Unschooling malcolm

So today was one of those days when I realize how much he is learning, and how integrated that learning is into everything. First, he is counting everything. Today we counted birds in English and Swahili, and then some of the birds flew away then we counted again and realized they were less.

We worked on colors by naming the colors of each and every car of the freight train that went pass. We have been talking about when events take place by where they fall in our routine. Here is an example, "Malcolm, we are going to see Benjamin tomorrow." (Benjamin is one of his best friends-they are like cousins) "Benjamin! Get dressed, see Benjamin!" "No, Benjamin is sleeping. We are going to take a bath, brush teeth, read a story, sleep, wake up, eat breakfast, get dressed, play, and then see Benjamin." Then Malcolm rattles off that order of events. We have also been talking about days by when the moon and the sun sleep. It has really been amazing to how he is growing, and is really working on becoming a three year old.

He is also really interested in reading now. He is asking me to read a lot of things to him. Oh, and one more thing he still loves Obama. Tonight when he was resisting going to bed, I had to reassure him that Barack Obama was also sleeping.