Tadpoles and HE as a state of mind
The frog life cycle is just one of those things that you know, you just have to do. Most people hearing about it can tell you about when they had tadpoles at school, it’s something that gets remembered even after 60 years or more.
So we asked a neighbor who has a garden much frequented by frogs if we could have some frogspawn and 4 weeks ago we got some. They’re now nice, fat, wiggly tadpoles. We’ve taken photos to record their progress and A has started her frog lap book and coloured in some drawings of frogs to glue to card lilly pads for a mobile. We’ve borrowed a couple of books from the library and along with a couple of our own have a pile next to the tank for when A has questions.
Thinking about this today I couldn’t help wondering how many HE families have a tank of tadpoles right now, and how many non-HE families have ever done it. It’s certainly not an original thought but Home Education isn’t just a thing you do, it’s a state of mind and a way of life. It’s seeing the educational possibilities in endless every day things (stopping to examine a tiny little bug on the path and trying to figure out what it is - no, not a millipede, see the way the body is segmented and there aren’t enough legs, maybe an earwig? we’ll look it up when we get home) and going out of your way to go places and do things because they’re educational.
