I came home the other day and found this sign stuck to the front door.
My son had purchased a play dough burger shop kit from the hyaku-en shoppu (dollar shop).
He was very excited to get to work and said irasshai-mase! ("welcome!") as I took my seat at the shop. I taught him how to say "Welcome to Pac Burger," in English.
I checked out the menus he and his mother had laminated and affixed to the sliding doors in the kitchen.
He went immediately to work after I placed my order, double checking the ingredients--lettuce, tomato, etc--and the order in which they should be stacked on the burger.
Consulting the menu and making a cheese slice.
The finished product, which I washed down with a tiny toy cola!
He had to improvise on the buns, as he had no brown play dough!
Just in the course of this fun little game my son, entirely of his own volition, wished to play, he had worked with concepts of money, procedure, language, advertising, and business management. Pretty neat. All without having to force him to do a single "lesson" on anything.
(Thanks for stopping by! If you missed the last Unschooling Blog post, "EVERYTHING is "educational" (Feat. Isaiah's new toy demo video!)" you can find it HERE.)
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)
