Always Learning, Always Exploring

So with this website update, I have added some new tabs…most of which are under construction. In the upcoming months, I hope to show you some of the changes (improvements one might say) that we have been added to our lives. I also plan to share some of our ventures (and adventures too)…add to my little shop…update the books I’m enjoying, etc. This brings us to the tab called “always learning.”

I have come to realize just how much the girls learn that has absolutely nothing to do with school.
While Riana does attend a Montessori school two-morning each week, the bulk of our time is spent together. Learning.

There are no workbooks, no pop-quizzes, no drills, and probably most importantly, there isn’t much of an agenda.
I cannot say that we are unschooling or free schooling or schooling at all. In my mind, the concept is that we are always learning. We are learning when we put on our shoes and when we trace letters from a sign. We are learning when we pour juice in the morning and when we add compost to its pile. We are learning when we investigate plants and watch birds at the feeder. We are learning when we ride our bikes and when we measure lumber.

This is how young children seem to learn; through exploring; diving into projects head-first; using new skills in practical ways; playing with their world.

Through daily exploration, there is just so much learning happening all around us. I am inspired by the focus with which the shortest family members are learning. They encourage the taller people in these parts (ha, I’m not usually in the tall group) to learn new skills and put new ideas to practice. It is indeed an exciting time. Sometimes, amidst the dishes and meal plans and daily duties, I forget how exciting things actually are…but it is there.

Whether it’s helping to identify the rodent living under our deck (I think it’s a groundhog?)

Or learning the mechanics of a water pump

Or daydreaming in a bed of flowers. (Oh how I prefer grass like this!)

The girls are constant explorers.

So join with us as we explore. For certainly in this exploration we will not only learn new things but also find new versions of our world.

As to the tab that says “always learning,” I’m not entirely sure what belongs there just yet. But it will come to me, an idea, a spark in the night.

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