School is supposed to be dull. It’s supposed to be tedious. It’s usually not very interesting, and it’s certainly NOT supposed to be silly!

So what was the big idea yesterday, as we were studying shapes, to be bouncing around the living room shouting,

“CIRCLE!”

“SQUARE!”

“RECTANGLE!”

???

This was school??? Oh dear. Studying shapes and identifying them should probably be a bit more sedate, don’t you think?

And then on to our science lessons… We spend a lot of time studying the chicks that are in our front yard throughout the day. We noticed that one of them had a large lump on it’s neck, so we researched chicks and lumpy necks and learned that it’s not unusual, since the bird will sort of “pig out” on it’s food, to have a lump there. In fact, you can feel the food through the thin skin of the bird’s “crop”. Totally cool! And it’s been fun giving the chicks stuff to eat. Veggie scraps, crushed egg shells, and yellow squash that was past it’s prime. We’ve learned that chicks don’t seem interested in avocado shells or rejected onions. Who knew??? We’re also watching their big feathers grow in, and we got to see what the chicks thought of the garden snake that was dangled into their pen. (They didn’t really care. Doubt if they even knew what it was.)

The neighbors are fascinated with the goings on at our house. As the kids wait for the school bus, they look longingly at our kids already playing and learning. And when the neighbor kids get home from school they hurry over to our house to catch up on what’s been happening all day. I do feel guilty that we’re having such a good time here. After all, school isn’t supposed to be THIS much fun, is it?