Cap has kept a schedule of "table activities" on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a couple of years (during the academic year with breaks according to his time needs...he is a busy person: conferences, meetings, grading, writing deadlines, all above and beyond prepping, planning and teaching his classes...)
To start, I decided to add table activities to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Subjects or topics I wanted to start with were: Writing, Music, Math, and Classic Literature/Folklore.
Ah, if it were only that simple. Once you leave a completely child-based, project-based way of learning, there arises the need for things like planning. Pre-planning, to be specific.
And in between Thanksgiving and Christmas? As the days squeeze down into the ever darkening vortex flow of Winter Solstice here in the northern hemisphere? And suddenly the proportion of things-that-need-to-be-done (seasonal and festive, yes, but stressful nonetheless, beware) vs. My Energy and My Time, starts getting all sorts of bent out of shape?
Not the best time to begin a series of studies requiring pre-planning. No.
No worries. The kids have been happily involved in projects both of their own design and some of mine. Projects that match the season in many cases. Functional and meaningful. That works. And is good.
#1: Looking through books for future project ideas. Woodworking was popular.
#2: Gem exploring the djembe.
#3: Sag strumming.
#4: Miquon Math books.
This has given way to: bread making, gift giving, card writing, calendar making, playing with friends, and mini-model sets making (more on that soon).
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