Is there anyone else out there.....

[onthefly]

Um... yeah. You're not alone.
DS is too busy running around with his imaginary friends and stuff for me to do anything like that.

[Tinks]

I didn't do structured activities either.

[feeb]

I dont do anything structured!!

DS1 brings me a book if he wants it, or if he is playing with blocks we will do it together etc but nothing set.

Times I have set him up to draw or play doh he is not at all interested and wants down 5 mins after I set him up.

[boobaloo]

nothing structured here either, and my kids are very happy little monsters.
sometimes we'll do craft activities etc, but only whilst they're interested, i don't push anything onto them.
we spend a lot of time outside, i'm the mum who takes her kids out to see floods, play in the rain and mud, go walking through riverbeds etc. to me those things are the free, natural things that sparks their desire to learn more about the environment that we live in, but mostly just to have a $hiteload of fun, get dirty etc.
we read lots of books, sing lots of songs, and have heaps of fun.
sometimes i wonder if i should be doing more to extend their learning, but hey, you're a kid for such a short time, i want my kids to enjoy it.

[Mad Scientist]

sometimes i wonder if i should be doing more to extend their learning, but hey, you're a kid for such a short time, i want my kids to enjoy it.

exactly what I think boobaloo, but then sometimes some people make me feel like I'm disadvantaging my girls by taking this road.....

[boobaloo]

, but then sometimes some people make me feel like I'm disadvantaging my girls by taking this road.....

everyone is always going to have an opinion on how you should properly raise a child, but as long as i know that my children are happy, healthy and know that they are the most important people in my world, then i know that i will produce happy, well balanced adults. you have a lifetime to act like you have a rod up your ass, right now, i want them to be free and natural.

[Mad Scientist]

Love it boobaloo. Exactly how I feel. Thanks x

[feeb]

everyone is always going to have an opinion on how you should properly raise a child, but as long as i know that my children are happy, healthy and know that they are the most important people in my world, then i know that i will produce happy, well balanced adults. you have a lifetime to act like you have a rod up your ass, right now, i want them to be free and natural.

Hehe so true

[*Belle*]

Our day is unstructured when we play at home, they play together and play with whatever they like (eg, dolls house, my little pony's, duplo, wooden toys, J (nearly 4) comes and asks me when she wants to do craft, or I suggest it or cooking for something different. They draw when they want to, they ask me to read to them whenever they want to. J has Kinder 2 days a week and a dance class on Thurs and swimming Fridays so I like it to be unstructured when shes at home.