So ... we are a bunch of very relaxed ecclectic charlottemason unschoolers that sometimes purchase dumb fill in the blank books so that something looks like it is getting done type homeschoolers. 

I sat down this afternoon to actually take a look at my youngest son's Abeka Language workbook (don't ask too much ... it really seemed like a good idea at the time because I could assign a bunch of pages and then go off and play Zuma or talk on the phone).  I wish I was kidding.

Anyway, before I even really read the assignment he had completed I found myself writing "fun!" on the page in a slanted real teacher sort of way.  Then I had a novel thought ... maybe it would be nice if I didn't just do everything orally and took some time to read what he wrote.  I hope you enjoy this slice of Campbell pie because it sums us up pretty well.

ACTUAL STUDENT WORK (no children were harmed in the making of this post)

          While travelling   throughout, I met an interesting gentleman in a brown suitcase.  I asked him to tell me about himself.  His story was most unusual.  As a child, he grew up underneath a trailer and never went to the bathroom.  He was the last on his mother's side.  His father worked as a taxidriver and his mother made extra money at the shoestore.  In a barrel, he decided he should earn a living, too.  A man who worked at a toilet store offered to teach him his trade.  Up until then, he wanted a change of trade.  He then devoted his life to constipation.  He wrote a book about it.  After that, I learned the value of fibre. 

Posted by SmallWorld

You should be very, very proud! Obviously he is extremely creative, and that's what it's all about, right?

Posted by DrHibiscus

but maybe you should help him with his spelling. here in America we spell "fiber" the right way... no U's though :-(

Posted by Anonymous

Hi Kristina,

Your post and your son's fill in the blank story really made me smile.

I’d reach out to say hello and ask if you’d like to receive a free Maya & Miguel DVD. http://pbskidsgo.org/mayaandmiguel -- emphasizes cultural diversity and language learning (as part of a marketing project I’m working on with Scholastic.)

If you’d like to receive the DVD just email me with your address and I’ll have it shipped it out to you.

Kerri Roberts, BoldMouth
www.BoldMouth.com


Edited by onfire on May. 9, 2007 at 5:43 PM

Posted by partyoffive

this is a lesson we are learning at our house. Bekah (5) is devoting her life to constipation and is learning the value of fiber...hence the potty problems we are having...
Donna

Posted by PumpkinsMomma

That is very cute. An interesting choice of words. :)
marie