Every. Single. Thing. is a learning opportunity.
We wake up, we read a book and cuddle. Learning is going on here.
We cook breakfast and read a few poems. Learning is going on here.
We clean up. Learning.
We go to the grocery store. Learning.
You get the picture. Now that I have accepted the responsibility of educating my kids, I realize that I've always had that responsibility, like all parents. It's made me think more, though, made me look at every opportunity as a chance for discussion and explanation and experimentation. I've gotten much better at narrating our day-to-day lives, something I am not naturally good at.
It makes every day tasks more meaningful again, when I look at them in light of a new child-educating vocation.
Inequalities with a hungry alligator
(Another easy DIY project- just find an alligator clip art that you like, with a wide open mouth, and then make a copy of the image and reverse it. Print a few, and glue them back to back, so that turning the card over makes the alligator face the other direction. Alligator's mouth will eventually become the > and < mathematical symbols)
