How a day can evolve spontaneously or why I love "home schooling"

Today, day 2 in our slowly grooving back in to our rhythm of deep learning. I brought out a favorite author and we read her delightful books. Her creativity is soothing and inspiring. Dax, the artist took in the details of the materials used to make "RRRalph".

Ryder was intrigued with "Leaf Man" so much that when we completed our reading time he disappeared outside only to come running in a few minutes later to share with us his discoveries.

His very own Leaf Men.


 For the next hour or so we explored with our new eyes - what use to be whirly birds we now know are actually maple seeds. And as we look around the base of the tree we see hundreds of tiny trees sprouting up from the ground. Oh how magnificent.

We moved from their to Dax's suggestion of "let's go on an exploration adventure".
Dax found bark and I found a small wooden ball and we made a marble run. Dax found a branch he made into a crown and a staff to became Gandolf the Grey.

We played and met new friends.

I was able to sit in the warm sun with the cool breeze, stroll around the park, pick up litter (perhaps a habit that will rub off on all the children and parents who observed me doing this), photographing the beautiful bees and the amazing sky.

And then to sit down and continue my Enki study preparations for Ryder. Perfection.

Such a wonderful day for teacher health and child hood well being.