Sweet school

I may have just been suckered. I'm not sure. I was ready to start school this morning and everyone was messing with their Halloween candy and exchanging and bargaining.

I said "Come on guys, let's start school."

And Garrett said, "This is school. It's marketing and trading."

Then Tyler asked if they could go through their candy and we could research the history of different candies. And eat some.

Hmmm...well, one of our goals in education is for our kids to be interested and inquisitive about everything around them. For them to want to learn about the things that they encounter. For them to know how to find out anything they want to know.

"Um...OK."

I ended up giving in and changing the morning plans. This resulted in us learning some pretty cool things, like that M&Ms started during the Spanish civil war when soldiers coated their chocolate pellets with hard sugar to keep them from melting. And Tootsie Rolls were named after the daughter of a small candy shop owner in the 1800s. We also watched a video on how Lemonheads are made.

For the rest of "Candy school," Riley and Cole are going to do some graphing and counting.

Tyler is going to make a timeline of when several candies were introduced along with a summary of the history of each.

Garrett is going to do some stock market research on candy companies and when their stock rises and falls throughout the year.

A huge part of learning is learning how to learn. What they are learning about isn't always as important as the process. Because once you know how to learn, you can learn whatever your heart desires.

We may also do some research on nutrition and hopefully I can come up with some episodes of "Unwrapped" on the food network today!

Haha! Now who's the sucker?