Blessings,

Val

And, being a rather obsessive learner like this, I feel like everything I learned happened on my own time and I remember very little from actual school time. This has made my unschooling decision a little easier.

Either way, you do a fantastic job instilling a love of learning in your day.

Oh my — these are the times I live for as a homeschooling parent! My children are younger, so they aren’t quite as independent, but yes — when my daughter gets ramped up about something she wants to create I sidle off to the background and let my plans go.

I tend to think — and I’m sure not everyone would agree — that my children have in them the seeds for wonderful things that would never cross my mind in a million years. God will call them in ways that I would never have considered — perhaps ways I would not like to consider! So while I do play a clear role in guiding their learning right now, I try hard to back off whenever I see initiative for most any creative endeavor, even ones that seem totally nonsensical (time machine, anyone?).

I know for our family Spring in particular seems to draw the unschooler out of all of my kids. It is all I can do to get any table time done. The kids prefer to be outdoors creating, exploring and learning. Truth be told I prefer they learn this way during these times of the year because during the colder months of winter and hotter days of summer they tend to appreciate more parent directed studies / tabletime activities. It always amazes me how much they gain in their learning processes during these breaks.

And, I would have to agree with Jove’s suggestion of documenting all that he is learning or have him create his own daily journal. This could come in handy during transcript preperations. Anyhow just wondering out loud.