We have begun week 3 of school here at Zoo Crew Academy. It’s summer in Georgia, so unless we want to go out and play between 4:23 and 4:32 every morning, it’s just about too hot to do anything but keep ourselves inside.
And so we do.
With our math and writing and books and crafts and piano…..
we are staying busy.
This year, I let them choose what they would like to learn about in science. I was hoping they would choose the same topic, but that would have been too easy I suppose. Our Princess chose aquatic animals and Cooter chose those of the land. I’m okay with it, because I’m hoping that if it’s something they are really interested in, they will learn more.
Today Princess was reading from her book and got quite upset. “Mama, look at this picture! It’s a beached whale. Why did it have to die?”
We talked a little bit about it, and she finished her reading, still sad over what she had seen.
This afternoon as we were on our outsandabouts, the littles were watching Gilligan’s Island. At one point, I think it was Gilligan who said, “He looks just like a beached whale.”
“Well then, I can assure you he must be dead,” quipped our Princess, without missing a beat.
Bless her. Yes, she can assure us all of that. Because she knows that’s what happens in many cases.
Homeschooling win.
I love it when I hear them take something they have learned and apply it later on. That’s what I want most for them–to be able to take what they’ve learned and use it again in some way. Some way that matters. That’s my number one goal and wish for them as their teacher and their Mama.
Tonight I’m thankful for this opportunity to learn alongside them, to watch their eyes open in wonder and amazement, and to help them find the answers to their questions. After all, thanks to today’s lesson my knowledge about beached whales now extends past the Seinfeld episode “Marine Biologist.” Yes, this is definitely broadening my horizons–and that is a very good thing.
Love to all.
I Might Need A Nap 