Schedule

Up to now we don't use any schedules or methods to learn at home. Sometimes I find that quite hard, because you can't really 'see' what you've done already. No checking boxes... And it's not always that easy to 'measure' what they've learnt. But, I strongly believe that education is especially life itself. So we just live as a family and become wiser and wiser. I try to involve the children in little household chores just to let them feel that we are a family together, and that together we are responsible for our house and properties.



And we play a lot. We read aloud (and learn new words and concentration), we tinker (and learn the colours and what happens if you blend them), we do card games (and learn to count, add up and subtract), we play board games (and learn the numbers on the dice, shapes and colours), we build with duplo (and learn that houses need doors), we imitate animals (and learn the sounds, the movements and do drama), we build our own gymnastics track (and do gymnastics). And we don't just play, we also play together. Which teaches us to protect younger children, and that you're more likely to succeed if you don't whine but just ask properly for something.





So we have lots of fun. We get the giggles when we keep saying: I love you (in English!) to our friends. We get the giggles when we hunt for Papa when we play tag. We get the giggles when we have a romp.