For the next wee while...

So Ive decided for the time being we are going to try follow a way of learning I came across while researching different types of home ed. Up until now we have been a purely autonomous learning household, well aside from teaching them how to count and the abcs.

Autonomous learning means basically leaving the learning up to the child, letting them decide what they want to study and not stick to any set curriculum. So you could be studying Camels for a months then suddenly switch to studying Monet :D If you want to learn more about this type of learning research American Author & Educator John Holt.

But like i say we are going to try something a little different for the next wee while as I think it will work well with the age my children, I am setting aside one week per letter of the alphabet, we will learn how to write the letters and also study perhaps an animal that begins with letter or an occupation or a famous figure. I say perhaps because I will still leave that up to them, however Ive covered the bases and have info on a huge selection of all the things i could think of beginning with the letters ABC...Ill do the next 3 at weekend.

I shall post about how we have got on this week with the letter A at the weekend...but so far so good :D