Although it is an interesting diet, and eliminating all would be great, we have chosen to begin with food coloring/preservatives (bad ones) and corn syrup. I am also 'choosing' foods that have a no-gluten 'sign' on them...but am 'not' making my own bread!! LOL..;) I figure a few steps at a time..not to get overwhelmed..and see if we can make it that far!

Did you know that corn syrup, when consumes, goes straight to fat??? I guess corn is a starch, and it's a sugar from corn..go figure;) But Canada uses sugar in their Cokes/Pepsi's.. (and all their foods)..whereas Europe uses sugar and beet sugar. Why is our country not making that change? Sugar is converted to energy when consumed, giving us a 'chance' to work it off. It's no wonder Americans are overweight, unlike other countries that use sugar. Corn is also a food that has more allergies. Sure, 100 years ago people had a few ears of corn now and then for dinner. No big deal!! But now corn is in 'everything', from your food, chocolate milk and even your cereal and snacks-for a person that is sensitive, that is an overload!! No wonder ADD has hit a high (in America;).

The results have been little, but it will take about 6 weeks to get it out of their system. It didn't help that the icecream man came around yesterday and I (without thinking) said, 'Sure, you can have one!!' :) I realized what I was doing when I was buying it, but I had already said yes :(
Think mommy, think!!!!

Today we are making a chocolate cake, from scratch, free of preservatives, artificial vanilla and food coloring :) I have added a new link: My favorite Recipes, so we can store them and keep track of the ones we like. The kids love to cook, so they're all for this!! Especially when I explained how the food works. 6 weeks..and then we'll slowly add it to their diet, and see what works..and what doesn't;)

Happy Unschooling!!
:)

A Day in the Life of a Classical Unschooler

Today the kids went to PE at the park, 9:30am. There must have been over 100 kids in varying age groups there today!! They have them divided up by grades, they really enjoy this! It's a great way to start the day, they meet every Tuesday. Gracie's class played 'kick ball' and 'duck duck goose'. Rachel is in the 2-3 class (they go by what grade they are 'supposed' to be in) and they played t-ball. After this, we went to the park. They had a great time! We didn't get back till around 12:00!
Rachel reads one story from her computer program a week, and since we had a long day i just said she could start the story tomorrow. She still has to finish it or do it on Saturday. Gracie has decided she wants to read the 'Biscuit' books for the summer. I explained to her that would be fine, but she would have to do some flashcards before each book, as she is not familiar with many of those words. She agreed, so we'll start that soon. They did a math sheet and went out to play with their friend.

We are also studying in history how people moved westward so I've already gotten the 'Little House in the Big Woods' Read-a-loud version and we're going to read that together before we go to sleep tonight. They watched the show, and really enjoy that so I am considering buying it.

We are also in the process of planting a garden! Rachel has been studying seeds/flowers in her scholastic science class, (it's a fun course, all video-she 'loves' it!! plus, at the end, there is a quiz and she nearly always gets them all right :) ) and since spring is around the corner we're considering buying one of those cheap plastic containers with the lid, start them out inside and then set them outside. That should be fun!! We also have a planter that is see-through (we get to see the roots as they grow!! :) that will be fun!!

We have been meaning to study french, but have just been too side-tracked with various activities and such. The program they have on one of her Elementary Success seems like fun, and after you learn the vocabulary you can play games to 'test your knowledge'. That sounds like fun, as I'm not sure I want them getting into the 'grammar' of all this. I simply want them to learn some conversational skills, maybe read a little of the language, so when they're older and they start into a 'Real' course, they'll be that much further ahead!:)

This is the wrap for us!! I know, I used to show the curriculum and such..there was a time I felt like I had to 'prove myself'..but now since a lot of what we do is on the computer anyways, what is there to show?? I still save this site, though. This is where I post my videos, and this site has links to my photo album. So, with this in mind, here is a video of Colette going down the slide at 'Common Ground Park', a 'huge' park in our area!! The next video is all 3 on a see-saw.


Happy Unschooling!
stacey:)