So we’re still on summer break and having a great time. It’s been a hot summer for us so lots of outdoor time. But even though I’m not doing school, DJ still has access to his work shelves and selects activities randomly. This summer is giving me more respect for unschoolers – a homeschooling method where the parent doesn’t directly teach but just provides materials for the child to teach themselves. The past couple of weeks, DJ has been interested…
DJ did some practical life work in the yard with his dad recently. It was hot, hard, dry work… but… It was SO worth the effort! Now this is the way to do summer. And just in time too as we’re entering a two week heat wave in our region. And it’s contributing to an increase in social engagements too. He also did some art work this week. I’ve been really impressed with his skill with scissors lately. Before discovering…
I’m terribly late in writing this post. It should have been written at the end of last week but I just didn’t feel like it. So thank you for waiting patiently! Since there wasn’t anything new on the shelves last week, DJ selected some old favorites. The Land & Water forms hadn’t been touched for months but he started off the day with an eager “let’s do these!” I was impressed with how much he remembered. He still can’t say…
Over the past week or so, there have been several discussions on the Facebook Montessori groups I frequent about how blogs can be disheartening because they seem so perfect. Picture after beautiful picture of adorable kids doing amazing Montessori work. Well, I’ll never claim to have beautiful pictures but I am guilty of mostly only posting about our successes. And that’s likely not going to change. This blog is about celebrating DJ’s growth and achievements. But just so there is…