Casting calls

"What's it like to have a cast?"

"Are they heavy?"

"Do they itch?'

"Does it hurt to have a broken bone?"

Nothing like real time experience to answer questions. We just happened to have some casting materials---so I went to work giving each one of the kids an experience with an "almost" real cast. The only reason it was "almost"...is I made them lighter, with less layers so I would be able to remove them without a cast saw.

We used old socks for the liners and went to work. Within the first half hour I was getting complaints.

"It itches"

"It is heavy"

"It is cold"

"It itches...get it off!!!!!!!

They both wanted them removed within an hour. We were not unable to answer the pain question, but they both agreed that having a cast is not as "cool" as it looks.

I would not recommend this experiment unless you have had some experience with casting or at least use just a few layers because they can be a bit tricky to get off. I could only imagine the looks you would get at the local Er's....asking for a cast removal.

              

Quote

Thanks to a very timely post from one of the homeschooling lists, I borrow this quote...

Mr. Dewey said what I was attempting to say yesterday, gosh I wish I had his elegance of voice.....

 

"...the very process of living together educates. It enlarges and enlightens experience; it stimulates and enriches imagination; it creates responsibility for accuracy and vividness of statement and thought."

~John Dewey
"Democracy and Education", p.6
1916

                              

 

 

April Projects

Although their has been a lack of entries, there crtainly has not been a lack of projects, fun and creativity at our house. My latest round of medical problems seems to be coming to a positive end and we should be out and about a bit more in the near future.

The thing I love about this video is that it really portrays the way Retta totally emerses herself in whatever she may be doing at the time. She frequently asks me the question, "Could I do this if I were in school?".....I am sure there are many people that would love to argue the benefits of this sort of freedom and I struggle with a way that I can put it into words that make the doubters understand. Maybe it is just something that a mother can see into the soul of her child, the need to explore the world at ones own pace and style. Maybe all kids don't need this space and freedom....I don't know....I just know that this child would be strangulated by "school"...and is thriving, growing and learning......in her own way, her own time, and own style. I see into her soul and see one of confidence, strength, happiness and love.

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