As we venture deeper into unschooling, I understand more and more why some people do away with labeling their kids in a certain grade altogether. We instantly did away with tests and scores, so why not grades? It seems harder to push aside as we live in a society that asks this question all the time. Sometimes it's just easier to answer with an acceptable grade versus explaining that you don't follow grades, or explaining that you might be a second grader in language arts, but third grade in math and first grade in science.
So, it was funny when we went on a field trip to the local wetlands and the leader asked the kids to yell out what grade they are in. When the leader got to my son, he just looked at the leader, then to me, then back to the leader. I interjected the silence for him and loudly said, "Second!" and we all had a good laugh.
On this field trip, we were able to see a lot of creatures that inhabit the wetlands biome. One of the first creatures we spotted, was this praying mantis eating its wooly caterpillar lunch.
As we walked around, we found lots of bugs to investigate, beaver dams, a controlled burn area and more.
On this field trip, we were able to see a lot of creatures that inhabit the wetlands biome. One of the first creatures we spotted, was this praying mantis eating its wooly caterpillar lunch.
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