Today's rambling is about Homeschooling and Unschooling. I have had so much on my mind about this lately and I want to just put it out there in hopes that I can build on it, if that makes sense.
We haven't been doing much of anything lately, as far as lessons. I used to have Q do work every day but it has become less and less as time's gone by. I feel like what he needs to know is how to take standardized tests at his grade level. That's the only thing anyone is ever concerned about. "How does he do on a state assessment? How will he do on tests if he ever does go back to school?" I have realized that I HATED "teaching to the test" when I was working in the school system but that is exactly what I need to do now that I'm homeschooling. I want Q to learn what he wants, when he wants. I think there is much more motivation and deeper learning that comes from that. But I also know he needs to "prove" that he knows things so if he does well on a standardized test and the rest of the time learns as much or as little as he wants, so be it. What's really wrong with that?
It all comes down to what I think is best for him to know and spend his time on. I'm thinking that it is much less than I thought it was. I think back to ALL of the things he was "learning" in school and realizing that he wasn't learning at all. He was just "doing." That's it and nothing more. Kind of an a-ha moment for me. :-)
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