To some, it might seem that we spend a lot of time in the woods, or at the beach. Yes we do, but really what better way to learn about Eco systems, wildlife, the environment, photosynthesis, coastal defences, habitats, sealife. And that just names a few things that we learn when we go to these places.
Often our home ed trips are often trips that school children would go on. But because I'm taking my own children we can discuss things learn about things and my boys have questions answered. If I don't know the answer we ask the leader running the session and thus, allowing my child to know it's ok to ask questions, to not know everything, to find out, to share information. Currently we are interested in bird watching. We went to a car boot, bought a bird watching book and now we can identify the birds that fly into our garden. We can discuss migration, flight paths, life cycles, habitats, nocturnal birds. All things that T may or may not learn at school. But. He is learning, through discussion, exeperience and living socially in our environment.
Life is a beach.
Home education isn't always about school at home. I mean take looking at the nitrogen cycle in a book... Wouldn't it be better to go look at some plants, find animal tracks and spot poo! For a five year old boy it certainly would... I mean find me a boy who isn't totally obsessed by poo.
We've recently been on an orienteering trip, we saw deer tracks, baby ducks, pond skaters, as well as learning about map reading, navigating, and making maps. We also did a bit of a simplified geocache activity and it was amazing fun and the children enjoyed it to :)
And that for me is what our home education journey is all about, the thirst and passion to learn. The world is our classroom. Where people we meet have interesting knowledge to share. It is an adventure. And a really fun one at that!
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