After several successful weeks, I have to admit that this one was a difficult one. DJ could not seem to focus on anything, especially not school. The little bit of school that we did accomplish was mostly suggested by me, encouraged by me, dare I say, coerced by me? Ahem, not exactly “follow the child”. Maybe I’ll do better next week. But here’s some highlights (and low points) of what we did do this week. DJ and I reviewed the…
Our family went tent camping this weekend and it turned out to be quite an adventure! Although I camped a lot in college, it’s been 20 years since I last pitched a tent. My husband hadn’t been camping since his youth and DJ’s knowledge of camping began and ended with the Daniel Tiger episode, “Backyard Camping”. But our local homeschool club planned a group camp outing for this weekend and we signed up back in August to attend. Of course…
In the last two weeks of August, DJ has been enjoying what will likely be the last of our warm dry weather. We still haven’t “officially” started the school year. But of course that hasn’t slowed DJ’s thirst for learning. He has been driving me a bit crazy with question like “what color does brown, pink and green make?” These questions made me realize that I had not done the color mixing activities in my Keys of the World Montessori…
Wow. For some reason, DJ decided to take a tour of nearly everything on his shelves this week. Note that we are still NOT doing school in any formal sense of the word. But that doesn’t seem to stop DJ. Here is a list of all the activities he chose to do this week in no particular order: M&D Pattern Blocks & Boards Guidecraft Feel & Find shapes Little Blue Truck Book Knobbed & Knobless Cylinders Golden Bead Subtraction Sandpaper…