Day 16
26 October 2021
Wonderous Place
We often play music first thing. The song ‘Wonderous Place’ is one of our favourites and this morning, we found ourselves dancing around the kitchen, as we made breakfast.
The sun was shining in on us, the music filled my ears & I found myself in a moment of bliss.
We took our smoothies out into the garden and then watered our sunflowers.
Today we start a new kind of home school – No workbooks.
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPHwkjlI3W8
A Spontaneous Spark Of Learning
It was the very first day of our no worksheets learning, and the kids had a spontaneous spark of learning that lead us all the way to Scott Morrison!
A friend had suggested checking out ‘In A Nutshell’ (http://thehomeschoolyear.com/In%20A%20Nutshell) YouTube videos.
I suggested this to Mila after breakfast and she chose one called ‘Loneliness’ (http://thehomeschoolyear.com/Loneliness).
It was pretty special, and we learnt a lot!
The fact that stuck out most to Lincoln & Mila was that loneliness is twice as deadly as obesity and cancer!
This led us to thinking about lockdown and how many people have been affected by loneliness. They then made the leap that some people are still in lockdown. We discussed that some people are frightened to take the vaccine and some people can’t take it because they are already sick.
They asked if we could change the rules to help the lonely people still in lockdown and I suggested writing a letter to the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison.
Interested piqued!!
They didn’t realise you could just sit down and write a letter to the Prime Minister!!
So that is exactly what we did.
Mr I’m-not-doing-any-work sat focused for 15 minutes and hand wrote a very heartfelt letter in his best cursive writing.
Mila decided she would type hers on the laptop and navigated her way around Word. She enjoyed changing her font to cursive and signing her name.
After that, we gave Mila’s letter to our local member Fiona Phillips, and Lincoln’s letter went in the post to the Prime Minister.
We phoned Fiona to ask if we could stop by, and she said she would come out of her important meeting to meet the children AND take a photo.
Well!
This upped the ante!
Mila began rushing around looking for a ball dress! 🤣 I talked her down to something a little less formal.
Lincoln called out to me that he “needs a tuxedo!”
They both came out when they were ready, and my heart skipped a beat.
I mean seriously. Utter darlings! 😍 😍 😍
A Letter From Mr Hawke’s Office
I remembered how I had written a letter to the Prime Minister when I was 13. I had just learned about the hole in the Ozone layer, and I needed to talk to someone in charge!
I remember my mum being so excited when I received a reply! It was so exciting!! She kept it for me in a photo album.
We talked about how, whether we like it not, how we dress sends a message to other people & we wanted to be neat & tidy & respectful.
Time Stands Still
All of this and it wasn’t even 1pm!
We also went to the dog park, made a delicious lunch, went on a play date & went to soccer.
We’re learning how time kind of stands still when you’re home schooling.
People worry that home schoolers aren’t getting a quality education, but I think it’s the opposite.
I think home schoolers get everything they need and more.
More learning, more play & more cuddles from mum & dad.