A homeschool mom plans Friday art lessons on Edvard Munch and Norwegian vocabulary outdoors, but pauses when her sons get absorbed analyzing their soccer team's plays instead. She lets them keep going, showing how homeschooling can bend around what kids actually want to think about.
Good morning! It's Friday. That means it's arts day, everything creative and artistic at homeschool today. When it's a nice day outside, we often move the dining room table outside, so here we are, ready with pens and markers and coffee. I got this lesson all ready last night, like, doesn't take a whole lot. But I want to discuss some Norwegian artists with them today. So we're going to learn about Munch, and then we're also learning some Norwegian vocabulary. However, here I am ready to go, and I've just called the boys over, but they're not ready yet. They are over there diligently discussing the players on their soccer team and who should be what position, and they're actually looking up different plays and strategizing about who should do what. After a game yesterday that didn't go so well. So what I'm saying is I'm just going to give them time to do that because that's the beauty of homeschool. We can let them follow an idea they have, and they're, they're doing strategic thinking right now, and they are being creative because they're coming up with plays. So even though I'm ready and I think, oh, it's time, we should start, um We're just going to give it some time, and that's how it goes. And it's really nice to have that flexibility. So embrace the day of fluidity and ease and flexibility. There you go. Happy Friday.
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