Introducing a new photographer on the team......Mein Spatz

 Breakfast

 Henry

Around the house

Self portrait

 Out and about at a friends house-both boys taking photos of each other

All in a day's work

Painting

 Playing Airports

 Reading

Resting

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Natural Learning ...... Just add water

Learning just happens.

Given the right environment, just like dough it doubles in hours.

Mein Spatz made pizza dough today.

I lined up all of the ingredients. He placed them in the mixer (we have done it many times before) flour, salt, yeast and warm water.

He never stopped talking, even with a big ball of dough in his mouth.

"How many litres in this?"

"What does that measure?"

"Does the wheat farmer mill the flour in his watermill or windmill?"

"What farm does yeast come from?"

We even spoke some Italian - "bellissimo!"

 I am sure he was a baker in a previous life - he has a great technique.

Who would like pizza?

Natural Learning Sunday (we do our shopping each Monday)

 On a table near our balcony door I set up a little bird watching basket.

Every bird that Mein Spatz has seen on our block has been eagerly found by him and labelled by Mama for quick referencing. He has also located the birds that he feed every morning while staying with Grandma in Sydney last November.
The Kookaburras are very noisy at the moment and he has to run out to see which tree they are laughing from.

Yesterday some crafting was needed.

We sat together and made paper folded stars.

 He picked the colours.

(the concentration showing with the tongue)

He did the folding in half with a little help. 

Was in charge of his glue stick.

And let Mama do the smaller folds into the centre.

  

 Mama then glued it in order of the colours that he picked.

 Placing above his bed all by himself.

 Then we sat down to have lunch.

Today a lovely friend had Mein Spatz for a play while I went to the supermarket.

Instead, I used the time to wandered around the local charity shop and found.....

this book below

I am very excited!

($2.50)

Off  to bed now to read.

Goodnight!

Schlaf schoen, traum schoen.

(Sleep well, dream well)

Natural Learning

We have booked our tickets to Germany. We will be departing in June and staying for two months. Mein Spatz is a flying enthusiast, to say the least, and is excited that this year will will be on three planes to complete the journey.

He has loved looking at his map with us to find the countries and cities that the planes will fly to.

Adelaide to Kuala- Lumpur

Kuala- Lumpur to Amsterdam 

Amsterdam to Hanover

He uses this map often and will ask questions like;

"Where is......?"
"How big is Russia?"
"What is this little island?"
"Where does Auntie Pip live?"
"Which way is north?"

This then naturally led to role play with his ride on plane.

Engine check

Re-fueling

Take-off  and landing

Natural Learning

Our home is a place of learning. 

I am a Montessori teacher and my husband is a son of a Steiner teacher(in Germany) so we have all alternative education bases covered.
We take the best from both and have our own "Steinersori" way of supporting learning in our home.

The set up of a home corner/role play area in our home is the most popular area for our son and most children who come to play with us. It allow for choice-

• home
• office
• bank
• shop
• travel agent
• cafe

Learning happens everywhere.

 Helping his Vati (overalls needed).

Working in the garden.

Helping to build the deck