well I am writing a 3000 word report… what are you doing my darling daughter? there’s this, “I am getting into lego technics” “this goes all the way to the roof…” and some thing about how “it’s physics mum…” “I was just playing around with my knot book” ooo and I can see my darling…
Tag: Self-directed learning
it looks like school to me
except she chose the activities that she has decided that are crucial… This is handwriting, mirror handwriting, upside down writing, left-hand writing, and handwriting in her own personal code. The words are from her Shakespeare insults calendar. “Now I am doing my ds the right way all the time..” Joined up writing to follow! Handwriting…
not doing my assignment
ooo don’t get me started on self-directed education, I might go on and on and on. That is not what my assignment is on. It is on something interesting that I have been enjoying reading about, and I enjoyed learning to use Canva. However, that is not what I shall be marked on. I totally…
Keeping it real
Maybe this is technology.. either that or it’s just some random kind of learning. Now, a treasure hunt is a good thing if you want no client input. It’s all secret… and you can hang out undisturbed in your room. This was no whip up, that’s for sure. One morning, she even got up at…
What was I thinking when I worried…
I have hardly heard from my child for days. She goes into her room and communes with her (it’s now hers), laptop. “Who’d have thought writing was so addictive!” a quote! I was worried: writing, and I am sure there are other posts on me worring about her saying she wants to be a writer…
what happens at when I can’t see
H has been sick and spent a few days watching TV. This just happened to coincide with an interview on Radio New Zealand about how we don’t totally relax. I went with the whole mind-numbing TV thing until I was too restless and started some random projects, so my eyes were off the ball. H…
Homework
This is the kind of homework I approve of…. Self set showing thought and thinking of their game in the context of the wider world… The child who did this homework has been coming for years. They are charismatic, so very full of amazing ideas, such a leader… They told me they were bullied/teased at…
Current passion…
H’s current passion is photography. She has been interested in an abstract way for a while, but since my cousin gave her a point and shoot camera of her own, her interest has skyrocketed. She has filled up a 16GB SD card. She, Ms shy, has even had a conversation with a photographer: getting advice…
Cool stuff H has learnt
I am classifying something as learnt if it is something, in this case a definable task, she could not do before and can now successfully repeat the task without support. ta da… one bowl of two minutes noodles successfully made, for breakfast, on a small gas cannister stove, (lit using a lighter) outside while I…
dividends…
We did school again and there were unexpected results… Check it out. The first class was us doing DeBono’s hats over an exhibition that had what we are now calling “dead things” in it. Wondering is this acceptable? We went and saw the exhibition with some friends for the next lesson. H wandered round and…
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