Space, the Final Frontier

Here are my daughters at Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. We are huge Star Trek fans. While we've chosen to not purchase or use a curriculum for our children's education, we've been known to joke and say that we use the Star Trek curriculum (afterall, we've been averaging viewing about one show per day over the last 2-3 years). Star Trek is connected to everything. Everything can go back to Star Trek. The book All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek is really quite accurate!

As Unschoolers, we believe that everything is connected. Learning happens ALL the time, no matter where you are or what you are doing. The world really is our classroom. However, even that hasn't been a large enough room for us lately. We've been exploring space. The night skies have been amazing this summer. We've been tracking satellites, stars, and planets.

My children have been pondering the deep questions: Are we alone? Are there other universes? What else is out there?

They've found Science Fiction authors to be more intriguing than other authors. Fantasy and science fiction come easily to their minds and they've been creating their own worlds as well. Both they and I enjoy writing our own speculative fiction stories. String theory and alternate realities can dominate our minds and conversations for days and nights on end. We can stay up all night watching Sliders and the lunar eclipse simultaneously. We're in no hurry, no need to rush, yet the learning flow comes so quickly...