8 O'Clock Science

The other night as we were getting ready for bed, D asked his Dad how waterfalls were made. They discussed possible reasons and their individual theories. The conversation then turned to earthquakes and plate tetonics (where D made a lovely analogy of the earth to a vanilla cream filled ball of chocolate) to volcanoes. A lot of D's info came from a Discovery channel program (that I thought nobody was watching) about how the earth was formed. The guys did an internet search about volcanoes and then Mt St Helens which led to a conversation about how search engines work. About an hour later D told me he was really interested in science now even though he thought he wouldn't be. (I'm not sure why he thought that since nearly everything he's interested in relates to science of some sort.)
I Y unschooling!

Not THE beginning... but a beginning

Beginnings are awesome things. A fresh start. A clean slate. Another chance to get it right.
We get new beginnings all the time. We just have to look for them.
This post marks the beginning of a new year, a new day, a new blog....
Even though we "officially" began unschooling in August, we really are just beginning our journey.
Beginning to see the magic of learning something new just for the sake of it.
The tiny sparks of interest growing into understanding.
Knowing they came to the knowledge on their own, making the knowledge that much more valuable.
It's a beautiful beginning.