Hiya,
So, today I have been trying out HE style stuff (ie being slightly more focused than normal) with my 3 yo, and it scared me a bit how fast we progressed! We went for a walk, looked at different plants and talked about some leaves being bigger than others, noticed that some plants were spiky and decided it was probably to stop animals eating them, and brought a worm and two daisies home.
We put the worm in a jar with airholes and some leaves with a drop of water, then had some juice and a snack, watched a bit of a hoof and safety dvd that came free from the bbc and played the game that came with it, then talked about it, watched an episode of alphablocks and ran about being in a band.
Then we put the worm in a magnifying thingy and I wrote down what DD told me about it, and we looked up facts about it on wikipedia (can anyone recommend a better site? Or a good book?) We also measured it with a tape measure.
Then we mixed brown paint and did finger painted "w" pictures and dipped wool in the paint to make worms.
How is it only half eleven? None of that felt like "school"...it was just messing about! How can I slow down the pace a bit? I hope she will need less input from me as she gets older (well, she will have to, she has a younger sister and I work from home!) but that was actually fun...
I don't want to be a pushy mother, or babyfy them, how can I make sure I don't?
Any tips?
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ButterPie · 09/05/2010 11:29
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