"The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live, not a life according to the purpose of the educator who thinks he knows best." ~ A.S. Neill, founder of Summerhill School.
31st October & 1st November 2009 weekend Zhen's 1st camping trip at Batu Gajah Clearwater Sanctuary & a session with Dato' Lat. Zhen had much fun and enjoyed herself very much.
15th November 2009, Sunday Night My assignment after class today is to teach a group of children, in a kindy, for 30 minutes. Thinking of what to teach the kids, I asked Zhen, what would she like to learn about, anything she would like to know? Her reply came like a machine gun... "I want to know what is mouse made from, what is computer made from, what is bottle made from, what is paper made from, what is book made from, what is aircond from, what is fan made from AND what is people made from... DONE!"
the little egg
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3rd March 2014.
A friend gave us a very small egg. Just for the fun of it, I placed the
small egg and a normal sized egg standing side by side at one cor...
I started this blog because I would like to jot down stuff my daughters have said or done, so that years down the road, we can read back on them.
I came to know about homeschooling in July 2009 and also got to know a network of homeschooling friends. I am impressed by them and I am attending their workshop & activities as much as I can, to learn more on this topic... homeschooling, unschooling, deschooling.
Let the child leads the learning. The world is their classroom. This blog is also a journal of my girls' learning world.
Writing is the way
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So I figured writing is supposed to be good for me. Especially during my
progressed moon in retrograde at this phase of my life. At least for the
next goo...