The Teach
The Teach: Letters & Lecture
I am taking a back-seat on this ride.
This journey that I would like to think myself an integral part of, I am merely a fraction of the whole.
The adventure of growing up and becoming who one is does not require any formal education, rather ample room to explore the world around us.
No one can let us know who we are or how we should make meaning of this life.
Children are capable of being curious, social and intellectual without any help or guidance.
We could probably take a few lessons from them.
So I take a back-seat and enjoy the ride every day.
EXPAND ON CHILD-LED LEARNING
Form Drawing. Case in point; children do not need to be taught how to form letters or numbers. Just as they learn how to speak and walk, they learn to read and write. I have made a conscious decision not to give lessons on the alphabet, other than singing the song and signing the letters (ASL). O has demonstrated, from her own desires, the beginnings of Form Drawing which is taught in Waldorf education as the base for learning to write http://lavendersbluehomeschool.com/form-drawing-in-first-grade/ As seen above, she took to our chalkboard wall this week with a series of lines and circles, which she has introduced to me as letters.
She has even progressed from drawing in large form, using her arm movement to draw, to using her wrist in order to minimize the size of her 'letters'.
Another vote in favour of unschooling.
EXPAND ON CHILD-LED LEARNING
Form Drawing. Case in point; children do not need to be taught how to form letters or numbers. Just as they learn how to speak and walk, they learn to read and write. I have made a conscious decision not to give lessons on the alphabet, other than singing the song and signing the letters (ASL). O has demonstrated, from her own desires, the beginnings of Form Drawing which is taught in Waldorf education as the base for learning to write http://lavendersbluehomeschool.com/form-drawing-in-first-grade/ As seen above, she took to our chalkboard wall this week with a series of lines and circles, which she has introduced to me as letters.
She has even progressed from drawing in large form, using her arm movement to draw, to using her wrist in order to minimize the size of her 'letters'.
Another vote in favour of unschooling.