We were on Easter Break last week. I thought it would be interesting to jot down what Sam does when we're not schooling. Here's a quick list of his free activities:
- Climbed his tree
- Created a pulley system through trial and error in order to take books and water up into his tree
- Read some of his Magic Treehouse books aloud (He was reading chapter books, people--this is my kindergartner!)
- Put together a puzzle of the United States
- Built with KEVA planks
- Went to the zoo, located places on the map, and read the signs
- Read some signs on the freeway
- Went to the grocery store, weighed produce, learned to read prices (Those pesky decimal points are important--who knew that onions weren't really $99 a lb.?)
- Cooked and washed dishes
- Drew and wrote in his journal
- Rode his scooter
- Learned to jump on his skateboard
- Attended swimming lessons
- Counted by 2s, 5s, and 10s just for fun
- Worked on teaching his two-year-old sister to recognize A
- Explored the properties of water
- Built with zome tools
- Organized his books for the sheer pleasure of it (He said he wanted his "research" books to be in their own special place.)
- Browsed through the dictionary
This isn't even a complete list! It's amazing what kids will do when learning isn't treated as something to be done in a school building. I'm so excited to see my kids view learning as a fun and interesting part of everyday life.
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