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YOU SEE THIS HERE GIANT PUFF BALL? THIS FREEBIE FROM NATURE IS GOING TO BE THE CENTER OF OUR FIRST UNSCHOOLING-REAL LIFE LEARNING... HOMESCHOOL DAY. HOW YOU ASK? WELL, FOR MEASURING METRIC, DIAMETER. RADIUS, AND THEN WHAT IF YOU HAD TWO THE EXACT SAME SIZE? WHAT THEN? HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE? WHAT ABOUT SLICING IT UP INTO EIGHTHS AND SIXTEENTHS? HOW ABOUT WE ADD UP THOSE FRACTIONS?? HOW MUCH DOES IT WEIGH? WHAT IF WE HAD 25 OF THEM? HOW MUCH WOULD THEY ALL WEIGH? SCIENCE TOO? YES! LET'S FIND OUT WHERE THEY GROW AND WHERE THEY DON'T! DID THE INDIANS EVER USE THEM, IF SO FOR WHAT? ARE THEY EDIBLE? LET'S SCOOP UP SOME POWDER AND CHECK IT OUT UNDER OUR MICROSCOPE! LET'S DRAW WHAT YOU SEE! LET'S GOOGLE TO SEE WHAT IS THE BIGGEST EVER RECORDED! IN FACT, LET'S MAKE A LIST OF EDIBLE OUTDOOR MUSHROOMS AND PLANTS! LET'S DO IT IN CURSIVE... AND LET'S ALPHABETIZE THEM! ANY COMPOUND WORDS WE CAN FIND? LET'S MAKE UP SOME SIMILES WHILE WE'RE AT IT! DO THEY GROW UNDER DECIDOUS OR CONIFERS? OR BOTH? WHAT? YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT A DECIDOUS TREE IS... LET'S RESEARCH! IN FACT, LET'S GET A POSTERBOARD AND MAKE A INFO POSTER WITH WHAT WE'VE LEARNED! YEP. EVERYTHING YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GIANT PUFFBALLS AND THEN SOME! WHO SAYS YOU NEED TO SIT IN A HARD CHAIR IN A CLASSROOM AND LOOK AT IT IN A TEXTBOOK TO LEARN? EDUCATION IS BEST FOR OUR FAMILY WHEN WE MAKE IT COME ALIVE. REAL, IF YOU WILL. I REMEMBER THE PRESCHOOL DAYS...I WAS SO NEW. THOUGHT I HAD TO HAVE EVERY WORKBOOK EVER PRINTED. EVERY DISCOVERY TOY INVENTED. ONE DAY MY SON TOOK HIS BRIGHT YELLOW TONKA DUMP TRUCK AND HAULED SOME POTATOES OUT OF OUR PANTRY... RIGHT THEN, I DECIDED TO CHUCK THE WORKBOOKS, SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND CREATE A MENTAL LESSON PLAN AROUND A POTATO. WE WORKED ON THE COLOR BROWN, THE LETTER P... I LET HIM "HAUL" 7 POTATOES OVER HERE AND 2 POTATOES OVER THERE AND THEN ADD THEM. WE LEARNED HOW THEY GREW UNDERGROUND AND EVEN MADE OVEN FRIES FOR DINNER- BEING A PRESCHOOLER, TOMMIE HAD NO IDEA THAT FRIES WERE MADE FROM POTATOES!!... I WAS ABLE TO COVER: COLORS, SHAPES, NUMBERS AND SCIENCE WITH HIM...NOT TO MENTION HE AND I COOKING AND ENJOYING THE FRIES...AND YES, EVEN POTATO PRINT-PAINTING. GOTTA GET THAT PRESCHOOL ART IN! DAYS LIKE THESE ARE THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AND SATISIFYING FOR OUR ENTIRE FAMILY... NOT TO MENTION RETAINING THE INFO! IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER LEARNING IDEAS ... PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT! |
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