Taking initiative in your education is what learning is really all about and one of the main reasons I wanted to start homeschooling. I was so excited that my daughter approached me and asked for an art project and specifically an opportunity to sketch something. We headed to a local park where we enjoyed a picnic and a short hike before she pulled out her pencil and sketch book. She has absolutely no art training and she quickly got frustrated with herself. Perfectionism strikes again. She wasn't looking at the lines of the tree or the parts. She was looking at the whole and trying to get it on paper. At the end of the day she was relatively pleased with her sketch. Was it a masterpiece worthy of hanging in a museum? No. But she took initiative, learned how to break down an image in order to draw it. I imagine her drawing will improve now in time, but honestly that is not as important to me as her having curiosity, desire to learn and improve and grow, and to take the initiative to make it happen.
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