Unschool Monday
Dec. 1st, 2010 02:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckydipdaysPosting late, but that is what happens when you are in the process of moving house - internet access gets dodgy!
Anouke is proving my greatest treasure and teacher in this unschooling bizzo. I had a minor panic this week about her learning to count. I can't remember how old Ianto was when he learned to count to ten but I had a panic that he knew by the time he was 2 and I do know we taught him. I don't 'teach' Anouke things like that, partly due to trying to trust the natural learning process, and partly because in between general parenting (keeping every one fed and watered and vaguely clean) and having 2 children now instead of just one I forget lol.
So I had this minor panic about her learning and then this morning she held up her fingers and counted 'one, two, three, four' and I stopped panicking. I relaxed and remembered that human beings want to learn. That she is trying to keep up with her brother, that her natural instinct is to learn and develop and change. And my faith was restored until the next time.
Anouke is proving my greatest treasure and teacher in this unschooling bizzo. I had a minor panic this week about her learning to count. I can't remember how old Ianto was when he learned to count to ten but I had a panic that he knew by the time he was 2 and I do know we taught him. I don't 'teach' Anouke things like that, partly due to trying to trust the natural learning process, and partly because in between general parenting (keeping every one fed and watered and vaguely clean) and having 2 children now instead of just one I forget lol.
So I had this minor panic about her learning and then this morning she held up her fingers and counted 'one, two, three, four' and I stopped panicking. I relaxed and remembered that human beings want to learn. That she is trying to keep up with her brother, that her natural instinct is to learn and develop and change. And my faith was restored until the next time.