Unschooling

Some kids go to school for like 6 hours a day. Some kids do schoolwork at home. Some kids are unschooled. Unschooling is basically just learning through life, parents providing opportunities for children to learn through daily life and interests and play.
Mommy is always trying to see and utilize the natural learning experiences life provides.
Today you promised to make good choices at the grocery store so I let you walk rather than ride in the cart. You helped read the signs, helped write codes on the bulk bin tags and I explained how we know how much something costs. You learned letter recognition when we checked the bulk item tags against the bins, mommy writes curly 2s. We weighed the package of mushrooms to see how the scale pointed to 8oz which is half way to the pound mark. (I realize these are advanced topics for you to master.) You told me what letters were on the fruit signs so we could find the peaches, and used texture to tell the difference between nectarines and peaches. You used small motor control writing on the tags and large motor control hanging on the cart and scooping from the bins. We read the granola bar names and you found which one had a C for cashews. (Moons as you call them). We read ingredients to find some juice that wasn't mostly sugar. We talked about healthy drinks and treat drinks.
It was a great shopping trip.