These are the days of miracle and wonder.
This is the quote on the front of the notebook that I use most often. And it's never more true than when you are raising children. We witness wonder everyday. How awesome is that? Totally. Awesome.
My children are right in the hot seat of learning right now. And this is one of the places I struggle most in their story. I feel like there is so much that I want to enable them to do, so much I want to teach them and so much I want to facilitate them to be able to learn. And it needs to be done now. Everyday they don't learn something is a day wasted. Each of them are in a particular stage of learning and time moves so fast that they will be on the next stage before I know it. Therefore a big part of us living a positive and fruitful story is knowing where they are at, being in their and working on it everyday.
Kieran- Learning for leaving, mature relationships. In the last six months Kieran has matured so much and I am really really proud of the person he has become. He is really showing consideration for others more than ever. He is great at taking care of his responsibilities with minimal input needed from us. He will take responsibility for Tama and Will with no complaints. He is starting to give back to the communities that he is a part of. He is (for the most part) trustworthy, honest, and reliable. So we are now moving towards making sure he is ready for the big wide world. And ready to interact with people at an adult level. We're trying to encourage him to cook. Our advice is aimed at encouraging him to look toward his future needs and wants. And helping him to get a little bit of his comfort zones.
Merenia- Love, responsibility, respect, boundaries. Merenia is flying head first into adolescence and it's causing issues. Our parenting is directed at helping take responsibility for her actions, accept her mistakes. Considering how others are feeling. Respecting the boundaries that exist in both our home and her wider world. And most importantly in amongst all the crappy hard stuff making sure she remembers that she is loved. This is hard work.
Will- So many ideas, so little time: Double consonants and double vowels. Will has two big story lines in his learning. The first is rooted in his home life and is to do with creativity, adventure, exploration- we need to be finding the time, resources and energy to give him the focused attention and support he needs to allow him to realise the plans and dreams that he is boiling over with. The second story line stems from school and all the learning that is happening there- lots of language; spelling, reading and writing- helping him to do what he can and to deal with the frustration that comes from what he is yet to learn.
Tama- words, words, words. For Tama right now it's all about language. Stories, singing, nursery rhymes and talking, talking, talking are the key ingredients of his learning tool box. A day without stories is a day wasted.Of course he is still developing physically- but I tell you this boy has it going on. He is so capable physically and so keen to be active both outside and inside these skills are being tended automatically.
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