Three Fridays a month you will find us at our homeschool co-op, but our van is broke down so we are home bound. Just as well since more than half of us have a nasty headcold!
We decided to have an artistic morning here at Maple Acre Farm..we broke out the finger paints for Francie, and Ruth Ann started a pot of her now famous Potato soup, while Seth and Annie started on their cut outs- tracings of their shapes and then "dressed and decorated." Samuel researched his next model car on the net and the olders slept on...
By the time everyone had finished their chosen projects it was lunch time...and the soup was smellin' yum!! We all snuggled down in the den and filled our tummies...finishing off the feast with popsickles:)
I feel so good to know that our kids are living the life of freedom. They are free to choose their next projects..free to play when they feel like it and free to create out of their imaginations! If we were in school--or even traditionally homeschooling, that would not be an option. In a family our size I am sure you imagine the insuing chaos that accompanies 7 different kids with 7 different personalities working on 7 different projects!!Plus, two creative parents who are quite artistic in their own rights:) Amazingly enough though, it works. We really try to maintain a home where everyone has a voice..and everyone is respected-not just the parents. Ours kids are wonderful fountains of inspiration to ous and we learn so much from them. Not that it is quiet-or that nobody disagrees here..lol..far from that..but the bottom line is we all believe in one another. We try to be peaceful and incorporate whole life learning into every situation..
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