Well, we went out of town. Then we got back and got sick. Then two oldest went with Dad to travel a bit. And then there was the adjustment period when we get back.
This is why we homeschool all year.
It’s Friday and I’m looking back at the week past — we did our staples (the basics of a classical education according to LCC) — Math, Music, Latin…. plus a bit of history (those Famous Men of Rome sure are an interesting — though violent — lot!)…. besides that, no “formal schooling” got done.
What they did instead:
Printed out castles and knights and damsels in distress to color. Yena’s fine motor skills really got a workout. Migi made a collage out of his. Paco researched computers because he and Migi want to save up for one. He’s been learning about speed, and capacity, and RAM, etc. He learned that some monitors can cost just as much or even more than a PC. He and Migi have come up with a list of games they’d like on the computer, trying to see which ones Dad and Mom might approve — so there will be a discussion of the merits of each one. So far I’m impressed with their list. They brought down the old train set from the basement and have been playing with it for 2 days. They’ve also helped with Mom’s decluttering project. Oh yeah, and read, read, read books…. mostly saint and science books. Migi had planned to have a party next weekend (instead of in the fall when his real birthday is) but now wants to move it to September 29 because that’s his feast day (Michaelmas), plus it’s going to be cooler, hopefully. It’s been 100+ degrees here almost daily! He picked the invitations, wrote on all of them (I did not write ONE thing, just helped with spelling), and sent them out — years ago you would never have caught me doing this; I would have printed them out on the computer or used calligraphy pens to “make it perfect”. So now I find that Migi needs a bit of instruction in how to address a letter properly (my bad — heh, that’s what unschooling is about). Yena’s been reading (some) of her Catholic Treasury books — she loves these. And we’ve been playing Debussy all day long. Though last night we had much fun with Beethoven’s Wig and Just For Elise. Clever guy, that Richard Perlmutter. Reminds me of this old Pinoy song, sung to the tune of Verdi’s “La Donna e Mobile” (Rigoletto): Hopiang di mabili, may langaw sa tabi (mooncake that won’t sell, there’s a fly on one corner)…. a little gross, but worked to imprint that melody in my mind.
So that was homeschooling for the week! Today…. more decluttering.
Works for us!!
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