Journaling Junior

As our son, Colin, nears the age when he'll be starting preschool, Lizz and I have been doing a lot of thinking regarding educational methods. We've had many discussions between ourselves and others concerning the three main avenues we could take: public, private, or homeschooling. As a result, we (mainly my wife) have done a lot of research on the topic of homeschooling. Though we're not in a rush to make a decision yet, we've decided to "test the waters" by exploring some homeschooling methods with Colin. One idea Lizz discovered is journaling (it's actually closer to scribing, but still a lot of fun). The process is quite simple in theory: one of us sits down with Colin, "interviews" him regarding the events of his day, and then records them in his journal. It was our belief that for him to stay with this, we had to purchase a journal that would provide him with the critical inspiration every young writer needs. After much searching and evaluating the plethora of options, we decided on the following:


Being the proud papa I am, I would now like to share Colin's very first entry (don't worry, I've received the author's permission):

December 15, 2006
Today we went to the store. We saw toys like cars...racecars! We saw a baby. I saw miss Wanda. We bought a Christmas tree (Ha Ha). We got a pretzel. Yum, that was good. I want to have some more again. I tried new shoes at the store. They were too big. I saw a fly and a spider. Eww! It was creepy looking. I want to go to Wal-Mart Again.



Though it's still early, I find his style quite intriguing; sort of mix between Frost and Poe.