Anyway, with my great new smart phone, you can search the Internet from anywhere. DD#1 is in the car with me last Friday, we started talking about ear wax (that's how our family works, go figure). She wanted to google it. So, being the great unschooling mother that I am, I have her free reign to explore what interested her. She found FAQs on ear wax. She read up on cleaning your ears. She found out why we have ear wax. Then she decided to move on to other bodily gunk. She googled belly button fuzz. She discovered a band called Belly Button Fuzz (www.bellybuttonfuzz.com) and several other references to belly button fuzz, but no FAQs. Then she moved on to toe jam. We now know you can't spread that on toast!
This is the great part of child-led learning. We give our children the freedom to explore whatever grabs their attention. I didn't tell her she'd have to wait to learn it in a book. She practiced some research skills. Don't tell her that though. Most importantly, we had fun and were silly together. As she gets older, I feel like that happens less and less. My baby girl has always been a little grown-up, all serious and introspective. I love when we get to play.
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