Today was an exciting day for all of us, but especially for Ethan, because his SelfDesign LC, Natasha, was in town and would be coming to our place for dinner. This was exciting because we’ve never met Natasha in person; we’ve only spoken to her on the phone and via email. And so, most of today was getting ready for her visit.
But before Natasha came over, there was still plenty going on, like how Ethan made the ET (external tank) and SRBs (solid rocket boosters) after we watched the Challenger disaster and learned more about the space shuttle.
Outdoor play is always important and it stopped raining, so Ethan and Dong Eun went out to the beach.
He used this giant log as a seesaw with Dong Eun.
While at the beach, Dong Eun and Ethan met the mom of a kid who is also in the Soaring Eagle Nature School. The kid isn’t homeschooled but takes one day off per week to attend the nature school. He has a 3-year old brother who doesn’t speak English, yet, but who Ethan played very nicely with while Dong Eun and the mom talked.
Back home
Time for some reading and then Ethan made book 15 of the Adventures of a Piece of Paper.
He also read a magazine called Muse, then read Writing Radar, and The 13 Story Treehouse.
As evening approached, Ethan helped get ready for dinner by folding the napkins and putting on a nice shirt. He was definitely excited that Natasha would soon be at our home to visit.
Doing some reading on his Kindle while waiting for Natasha in the Book Nook corner. This is the reading room business he set up the other night.
And when she finally arrived, she wasted no time getting to know Ethan better and seeing all the things that he’s been working on. After dinner, she was still checking out the things he’s been doing, such as working with Apple Keynote and Pages to create books and worksheets.
It was great having Natasha over and it was certainly one of the highlights of our unschooling journey.
After we drove Natasha back to the place she was staying, Ethan read about Pascal’s Triangle and tried some calculations using what he just learned.
Ethan also asked what the difference was between a metric ton and a ton. We found the answer in his math book and we also Googled it just to be sure.
Next, he wanted to do some writing so he used one of his new notebooks and made it into a story writing book.
We really weren’t sure what he was going to write about so we were surprised that he wrote about the life cycle of an oak tree.
So that was Ethan’s Monday as an unschooler. Everything he does during the day helps him learn and we’re so glad he’s enjoying learning in this manner.
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