This blog has been a little slow because I feel like we aren't ready for typical lessons, which I anticipate blogging about in the upcoming years. Georgia is too young to write her name, read her own books, or even ask many questions. Since we are still working on her speech, counting (everything adds up to nine), and the differences between pink and fuchsia, our learning process is pretty elemental.
Today, she gave us our first lesson. We are beginning with social graces, and when you think about it, everything stems from them. We were at University Village looking for an outfit for her brother's birthday tomorrow and a woman walked past us on the street. Georgia said, clear as day, "Hi!" to the woman as we passed. She turned around with a big smile and said "Hi" back. In that moment I realized that I had done something right in teaching G to approach people and be friendly. I quickly felt pride in her outgoing nature and realized we need to use this as a stepping stool. Our next step is developing a solid handshake and looking adults in the eye when speaking with them.
These seem like really elementary lessons but don't they practice this in preschool and kindergarten? If they don't, they should and if they do...well, isn't it better to practice it in real life instead of with your peers in an artificial setting?
As it stands now, I am feeling pretty good about our decision to homeschool.
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Love the website, great idea. It is interesting I taught the kids how to greet people and proper introductions to inadvertantly teach my Husband. He was not ever taught this skill. I think it should be part of the education process. I think that parents now a day send their child off to school and feel that the learning is done by the time they get off the bus.
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