Emelia 58: We are back!

We have decided to try and regularly blog again! Although Emelia wasn't keen on writing today, so I'm doing it on her behalf.

I've been thinking a lot about her education recently, and im just amazed. I have always been very interested and tried to find ways to extend her knowledge, that's not new. The way she is educated however, I have never given any great amount of thought. Maybe that's terrible? But it's the truth.

I am amazed at how much learning happens almost by accident. To take just a few examples from this weekend;

Playing monopoly she was applying skills in subtraction and addition when working out the correct money and change required.
Playing scrabble one sentence struck me in particular "look mummy, if I put an e on the end of hid, it changes to hide!"
"Look, coconut trees!" she shouted excitedly when we saw sprouts growing. We went to have a closer look where she discovered their true colour. (it took me 27 years to experience the same discovery!)
She watched me play twinkle twinkle little star on an iPad game and persisted until she could remember it herself. She repeated this at several times throughout the day, seemingly proud (and rightly so) of her new skill.
We planted seeds and she told me that plants need water and sunlight to grow.
We looked online at what a meteorite was and learnt together the difference between a meteoroid and a meteorite.
Skipping to the allotment she stopped to tap on her chest and show me how fast her heart was beating, and that it was because she was moving fast.
She used scientific vocabulary to explain she was investigating a stick with a hole in it.
We discussed the different size of seeds we planted and questioned why the biggest went deepest in the soil.

I'm absolutely sure that this is not an exhaustive list. And maybe it doesn't even sound as amazing to people that aren't her mummy?!

I am amazed. And i am going to make sure I continue to take more notice.