A couple of weeks ago, Alex (age 5) brought a textbook into the living room and sat down on the couch to look at it. Alex, "I was hoping this was it!!" Me, "What book is that?" He show me that it was Jim's college engineering book, Statics and Dynamics. Alex, "I love these books!" As he looked through it he started asking me questions about the concepts that were diagrammed. Thankfully, Jim came home at that point, so I was able to refer him to someone who had answers. :) They spent the next hour or so discussing engineering concepts, and Alex even insisted that Jim solve several problems in the book. This funny kid loves to look through technical books. He can't read yet, and these books don't have much in the way of illustrations, so I really wonder what is going through his mind while he peruses them.
This morning I told the kids we weren't going anywhere today, and added,
"So we should be able to do some things at home today." Alex excitedly
asked, "Like school??!!" This kid has been asking for school all
summer...sad...I really needed the break, though. We didn't have school today, BUT we did start prepping for a new school year. We cleaned the school closet! So our physical materials are ready now. I need to spend a little more time wrapping my mind around some ideas I have for this year, and then we will truly be ready to start.
