Do Not Touch?

Everyone has their own set of rules and restrictions, this is our philosophy.

My kids primarily get their education from living life, and this is a prime example of how they do that.

Having the freedom to explore how things work, what things look like, and what they do feeds their brains and builds bridges and connections that spill into so many other areas of life!

Aside from knowing better than I do how to use our TV remote and what every button and switch in my vehicle does, they learn the science and mechanics of all the gears, levers, microchips, etc. that are interwoven into almost every product in our lives.

They love to take things apart and build their own projects with whatever they find around the house. We've repurposed a few items that would have gone to the dump and created a learning project out of it (with a much fancier name, of course, like trying to "fix" the lawnmower.) *Note - we thankfully found out before any disasters that microwaves are NOT a good item to explore. There are a few deadly parts in there!

They gain such valuable life skills from this exploration. The other day, my 9-year-old took apart his grandparent's door handle upon their request because it had broken and wouldn't unlatch. He fixed it, by himself, with no outside assistance. Proud mama moment right there!

I let them explore, I let them discover how things work on their own. It's better than any lesson plan I would be able to create.