"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.
Tried 'Musical Glasses' experiment with Zhen. I showed Zhen 3 glasses of water, with different amount of water and explained to her that each of the glasses will have a different tone when hit with a chopstick.
Min wants to play some music too!
I left her with 8 empty glasses, 2 small bottle of water for about 30 minutes, to 'invent' her muscial notes. When I returned, she had lined up all the 8 glasses, fill them with different amounts of water. The first with just a little water while the last almost full, and the ones in between slightly more than the last. HEY, SHE'S GOT IT!
She even sang a few songs with her musical glasses!
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...
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