But, I don't think the kids really need it, after all. I went outside today to find that they had built a pretend (thankfully) trebuchet in the backyard and had the house under seige. Back in the fall, Wild Man was pretending to be a Spartan, so he made himself a helmet from an old ice cream bucket. Last week, we were watching a DVD about castles and Ga'hoole Girl made a mott and bailey castle out of legos. She's planning to try to make some ink/paint using some ideas from one of our read-alouds.
It appears that just leaving the kids alone has been allowing them to create their own "supplementary activities" - things that they think are fun and that they do all the work for. Ga'hoole Girl is almost 13, an age when lots of girls (especially in school) are starting to pay attention to boys, hair, and clothes. I'm happy right now to see how she is content to play pretend games. There's plenty of time later for boys. Right now, both kids are having a great time playing and learning.
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The kids are so creative!!!! Konos refers to it as exploratory learning. It's a great concept and as you've seen, the kids reinforce what they've learned without really knowing it! I think it's great that you don't have to supplement and they come up with ways on their own. Wish I could do that with E. He's a bit young right now so I do have to give him the ideas and projects to do. Hopefully when he gets bit older, things will just come naturally to him as it does with your kids.
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