Science

Today Jonty had his first science class...with the best science teacher we can afford...moi! I was pretty nervous about it initially. I mean, really, science is an important subject and whilst I am very comfortable teaching adults English and facilitating workshops for adults...school science! Man that's daunting! Anyway, after lunch, with much fanfare and excitement, we broke out the science curriculum. Week 1 - "Ourselves". For the next hour and a half Jonty and I labelled body parts, drew pictures, discussed the differences between animals and non-animals, the commonalities of animals and generally had a fun time. We even managed a game of "snap" which tied in with the theme, as well as "Simon Says" and a song. It really was a good time together and for me, it felt very meaningful. It was a good time of bonding and it felt very good as a parent to spend focused, intentional time with my child, doing something that was fun for both of us and yet part of his education too. We had some serious discussion and we had some silly talk and we laughed. I don't think I ever had this much fun learning science at school. I hope my son's experience was a good one and I hope that the rest of the syllabus will be in the same vein - hanging together, having fun whilst gaining vital knowledge in the process. I really feel (at this stage) that it is a rare privilege to be part of my son's education.