unschooling day 2

You know how when your kid is just starting to talk and they jibber jabber all sorts of things that only you, as their mother, can understand?

Z had a little baby speech impediment back then and even though she was speaking in long sentences and saying real and (to her) important things, most people didn't understand her.

I feel like I am still in that relationship with Z. She has such a mature and clever sense of humor these days and she often brings up heartfelt discussions and deep philosophical questions. (for example she told me today that she often wonders if her life is reallly just a dream she is dreaming. And that she likes to think about when in her life she might have fallen asleep or where she will be when she wakes up.)

But she rarely talks to other adults and I am pretty sure that she doesn't share her humor or philosophies with her little friends.

So even though she is almost six, I still feel like I am the only one who really knows when is going on with her.

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So today Z was another learning packed unschooling day

Read harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Compared Quidditch to basketball in the air

Made up a song, these were some of the lyrics:

Why can’t we both be right?
Why do I have to be wrong all the time?

Why can’t we both have the glory?
Why can't we both have the pain?
Why can’t we both have the worry?
Why can't we both be the same?

Finished her I Love Math book
Practiced piano pieces for competition
Practiced Science presentation
Taught Science to homeschool class – about tastebuds, the liquid in your ear and fingerprints with three activities.
Wrote thank you note
Wrote letter to friend and addressed it
Decided to read a book - Backyard Pets, exploring wildlife close to home – caught three snails and helped set up their habitat
Researched setting up bird feeders
Researched squirrel’s on wikipedia.com and then acted out squirrel behavior – foraging for nuts, fruit, eggs and frogs
Practiced new song on Piano