Z started school yesterday. He was VERY excited, and seemed completely unfazed by the idea that everyone would speak French. He ran right up to the classroom assistant and introduced himself in French. Then when she answered, he turned back and gave me a rather clingy hug, as if he'd finally realized what he's gotten himself into. But the other ( Read more... )

When Chantelle posted that the question "What are you doing to nurture your community?" was a topic of study at Turning Sun Pre-School, another commenter pooh-poohed the idea that preschoolers could possibly have anything to say on the topic. Since Z is a student at Turning Sun, I decided to ask him ( Read more... )

Z's class at preschool is doing an ongoing project to investigate food production. This has included all the usual stuff like cooking and planting a vegetable garden, and a few more unusual activities such as using a food dehydrator and a tortilla maker. Last week, the class toured Los Amigos tortilla factory. Can you think of anything better ( Read more... )

Here are a few pictures of Z at preschool. He *loves* this place.


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With our recent successes in RE and French class, combined with my imminent graduation (spring 2012 if all goes well!), I've started thinking of putting Z in preschool a few days a week. For those of you thinking, "hey, what happened to homeschooling," I know, I know. That's why I'm thinking a few days a week rather than every day. I don't want ( Read more... )