Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Hank. What a lovely family. Your children are just precious! And what a novel idea. I wish they had had something set up like that to supplement children's studies when mine were younger. Our middle child refused to learn to read and in second grade we ended up using Calvin and Hobbes comic books to entice him (the teacher's suggestion!!) Of course, he read every collection four times. Didn't hurt, gave him an outstanding sense of vocabulary, actually!!
There's something about clicky machines that entices everyone. That and a safe home in which to make mistakes and continue on. Your children seem very relaxed and intent. Your wife has a lovely voice!!
I've noticed, with my kids (22,19,17), though, that the socialization learning factors in enormously, also, as children grow. There's nothing like learning how to deal with a bully who smacks you upside the head with a backpack. Of course, for my daughter who has always been tall and protective, she would defend the bullied by shoving the bullies into the wall! Then there's just the warmth of others' acknowledgement that's so important. When they are teenagers, they need to know that they have had other authority figures who have made sense in their lives and been their supporters. They won't listen to parents exclusively at that age, no way! The "it takes a village to raise a child" theory.
Thanks for sharing that clip. How FUN to have that in your family archives!!
And what a fabulous way to get the family involved. That is so very important so that everyone is up to snuff on their child's development.
Marguerite
