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 “Because schools suffocate children’s hunger to learn, learning appears to be difficult and we assume that children must be externally motivated to do it. As a society, we must own up to the damage we do to our children…in our families and in our schools. We must also be willing to make the sweeping changes in our institutions, public policies and personal lives that are necessary to reverse that harm to our children and to our society.” ~ Wendy Priesnitz

Field Day at our Homeschool Secular Coop

Starting a new year this will be my first year officially homeschooling the twins. 

The boys really love a lot of physical time bike riding, swimming, tree climbing, playing in creeks etc. 

We are focusing on Math this year because this is what the boys enjoy.  And I want them to enjoy learning the most. We have already been doing many math games all summer long such as counting by 2's and 5's and 10's  along with addition and some subtraction. We do also play rhyming games and listen to the sounds words make. We enjoy computer websites such as starfall.com and abcmouse.com.

I am also making it a point to speak to them in Spanish which means improving my Spanish.  I am watching Destinos and playing Duolingo to do this along with doing working in book called The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice.  But for the boys since they are only 5 their Spanish is limited to my speaking to them and telling them what words mean which is enough for the is age.  In the future I would like to find people for them to speak with regularly and I will as some point in the year add watching cartoons in Spanish

For Science and Social Studies we will be visiting local museums such as The Adventure Science Center and The Discovery Center both focus on Science. Along with trips to our local Zoo.  We also watch shows such as Octonauts, and Wild Krats which the boys love. So we learn many things about animals including conversations we have about plants and animals for example discussing the difference between evergreen trees and diciduous trees or the difference between mammals and birds. 

Oceana SisterMoon is currently living her dream of a sustainable life, raising chickens, and growing food with her 4 children. She seeks to help women unearth their power through sisterhood and healing through self-connection , interdependence, power in vulnerability, and authenticity.