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:)