Think
The Call: A Quiet Moment — Jessica
Sigh. A quiet moment, alone, in order to think. Not plan, not organize, not study, just think. Those moments are rare. And the rarer they become, the more I find myself running scattershot through the day.
That’s my list of upcoming words, by the way, so don’t peek!
Response: The Lesson — Cheryl
My husband and I started homeschooling when our oldest was four. That was twelve years ago. Now, we can’t imagine putting kids in school. It’s about so much more than learning facts and figures, doing well on tests, memorizing “important” dates in history. It’s about growing and learning together as a family, and that includes learning how to think, not what to think. William Butler Yeats is credited with the maxim that says it best: “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.”
I peeked at your words as soon as I saw the photo, and before I read your admonishment. I’ll try to forget them, and it shouldn’t be too difficult, since it’s hard to concentrate on much of anything these busy days. I know exactly what you mean by your scattershot comment. We can run on autopilot only so long, but when we do, the quality of our actions (and interactions) seems to suffer. Give me time for thinking; give me time for creativity. Please!
Too funny! I had about two weeks worth of the words auto-scheduled with HootSuite. That way each day was a surprise to me too. 9/11 was the last one auto-tweeted. I think I’m going to sit down and do another two weeks worth. It was nice to have it just show up. : )
I’ve often wondered what a day looks like while homeschooling. Do you all sit around the kitchen table, do you take turns one at a time…It would be really interesting to do a time-lapse of your main room during a typical homeschool day. Say shoot a picture off every 10 minutes…