We don’t own a television. Any time this comes up, after whoever is hearing this for the first time picks his or her jaw up off the floor they ask me “What do you do all day long?”
Another shocker to many is that my kids won’t be attending school and that, at least for now, I am “unschooling” Keagan. *and Eden, learning begins at birth, right?
So I thought I would show what it is we do all day long and how we learn without any sort of formal curriculum or lesson plan.
Our day in words and pictures 🙂
We planted a tree.
We learned that even big things start small.
We planned our garden. We learned that food does not come from the store and that hard work has its benefits.
We played on the playground.
We learned the being flexible comes in handy in life and that patience is a virtue. (It’s hard to wait your turn for the slide!)
We explored.
We learned not all who wander are lost.
We looked at bugs. We learned that ants “go really, really fast.”
We played in the dirt.
Mama learned to let things go.
One of us napped in the sun.
We all got our vitamin d the old fashioned way.
We picked flowers. We made wishes.
We learned the world could use more wonder.
We hugged trees. Literally.
We learned to revere nature.
Keagan cut himself.
We learned a deep breath and a good snack make most problems feel smaller.
We met our neighbors. We talked. We learned that a smile goes a long way in life.
We played. Keagan with a doll. Eden with a truck. We defied gender stereotypes…
and realized how silly they are.
Some seriously window coloring went on…
and we learned that art comes in many mediums…
Sometimes even baby sister’s face.
We relaxed.
We loved one another.
We learned that the little things in life matter the most.
We played. We laughed. We colored. We sang.
We read books.
We learned that fantasy can help us better understand reality.
We played with pom-poms. We counted. We sorted. One of us learned what fuzzy tastes like.
We learned that some items have any uses.
We cooked. Okay. I cooked. Keagan “helped” and Eden snacked.
We counted, measured and timed as we did so.
We learned that sometimes hard work tastes really good.
We ate. We laughed some more. We played and sang some more. We tickled and loved. We lived.
We learned that your family is the people who are there for you at the end of the day.
All in all it was a pretty good day.
I don’t think we’re missing out on anything without the TV. I don’t think we’re missing out on anything without the boxed curriculum or preschool. I think we’re doing just fine and making the best choices for our family.
What do you think? 🙂
Fierce Paradise 