My flirtation with the idea of enrolling my kids in the reputedly great local public school school was very short lived. We made the right decision for us. Today was the first day of school both in our district and here at home. While other kids were eating their breakfasts or waiting for buses mine were both sleeping in their cozy beds. They woke up when they were ready, enjoyed our daily morning snuggles, ate leisurely breakfasts of bear shaped cinnamon toasts (in honor of bear week), got themselves dressed and started their scheduled learning time.
When that was done we all cuddled together on the sofa and read Winnie the Pooh-the REAL Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. Disney produces great movies but terrible books. I listened to my kids laugh about silly Tigger trying to find something he likes to eat for breakfast and smiled at Monkey who couldn't help but give away the answer half way through the chapter. "He likes Roo's medicine, Mommy!" I don't know how many times I've read that book but no one ever seems to mind hearing it again. The kids checked on their toadpoles and that led to a barrage of questions so we wound up at the computer looking up the life cycle of frogs and toads. (Hey, aren't we supposed to be studying bears this week? LOL) Monkey described what an amphibian was, proud that he knew something important.
Monkey placed the months of the year placards in the right order with Bug's help because he thought it would be fun, they both demanded another chapter of Pooh which led to Monkey asking if Christopher Robin was a real person. We sat at the computer again while he looked at pictures of the real Christopher Robin Milne and his stuffed animals, and I had to pry a book out of Bug's hands at 9:30 so she'd go to sleep.
We never did get around to spelling. So what. The kids learned all day long, just like nature intended. I just love days like this.
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