But Mom, we haven't done any schoolwork today
Uh, no, you're right, we haven't.
We've only played with lego, building small houses and perfect boxes that got filled with hama beads and turned into shakers. Boxes were only built using the principles of real brickwork, ie, each block must rest on at least two blocks beneath it, with 'breaks' not running upwards in one continuous line. In between times, Myf has suddenly mastered the art of knitting. She can do five or six stitches in a row, without dropping any or losing her place.
We then only played cutting and sticking, turning squares of sticky paper and sellotape into frogs, handbags and some bizarre game that only 2, 3 and 6 year olds can understand.
And then we only spent an hour (!) playing with Hama beads, Myf doing some intricate pattern on the six pointed star shape, and Tea making neat rows of maxi beads. Not entirely sure what Piglet was doing during that hour, but she was quiet in the living room with the basket of Barbie and Bratz dolls and nothing got dismantled, rearranged or destroyed, so that was a bonus. All whilst I spent a couple of hours on the phone to a local homeschooler, who is luckily over the border with regards to the LEA, bitching about said LEA and just having a generally good gossip and catch up.
And whilst that was followed by tidy-up time (complete with the sing-song 'this is the way we tidy up, on a cold and frosty morning) in which EVERY SINGLE BEAD got picked up and put back in the box, followed by a home cooked lunch of sunday soup (long story) and chicken noodle soup, I guess we haven't done any school work this morning.
Not done any housework either, come to think of it. Or laundry. Or even washed the breakfast bowls up.
Don't think that really matters though, eh? ;)
We've only played with lego, building small houses and perfect boxes that got filled with hama beads and turned into shakers. Boxes were only built using the principles of real brickwork, ie, each block must rest on at least two blocks beneath it, with 'breaks' not running upwards in one continuous line. In between times, Myf has suddenly mastered the art of knitting. She can do five or six stitches in a row, without dropping any or losing her place.
We then only played cutting and sticking, turning squares of sticky paper and sellotape into frogs, handbags and some bizarre game that only 2, 3 and 6 year olds can understand.
And then we only spent an hour (!) playing with Hama beads, Myf doing some intricate pattern on the six pointed star shape, and Tea making neat rows of maxi beads. Not entirely sure what Piglet was doing during that hour, but she was quiet in the living room with the basket of Barbie and Bratz dolls and nothing got dismantled, rearranged or destroyed, so that was a bonus. All whilst I spent a couple of hours on the phone to a local homeschooler, who is luckily over the border with regards to the LEA, bitching about said LEA and just having a generally good gossip and catch up.
And whilst that was followed by tidy-up time (complete with the sing-song 'this is the way we tidy up, on a cold and frosty morning) in which EVERY SINGLE BEAD got picked up and put back in the box, followed by a home cooked lunch of sunday soup (long story) and chicken noodle soup, I guess we haven't done any school work this morning.
Not done any housework either, come to think of it. Or laundry. Or even washed the breakfast bowls up.
Don't think that really matters though, eh? ;)
posted by Kris | 1:10 pm
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YAY! Fab day all round!
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