Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2008

Should I or Should I not????

That is the question!


A few weeks ago a fellow homeschooler posted on our local email list about a science fair seminar. I somehow managed to get away without children to hear the speaker. I was fascinated by everything they had to share with us. As I sat there, I envisioned my three little peeps bursting with joy when I shared what I had discovered. The fun they would have experimenting since that is what they are always asking me for but I never deliver.

Why don't I provide this you ask? Well, if we are being honest, I don't like the mess and I don't have the patience. I like things done a certain way and I have a hard time setting them free to explore on their own. It is difficult to see them doing it wrong and not scream out a warning. It is impossible for me to watch the mistake and then not want to take over. And did I mention I don't like the mess involved in experimentation.

So for me to get this excited about science fair projects was really .....well..... exciting!

Almost a month has gone by and we are no where near ready to start. No one can narrow down what they want to do and none of the peeps has any testable curiosities. Baby Peep wants to know how gravity works. Middle Peep wants to do something with Plate Tectonics, and Oldest Peep thinks this is stupid.


Should I? Should I not? If I do, how?