Our Family Adventures

Sunday, May 21, 2006

One of "the" homeschool questions

A friend asked one of "the" homeschool questions. You know, the "How do you know if they are learning if you don't test them?" question. I answered her that I knew she was intelligent and I have never given her a test. But then I started thinking more about that. When you are working at a job, how do the people around you know that you know what you are doing? Do they give you a written test? No, they know because you perform the job and take care of the tasks you are given in an intelligent manner. The same is true for children in a small setting like a family group. In a larger group of children, like in a classroom setting, you may have to result to a written or verbal "test" because you don't have the time to observe each child doing what they do. You don't know if they are using the information they are getting from the books they've read, shows they have watched, people they have talked to, and places they have been.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Skyway

Tom and Jake spent two hours building the "skyway" with Dad this morning.

It is a piece of string lawn trimmer line tied between two chairs. Then they all build cars to slide down it. They have to build something that will slide, balance, and not flip off the line. Then they try to build landing areas so they don't crash and break at the bottom.

I think that is enough "school" for today!

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Tom's Tap Dance Recital

Tom's class gave the parent's a sneak peak at their part of the school's showcase coming up.

He was pretty proud of himself.

So handsome!

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

La Habra Children's Museum

We visited the La Habra Children's Museum with some friends today. Jake was heaven. Playing dress up and cowboys are just about his favorite thing in the world!