I feel like such a slacko homeschooling Mumma of late. My recordings of Lewi’s life have been way too few and far between. My head has been filled with way too many other things like selling and moving and missing my purple nest and planning the new nest and all of those things that have been our life over the past however many months.
Thankfully though, as a natural learner/unschooler, Lewi has been learning regardless of my distractedness. Life happens and learning can’t help but eventuate in ways that can’t be planned for.
But, an unschooler needs a good facilitator to help them on their learning journey. They need a connected and interested parent/carer to create an environment that is stimulating and interesting and one that meets the learner’s needs. They need to be in the moment – present. Available.
So, this slacko Mumma is coming out of her selling/moving chrysalis and into a more available, interested, connected one. Part of that process is to finally join along with the lovely Owlet in Unschool Monday.
Owlet is a blog about lots of lovely things but mainly it is about a Mumma sharing her life with 3 little Owlets and her husband as they unschool and create lovely things together. If you haven’t already discovered this lovely blog, then you should pop on over there and have a wander around. You’ll love it! And, if you’re an unschooling family like us, then you could also join in the fun with Unschool Monday …granted it is Thursday woops, Friday, I know, but I feel it’s better late than never to begin.
So, here’s what Lewi’s unschooling month-of-October-so-far consisted of:
Birthday Celebrations
{Happy 40th Birthday to our lovely friend, Tash x}
{Happy 6th Birthday to our lovely Meily x}
Birthday cake making for the Queen of Cake Maker’s Daughter…challenge!!!!!
Lewi made these marshmallow bunnies. We were really worried about Meily’s reactions to them. But, thankfully, she loved them…so much so that the white bunny was the first thing she devoured!
Birthday card making
Pizza sharing
Fun with the family
XBox dance gaming
{you go girl!!}
Puppy play
{Tash’s new puppy, Schnitzel. How cute is this puppy?}
Bunny buying and play
{This is the bunny that we bought for Meily for her birthday. It didn’t arrive in time for her birthday so we took her down to choose a few days later. She’s the sweetest little bunny called Sparkles.}
Fun with friends in the pool
{at Sammy and Caleb’s house}
Hail watching
Dirt art
Fun & Games with our Natural Learner’s Group
{3 lovely homeschooling Mummas xxx}
Celebrating Steel’s 2.5 year birthday
Lewi baked an orange syrup cake for the occasion. We shared it with the Raczkowski’s out at the block and then had a dip in the river afterwards. {followed by an unplanned dinner at their place}.
Visiting Grandma
Grandma was so happy to see us. She smiled the whole time we were there and seemed so responsive to what we were saying to her. It was so lovely to see her and especially know that she seems really happy. Afterwards we visited our lovely homeschooling friends, Brad, Josh and Julie.
Dinner at the block
Swimming in Rae and Rom’s dam
and much turtle spotting!
Lizard minding
Lewi’s been looking after his friend, Ptolemy’s, 2 little blueys. He’s really loving it. He gives them some time outside each day and feeds and waters them. Steel seems undisturbed by their presence too which is a good thing!
Lewi’s also been:
Reading Diary of A Wimpy Kid to me
Doing 5 minute writing activities
Playing XBox
Listening to a new story CD from the library “Mirrorscape”
Catching up with Jacob and Rom and Karinya
Going for walks with Poppy
Listening to me read Deltora Quest 2: Shadowlands
Drawing, drawing, drawing
Making Claymation creatures to try our hand at Claymations {which we bought at the post office}
Computer Youtubing, surfing and playing Minecraft
So, thanks to the lovely link up over at Owlet I’m going to get back into recording the life of my unschooling boy in a more diligent and organised fashion – don’t you love link ups for that? and enjoy this life of learning and living!
Kim xx
