Ever since I graduated College I always carried a kite in my car. Brigit recently got one and the tradition continued, but flying it did not happen until today. Finally we were at a tree free part of a park with just enough wind and time to spare. It was fun and it happened at […]
Part five of our living and learning adventures! Art Camp. Recently we went to a fine art museum. Brigit was not fully embracing the experience, so we sat down and had a chat about art. She likes doing it but not necessarily looking at the works of others right now. In an effort to give […]
Part four of highlights from some weeks of our living and learning lifestyle! China. Every week or two we pick a country to learn about. Last week was China. We don’t have a structured approach to picking a country – often times it is looking at a world map and Brigit pointing to one. Other […]
Here is part three of highlighting stuff we do during a week. There are definitely repetitive and mundane things that happen along with these highlights, which I will address sometimes, but here are some things I have not previously mentioned… Birthday Party. Every week or so Brigit decides it is the birthday of one of […]
Here is part two of highlighting some of our weeks living and learning. Minecraft. Oh heck what a discovery! About six months ago I set up Minecraft Pocket Edition on Brigit’s tablet. She poked around a bit and created waaaay too many pigs, but soon lost interest. Since then she has focused on building things […]
I am going to spend some time in this spot discussing how Brigit and I spend our time. The approach we are using to educate her seems unstructured and unfocused, but the ultimate result so far is the development of a quite sophisticated, critical mind in a person less than six years old. Anyone who […]
Brigit and I had an interesting conversation today. About princesses. More specifically, Disney princesses. We had a princess encounter about a year ago, but she was not really involved. Since the underwear incident Brigit has rejected a few princesses “because they don’t do anything”, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. As their stories are read or […]
When Brigit was a week old I got my first ‘smart’ phone. I did not know much about them, but knew that it would come in handy keeping in touch with people with one hand, expecting at least one arm constantly full for the next year or so. Besides keeping in touch with friends and […]
Recently Brigit informed me that all five-year-olds go to kindergarten and she wanted to go too. Hmmm. I know where this is coming from – the other kids with whom she spends her weekdays. Some are starting this fall, and others have older siblings already in a traditional classroom school. I am sure it is […]
Weekday mornings in our house can be calm or cluttered, quiet or tense. I am never sure which way it is going to turn out. For one week I kept track. On Monday Brigit woke up before David and I, crawled into bed with us and cuddled before we slowly rose. We did our morning routine. […]