Moving Right Along...

I LOVE TJed.

I love watching my children explore and begin to move past all the boundaries and labels put on them by the conveyor belt. 

School days at our house are very unconventional. So far today we have done chores, made french toast, worked on a puzzle on the "dining room" table, built a city out of blocks for our Leggo guys, houses, and vehicles, played Scrabble Slam, and are now playing "covert agent guy" in the back yard. 

Every time Tyler walks through the house he stops for a moment to put a few more pieces into place in the puzzle, then Carter walks past and compliments him on his puzzle skills. 

We are reading 3 books together right now. In the mornings we are reading Dr. Doolittle, then in the evenings we are reading Little Britches, and The Book of Mormon. 

This afternoon we are planning a walk to Walmart for more ammunition for their cap guns. 

I have loved the seminars and webinars I have found online that are helping me move forward, as well as the advice from a great mentor who is using Tjed with her children. (Thanks Amy! ;))

Right now we are focusing on Love of Learning, and You not Them. It's such a neat experience to see them coming into their own. Discovering they can think for themselves. Allowing them to make their own decisions about what to learn and that learning is everywhere and can and should be fun. 

My biggest struggle right now is "lets go" not "you go." I am great at telling them what to do and then sitting back and watching. I am trying hard to create a "lets go" environment. They love it when I say, "Lets play scrabble," or "Lets go outside," rather than telling them to do it and sitting back to watch. 

I am an Side Lines Mom.

In my family, the kids and Brady "go and do," while I observe from the side lines. This is true with many things. Playing in the pool, putting pennies on railroad tracks to see what will happen, wrestling in the living room, fishing, hiking, even in some of the cleaning and chores. 

This is one of the thing I am working on, a current "You, not Them." So I guess I should get to it rather than sitting here blogging while they run around the backyard arresting the bad guys.