I have always said that I want Scout to not have too scheduled a life. Lots of free time to play and enjoy being a kid, thats what is important. She does go to more activities than we thought she would. But she LOVES them all. So now we think it is important to expose her to as much as we can and let her decide what she wants to participate in...whether it is many or few or none. We know she loves them. We always ask if she wants to go, if she says no we would stay home. It never happens. If there is a week off she has a sense that too much time has gone by and starts asking to go back. She still has lots of time everyday to be free as a lamb and always will...the beauty of unschooling.
Tonight was swimming. She has been going every week since she was 6 months old (we took the summer off but went swimming at the beach every week).
We just want her to have fun, to enjoy being in the water. She will learn all she needs in her own time.
And she has, she swims with a bubble, jumps off the side, goes underwater, blows bubbles and can climb out on her own.
It is great family time, we always try to be there together.
Tonight she floated. Look at that right foot, such effort and concentration.
She did it on her own. Floated. No one asked her to try it.
Life is Good... and happy!
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