The following series of videos took place a few mornings ago when Retta asked me to listen to a song from the Backgardians CD she had checked out from the library. The next thing you know the house erupted in music and dance. We had planned to do a tree identification walk around our yard, the music happened instead. I should know better...unschoolers planning something!!! Well, in all seriousness we do quite often complete our plans, we even attend scheduled activities and clubs....and believe it or not we own an alarm clock and we do know how to get up early and go somewhere. We might not choose to do that very often but we are just as capable of others when the need or choice presents itself. This always seems to be a very misunderstood part of unschooling.
Following these videos I noticed throughout the day that the rhythm bug held the kids hostage. Silverware was drummed at dinner, screwdrivers and rocks were banged on outside...anything and everything that could be turned into an instrument became one.
During rest time Reta lulled me into a deep relaxation with the beautiful notes of our Kalimba.
A musical, silly, whimsical, unplanned day. Perfection.
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